The 2021 Special Dialogue of International Youth Forum successfully held on 17 December 2021
The UNESCO Beijing Office collaborated with the Chinese National Commission for UNESCO, the Changsha Municipal Government, and the Nanjing Municipal Government to organize the 2021 International Youth Forum on Creativity and Heritage along the Silk Roads: Special Dialogue on Youth Leadership in Creativity, Heritage, and Resilience (hereinafter “the 2021 IYFSD”) online in Beijing, Changsha and Nanjing simultaneously on 17 December 2021. More than 80 youth from 46 countries participated in the Special Dialogue to share and exchange their thoughts, stories and actions on the topics.
The 2021 IYFSD consisted of a plenary session and two parallel sessions that respectively focused on “Youth leadership in innovation and creativity for resilient World Heritage conservation” and “Youth leadership in innovation and creativity for resilient and inclusive cities”.
At the beginning of the plenary session, Ms. Gabriela Ramos, Assistant Director-General for the Social and Human Sciences of UNESCO, encouraged youth actions and underlined the importance of youth power in her opening remarks. “We need youth for more critical thinking, we need youth for more ambition, we need youth to really consider all the elements that you have learned to build a much better, resilient, and inclusive world. This is really important as we move into the last decade for action. You are really key players.”