Government ministers and senior officials, young leaders, youth workers and other stakeholders from Commonwealth member countries and beyond will at the end of July meet in Kampala to find answers to youth setbacks- discussing a range of practical solutions to address pressing challenges such as youth unemployment, marginalisation and vulnerability, as well as young people’s ability to play a vital role in national development.
The 9th Commonwealth Youth Ministers meeting scheduled for July 31 to August 4 this year will “set the pace for the development of young people.”
The previous Commonwealth Youth Ministers Meeting was in Papua New Guinea in 2013.
Uganda’s Minister for Youth, Florence Nakiwala Kiyingi under the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development will be the hosting government agency. The youthful minister recently led a national delegation to the Commonwealth Secretariat in London to discuss preparations for the intergovernmental conference.
Minister Kiyingi said, “We hope that at the end of the 9th Commonwealth Youth Ministers Meeting we will have come up with models that will help young people, governments and stakeholders to access finance, assets and information to help them contribute to national and global economies.”
