The Y20 Summit under G-20 will be organised in the city from August 17 to 20.The summit will bring together leading experts, decision makers, national and international delegates/ representatives from G-20 countries, knowledge partner (IIM Raipur), academic partners (universities / institutions) to negotiate, finalise and signing the Y20 Communiqué created from the conclusions of discussions from past few months.
Giving this information while talking to the reporters here on Wednesday, Director, Department of Youth Affairs, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Government of India, Pankaj Kumar Singh said that the Y20 Summit will be graced by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Singh Thakur and other dignitaries.
“The Y20 Summit will provide opportunities for collaboration and networking with other stakeholders and contribute to the development of young people,” he said, urging all relevant stakeholders to take advantage of this opportunity to learn, network and engage with one another.
He further said that the Y20 Communiqué will showcase the substance of our common vision across the five identified themes and will make sure that the voices of young people are heard by those who make the highest-level decisions on policy. “The Y20 is one of the official engagement groups of the G-20 for organising discussions pan-India,” he said.
“Y20 provides a platform for youth to express their voices and ideas on G-20 priorities,” he said, adding that the five identified themes of Y20 are future of work (industry 4.0, innovation and 21st century skills), peace building and reconciliation (ushering in an era of no war), climate change and disaster risk reduction (making sustainability a way of life), shared future (youth in democracy and governance) and health wellbeing and sports (agenda for youth).
According to him, the Summit will also provide youth a global perspective on current themes to become aware of new opportunities, build self-confidence and self-esteem, allow an opportunity to interact with Indian policy-makers and make suggestions, encourage youth to think constructively about local problems, build perception that youth are active agents not passive recipients of knowledge and interaction with mixed group to build networks. Further, it will provide Indian knowledge institutions a perspective on the value of international consultations and force them to be aware that the world outside can affect us, and gives them hands-on experience for organizing consultations,” Singh said.