G20: Youth 20 to begin on February 6 in Guwahati

 STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI: Under the framework of G20 Presidency, Department of Youth Affairs has been entrusted with the responsibility to organize Youth 20 Summit-2023.

In the light of this, Department of Youth Affairs is organizing the Youth 20 Inception meeting from February 6 to February 8 in Guwahati. On February 8, the closing ceremony will be held with the launch of white papers by the Union Cabinet Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports.

India has assumed the Presidency of G20 on December 1, 2022 for a period of one year i.e. up to November 30, 2023. India's theme for its presidency is enshrined in its civilization value system of 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam', and hence our theme is 'One Earth, One Family, One Future'.

Youth20 (Y20) is one of the official Engagement Groups of the G20. Y20 Engagement Group will organize discussions pan-India, to consult the youth of the nation on ideas for a better tomorrow and draft an agenda for action. Y20 will provide a platform for the youth to express their perspectives and ideas on G20 priorities.

Briefing media persons in New Delhi on Friday, Secretary Youth Affairs, Meeta Rajiv Lochan said that discussions would be organized across India to consult the youth of the nation on ideas for a better tomorrow. She also said that the Y20 hopes to provide a platform to youth across the nation to express their perspectives and their ideas on the priorities for the G20 group of countries. She further said that India has one of the youngest populations in the world and the youth of the nation is full of energy and innovation and it is an attempt of the Department of Youth Affairs to provide a forum, to express that energy in constructive ideas.

Under the Youth 20 summit-2023, for the coming eight months, there will be consultations on the five Y20 themes along with various discussions at schools, colleges, universities, urban local bodies and professional associations, across states in the run up to the final Youth-20 summit. The focus of the activities will be on building a shared vision of youth for good governance and democracy and in using technology to improve skills across the board.

The five Y20 themes are: Future of work: industry 4.0, innovation, and 21st century skills, climate change and disaster risk reduction: making sustainability a way of life, peace building and reconciliation: ushering in an era of no war, shared future: youth in democracy and governance, health, well-being and sports: agenda for youth.

IIT Guwahati is a major research center for frontier technologies like production of green hydrogen; some of these technologies are in the process of transfer to industry. Key panel discussions on the future of work, twenty first century skills, climate change, making sustainability a way of life and also on peace building and reconciliation, will be held at IIT Guwahati on the February 7.

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