SIDS Global Children and Youth Action Summit
Antigua and Barbuda, 24-26 May 2024
What is the SIDS Youth Summit?
The SIDS Global Children & Youth Action Summit (CYAS) is a ground-breaking event aimed at empowering young people from Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to address the complex challenges facing their communities. Held from 24-26 May 2024 in Antigua and Barbuda ahead of the 4th UN SIDS Conference (SIDS4), CYAS will bring together a diverse group of young leaders to share their perspectives, develop solutions, and take action on critical issues like climate change, poverty, and digital transformation.
Empowering Youth as Agents of Change
UNICEF, the Government of Antigua and Barbuda and The Ashley Lashley Foundation, have organized the summit recognizing the vital role young people play in building a more resilient future for SIDS.
Through interactive workshops, discussions, and project development, the summit equips participants with the knowledge and skills to become effective changemakers.
Children and young people across the Pacific are telling us what's important for them.
Youth Consultations
Across the Pacific, around 180 children and young people took part in 8 consultations between March and May 2024.
The sessions were held to listen to young people and understand what challenges and opportunities they face in connection to climate change, digital technology, clean water, health, education, poverty and unemployment, violence and transportation infrastructure.
U-Report
835 U-Reporters responded to a poll launched on 4 Pacific-based U-Report platforms, including 492 children, adolescents, and young persons under the age of 35.
These responses came from people living in Vanuatu, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI), Palau and Samoa.
Consultation Report
The results from the U-Report Poll are being used to inform and complement the youth consultation findings.
The full consultation report will be available to download here soon
