Ben Vanpeperstraete, Ivana Savic, Michaela Hogenboom, Pieter-Jan Van De Velde, Felix Beck, Brendan Coolsaet, Sébastien Duyck.
Type
Non-governmental organization
Focus
Youth empowerment, Post-2015 Development Agenda, Sustainable development, Disaster risk reduction,
Location
Global, HQ: Brighton, UK
Area served
Worldwide
Method
Capacity-building, empowerment, fundraising
Website
www.unmgcy.org/cyi/
Children and Youth International, formerly Rio+twenties, is a non-governmental youth-led and volunteer based youth empowerment organization based in Brussels, Belgium, New York, USA and Brighton, UK. Its goal is to "build capacity and empower young people and their representative structures to actively participate in the preparatory processes of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) in Rio in 2012 (Rio+20)".[1] It was founded by Ben Vanpeperstraete, Ivana Savic, Michaela Hogenboom, Pieter-Jan Van De Velde, Felix Beck, Brendan Coolsaet, Sébastien Duyck with the involvement and later leadership of Lloyd Russell-Moyle who later became a British member of parliament.
The organization has started to serve as the Organising Partner of the Major Group for Children and Youth during the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development.[2]
Within the international community working on sustainable development and the Rio+20 Conference, Rio+twenties is known for its capacity building initiatives focussing on youth, such as the "Rio+20 Participation Guide for Children and Youth"[3][4] and the "Rio+20: an introduction for children and youth" animation movie.[5][6] In cooperation with other youth organizations, the Participation Guide, originally in English, was translated into four other official UN languages, and made available through the organization's website.
^"Rio+twenties Homepage". Retrieved 4 June 2012.
^"United Nations, Rio+20 United Nations Conference for Sustainable Development, Major Group for Children and Youth". Archived from the original on 5 June 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
^United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service. "Río+twenties publishes a Río+20 Participation Guide: an introduction for children and youth". Retrieved 4 June 2012.
^International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) Reporting Services. "Rio+twenties Publishes Participation Guide for Children and Youth". Retrieved 4 June 2012.
^One World, Global Justice online. "Rio+20: an introduction for children and youth". Archived from the original on 26 May 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
^Vimeo.com. "Rio+20: an introduction for children and youth". Retrieved 4 June 2012.
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