Sharm El Sheikh, January 10 (BNA): The COVID-19 pandemic and climate change are among the main topics that will be discussed during the fourth edition of the World Youth Forum (WYF) in Sharm El Sheikh from January 10-13.
The forum also includes discussions on the policies of fair use of water, facing environmental challenges and the growing global role of emerging companies, in addition to the Egyptian experience with the Decent Life Initiative as a model for community development.
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the future of Africa, the future of financial technology for market development, digital transformation, and education, as well as the views of Generation Z around the world after the pandemic, were also presented in the workshops leading up to the forum, the forum said in a statement.
The National Project for a Decent Life (A Decent Life in Arabic) was piloted in 2019 by President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and its first phase was officially launched in July 2021. The project aims to improve living standards, infrastructure and basic services including health care across the countryside.
Over the next two days, several sessions, workshops and events will discuss a number of key issues including the future of healthcare, behavioral and psychological ramifications in post-pandemic worlds, a review of the development experience facing poverty, and ways to tackle climate change from COP26 in Glasgow to COP27.
In November, Egypt will host the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm El Sheikh.
The forum’s agenda will include discussions on other issues such as the future of energy, sustainable water security, global peace and security, and the reconstruction of post-conflict areas, in addition to focusing on upholding human values through arts and creativity, as well as building security and an inclusive world for women, according to Al-Ahram.
This edition of the World Youth Forum will also feature a simulation model of the United Nations Human Rights Council, according to the agenda.
Other activities continuing from previous editions of the Forum include Global Youth Theatre, Freedom.e, Inspire.D and Start Vein.
The World Youth Forum also announced on Thursday that it has launched a virtual interactive platform for all those who cannot attend the forum in Sharm El Sheikh in person, allowing them to attend the events remotely.
The platform allows users to follow events and activities in the forum as well as participate in forum workshops in a way that allows interactive activities among all participants according to a WYF statement.
The platform also includes information about the forum, its agenda, and speakers in this edition.
By default, users can participate in the forum by visiting the site and registering with an email message through the “Online Forum Participation” tab.
Also for the first time, WYF will use forum technology, which allows participants to collect interactive points from other users generated using the photo booth app.