Call for nominations to serve on the WHO Youth Council is open!!!
Young people are today’s leaders. WHO wants to collaborate with your organizations. They seek your inputs and expertise.
They believe young people’s voices should be at the heart of decisions that impact the lives of peoples’ health around the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) wants to collaborate with representatives of health and non-health youth organizations on key health and development issues affecting young people to co-create a comprehensive and inclusive WHO Youth Engagement Strategy.
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WHO is setting up the Youth Council as a dynamic network for stakeholders to amplify the voices and experiences of young people, and to harness and expand their expertise, energy and ideas to promote public health. Your organization’s ideas, experiences and expertise will support WHO in its efforts to strengthen youth contributions to public health systems which will enable their Member States to meaningfully engage young people as key drivers in policy-making processes.
The WHO Youth Council will be governed by the following principles:
● to be inclusive and diverse in membership and structure, ensuring gender balance and adequate representation from different stakeholder groups, geographical regions and income levels;
● to be transparent in all processes, including the operational strategy and activities;
● to ensure all activities align with WHO’s norms and standards; and
● to facilitate coordination among interested parties to advance WHO’s priorities on the contribution of youth to the public health agenda.
The WHO Youth Council will advise WHO:
- in its efforts to advance technical matters relating to youth contribution and involvement in public health agenda;
- on existing and new meaningful youth engagement initiatives;
- on fostering innovation, as and when appropriate, of new initiatives relating to youth and
public; - on possibilities to engage youth in WHO’s governance processes, as and when
appropriate; - by providing recommendations on the elaboration and implementation of a WHO Youth
engagement strategy; - by providing recommendations, as and when appropriate, on strengthening youth
involvement in WHO’s work; and - by strengthening networking and knowledge sharing among different stakeholders
including youth organizations to facilitate and increase communication between the
participants and other stakeholders.
For this opportunity, WHO is looking for:
Global and regional youth organizations representing the following categories:
- intergovernmental organizations
- nongovernmental organizations (including patient organisations)
- academic institutions
- philanthropic foundations
- youth parliamentarians.
Benefits
- You will be able to showcase your organization’s ideas, experiences and expertise will support WHO in its efforts to strengthen youth contributions to public health systems which will enable their Member States to meaningfully engage young people as key drivers in policy-making processes.
- You’ll be able to connect many influential youth leaders,
- You’ll also get guidelines and workshops from WHO
- As your time is valuable, they have provided options for your organization to contribute anywhere from 1–3 hours per week through virtual small focus/working groups and/or larger workshops, facilitated in a highly supportive environment.
- As their acknowledgment of your support to the WHO Youth Council through your time and insights, and with your permission, they would like to add your organization’s name to the WHO Special Initiatives/Youth website.
Eligibilities
For this opportunity, WHO is looking for:
- Global and regional youth organizations representing the following categories:
- intergovernmental organizations
- nongovernmental organizations (including patient organisations)
- academic institutions
- philanthropic foundations
- youth parliamentarians.
- The entity should contribute significantly to the advancement of public health and to the objectives, vision and goal of the WHO Youth Council and demonstrate documented support for WHO’s work and activities on youth.
- The entity should be active, internationally and regionally, working in the field of youth and public health with proven experience and expertise in the subject matter for at least 3 years.
Application Process
- If your organization would like to be involved, please fill out the form and send them your expression of interest.
- Please note that the expression of interest should indicate your commitment in meaningful youth engagement as well as indicating specific areas of interest unique to your organization.
- Expressions of interest will be reviewed by WHO Youth Council Secretariat and by the WHO Youth Council Steering Committee.
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Application Deadline: December 2, 2021
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