Latest content: Youth

“We all win if the door is open for young people to contribute seriously and meaningfully in decision-making” – Katherine Ellis, Commonwealth Secretariat Director of Youth Affairs

Prince William addresses young leaders at Commonwealth Youth Programme in Honiara

18th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers

‘It is essential that our future professionals and leaders have a say on education issues that affect them and generations to come’ - Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba

Youth forum opens as ministers gather for the 18th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers in Mauritius

Speaker: Deputy chair of the Pan-Commonwealth Youth Caucus Rebecca Solomon

Departure Statement by Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma after visiting Kingdom of Swaziland, 2-4 August 2012

Winners of Commonwealth Youth Awards for Excellence in Development Work could receive grants of up to £3,000

YourCommonwealth.org named ‘Communicator of the Year 2012’

Youth Programme links with Commonwealth of Learning to develop pilot course on Commonwealth values.

Connecting Cultures: celebrating our Commonwealth

"As the newest member of the Commonwealth, Rwanda has very quickly become a committed participant at the intergovernmental level, and the people of Rwanda are now weaving themselves into the networks and alliances that are amongst the many benefits and opportunities opened by membership" - Kamalesh Sharma

"We offer ourselves as partners in development" – Noelyn Wagapu, Pan-Commonwealth Youth Chair

"We are the dynamic drivers of progressive change in the Commonwealth" - says Chair of CYF Planning Group, Alan Huynh

"We wish our youth to be a wellspring of optimism for all of us" – Commonwealth Secretary-General

Building stronger structures to ensure greater inclusiveness to headline agenda

South Korean officials discuss issues relating to youth development with Secretariat's Youth Affairs Division

Meeting looks at the future of Commonwealth youth development workers

International Youth Day this year brings to a close the International Year of Youth, dedicated to Dialogue and Mutual Understanding. Throughout the year, young people in national youth councils, schools, youth clubs, faith and non-government organisations responded to the call to use their talent, energy and creativity, to raise and address issues of development and democracy.

Commonwealth News meets the chair and deputy chair of the Pan-Commonwealth Youth Caucus

Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General and the Pan-Commonwealth Youth Caucus laud International Youth Day

This year we mark International Youth Day under the theme ‘Change our World’. The Pan-Commonwealth Youth Caucus joins the rest of the world in celebrating and acknowledging the contribution of young people towards making our global community a better place.

Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General calls for simple and focused youth constitution, which meaningfully engages young people, is inclusive, and has a robust communication strategy