Comprometidos

Comprometidos is one of the main UNESCO initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean within the framework of the UNESCO operational strategy on youth 2014-2021, specifically Axis 3: Civic engagement, democratic participation and social innovation.

Comprometidos is an initiative that seeks to actively engage youth from Latin America and the Caribbean with the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals. It is organized by UNESCO’s Regional Bureau of Science for Latin America and the Caribbean – UNESCO Montevideo, jointly with Ashoka and Socialab since 2015.

Comprometidos empowers youth as changemakers through an online platform that provides webinars, personalized support and mentoring, as well as exchange spaces between youth. Yearly, representatives of the best initiatives travel for a week of in-person intensive training. In its five editions, Comprometidos’ platform received 3631, therefore engaging over 10.000 young man and women; over 120 young from 20 Latin-American countries have partaken in the one week training in Argentina.

Over 150 allied organizations have accompanied Comprometidos: universities, youth organizations, civil society organizations, private sector enterprises, and international organizations.

Through Comprometidos, young changemakers have had the opportunity of participating in several international spaces such as UNESCO Youth Forums; two of them are currently representing the region on the steering committee of UNESCO’s YCoP initiative.

Others have also participated in global stages, representing youth, for example G20 Summit or the Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State; and in national and local instances, highlighting their fresh and innovative initiatives that seek to contribute to the 2030 Agenda. /p>

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