Proceedings of the Fifth EAS Youth Forum (EASC2018)

PUBLICATION DATE:

Friday, November 30, 2018

PUBLICATION TYPE:

Meeting Documents

STATUS:

Only Available Online

DESCRIPTION:

The East Asian Seas region recognizes the role of youth engagement to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the global ocean agenda. Themed “Moving as One with the Global Ocean Agenda: Active and Engaged Youth”, the Fifth EAS Youth Forum featured peer-to-peer learning discussions, team-building and creative sessions to empower the next generation of young champions for the oceans and coasts. The Youth Forum intended to enhance youth’s understanding on the environment’s current situation and appreciation of the role they can play in sustainable development and the global ocean agenda. The forum gathered 70 youth from EAS countries, namely Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Philippines, RO Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Viet Nam to learn and interact with a roster of high-profile speakers and leaders in ocean and coastal management.

Specifically, the YF5 aimed to:

  1. Launch the PEMSEA Youth Programme and the PEMSEA Network of Young Leaders (PNYL);
  2. Provide a conducive platform for mutual exchange of knowledge, experience and skills in sustainable ocean and coastal management;
  3. Strengthen the youth’s capacity to develop and/or lead initiatives at the local, national, or regional level;
  4. Sustain and expand the network of young people empowered to take actions in protecting the region’s oceans and coasts through the PNYL and its country hubs;
  5. Produce a clear youth commitment to achieving sustainable ocean management through the youth declaration; and
  6. Promote the youth’s crucial role in achieving the UN SDGs, particularly those contributing to the global ocean agenda.