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UN Department of Economic
and Social Affairs -
UN Programme on Youth
Within DESA, the UN Programme on Youth acts as
the focal point for youth issues. In 1995, the UN adopted an international
strategy, the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and
Beyond. The World Programme shares similarities to MIPAA as it builds on the
same international instruments, such as the Programme of Action of the 1994
International Conference on Population and Development. Most importantly, a
proposed supplement to the World Programme stresses inter- generational
solidarity that resonates throughout MIPAA. This page follows the Youth
Programme’s work on mainstreaming the recommendations contained in MIPAA.
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Action for Youth Development: Intergenerational Issues (May 19-21, 2008)
In mid May GAA staffer, Magali Girod, attended the Expert Group Meeting on Goals and Targets for the World Programme of Action for Youth and participated in the discussions on intergenerational solidarity. One speaker, Elizabeth Larkins, an Associate Professor from the University of Florida, spoke about grand-parents and grand-children –or a generation gap of more than 30 years. She analyzed the situation of youth and older persons without an intermediate generation. This report gives a brief overview about her analytical approaches and her conclusions.
Supplement to the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and
Beyond (Advance Unedited Version) (February 2007)
The 2007 Commission for Social Development adopted a draft resolution supplementing its World Programme of Action. One section of the supplement focuses solely on intergenerational issues, emphasizing intergenerational solidarity and strengthening family structures. The resolution calls on governments to play a bigger role to help partnerships between the old and the young, by, for example, assisting older care givers in the HIV/AIDS crisis and encouraging reciprocal learning.
World
Youth Report 2003 - Chapter 15: Intergenerational Relations (2004)
The 2003 World Youth Report dedicates Chapter 15 to
“Intergenerational Relations,” advocating for the adoption of an
intergenerational perspective on policy development as promoted by the
Madrid Plan. The report notes that UN Member States often raise the
importance of intergenerational solidarity as a priority concern when
addressing the situation of older persons, but remain silent on the subject
while speaking about youth and children issues, leading “one
to suspect that perhaps societies have taken the view that older people need
young people more than the young need the old.”
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DESA-
UN Program on Youth
This page provides information about theYouth Programm, including
their work on intergenerational issues.
World
Youth Report 2005: Intergenerational Issues
Although the 2005 World Youth Report still dedicates one chapter to
intergenerational relations, it deleted references to the Madrid
Plan.
The
World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond (1995)
Adopted by the UN in 1995, the World Programme of Action provides a policy
framework to address more effectively the problems of young people and to increase opportunities for their participation in society.
The World Programme builds on the same international instruments as MIPAA, such as the Programme of Action of the 1994
International Conference on Population and Development.
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