The #YouthLead Innovation Festival which will take place on August 12-13, 2021, the International Youth Day, is a celebration of innovative youth-led solutions for the achievement of the SDGs and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic hosted by the United Nations Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth (OSGEY). The Festival is a strategic and timely approach to drive our world to a solutions-oriented future through youth-led innovation as it brings together young innovators and solutions makers together with United Nations offices, policymakers and industry leaders.  Let’s meet the featured youth innovators and their solutions here!

EVENT SCHEDULE

Health and Wellbeing

Schedule: August, 12 from 8.30 – 9.30 AM (EDT)

Co-organizers: OSGEY and Global Youth Mobilization Team (WOSM, YMCA, YWCA, WAGGGS, IFRC, and The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award)

Climate Action and Biodiversity

Schedule: August, 12 from 9.30 – 10.30 AM (EDT)

Co-organizers: OSGEY, IUCN, UN Joint SDG Fund, and Adaptation Fund

Economic Empowerment and Employment

Schedule: August, 12 from 10.30 – 11.30 AM (EDT)

Co-organizers: OSGEY, GenU, S4YE and Decent Jobs for Youth

Digital Technology

Schedule: August, 13 from 8.30 – 9.30 AM (EDT)

Co-organizers: OSGEY, ITU, and Twitter

Food Security

Schedule: August, 13 from 9.30 – 10.30 AM (EDT)

Co-organizers: OSGEY, UN Food System Summit, FAO/World Food Forum, and Thought for Food

Education

Schedule: August, 13 from 10.30 – 11.30 AM (EDT)

Co-organizers: OSGEY, UNESCO, UNGEI, Transform Education