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.
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 Deputy Secretary-General calls for simple and focused youth constitution, which meaningfully engages young people, is inclusive, and has a robust communication strategy
This publication contains training materials on two important topics that require in-depth consideration by all those who work with young people – the Needs of Young People and Leadership Styles.
This paper was prepared by the participants of the fourth diploma course in Youth and Development at the CYP Asia-Pacific Centre in India for presentation and discussion at a Commonwealth Meeting on Government Policy on Youth Affairs, held in Chandigarh, 9-13 March 1979.