UNMGCY commits to hosting at least one in-person Action Workshop in each of the five United Nations regions, as well as multiple online webinars, in 2019. Each workshop, with an estimate of 200 participants, will be funded by various partners. Based on regional contexts, each workshop will have different focuses, but all of them will: Facilitate discussion about decent work and sustainable economies; share knowledge from youth and experts alike; Build capacity and skills for young people to improve labor market situations; Provide a space for participants to launch new actions. All workshops will have gender balance.

The commitment will be led by the Global Focal Points, who work with Regional Focal Points to reach out to local partners and participants, and with Thematic Focal Points to produce content. Partners, such as local or national governments, NGOs, universities, etc will support the workshops for accountability. By enabling young people to 1) improve their labor market situation and 2) further enable other young people, this commitment contributes to knowledge sharing, capacity building, and policy advocacy among, for, and with young people. With this, the participants and members organizations will create, foster, and grow vibrant youth actions around the world. Online discussions will enable young people to contextualize the abstract concepts of decent work. UNMGCY are supporting the Initiative through awareness-building and policy advocacy; these young people will then be able to advocate for better labor conditions at home. As workshops will also feed into the production of positions which will be used in future UNMGCY policy advocacy, majority will take place before the High Level Political Forum (HLPF). After July, any and all workshops will be on working with young people to contextualize Member States’ responses to our work at HLPF, and working to implement those policies at the local and national level. This commitment will repeat in future years, tailored to meet the goals of new Focal Points, and, hopefully to be improved and contextualized throughout the advocacy cycle.

United Nations Major Group for Children and Youth (MGCY)