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ITU Generation Connect Young Leadership Programme in Partnership with Huawei – Application Intake Closed!

Youth at PP-22

International Youth Day 2023

Take the Global Survey on AI and Youth!

Discover the ITU Young Professional Programme (YPP)

Generation Connect at LDC5

Join the AI for Good Neural Network to learn, build + connect with innovators + UN problem-solvers

Watch the Special Video Episode of the Generation Connect Podcast, live from Kigali!

Meet the Generation Connect Gender Champions!

My Digital Future – Generation Connect Youth Call to Action

Meet the creator and winning design of the Generation Connect Global E-waste Iconathon!

About Generation Connect

Generation Connect aims to engage global youth and encourage their participation as equal partners alongside the leaders of today’s digital change, empowering young people with the skills and opportunities to advance their vision of a connected future.

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What does it mean to be connected?

Highlights of the Generation Connect Global Youth Summit 2022

Areas of action

Empower. Empower
Supporting youth empowerment by creating a community of young leaders. Explore
Engage. Engage
Bringing young people together to engage with ITU and its members. Explore
Participate. Participate
Fostering youth dialogue and participation in ITU activities and decision-making processes. Explore
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Generation Connect Visionaries Board

 

The Generation Connect Visionaries Board has been assembled as part of the efforts related to the implementation of the ITU Youth Strategy to further champion the voices of youth to advance digital development. 8 youth experts/young people, 8 high-level appointees and the BDT Director are working together on a voluntary basis to achieve the board’s strategic objectives.

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Impact Stories

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MISK Global Forum 2022

This text is an automatic translation based on the original English version. See the Disclaimer. The MISK Global Forum [MGF] welcomed a Generation Connect delegation to the Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 9-10 November 2022. Under the theme of 'Generation Transformation', the Forum hosted…

14 Sep, 2023

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What do Generation Connect youth delegates hope to achieve?

Check out this blog to find out about the expectations and motivations of the young delegates who participated in the Generation Connect Global Youth Summit 2022

03 Jun, 2022

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Digital Youth: special edition of the ITU News Magazine

Click to find out more about Generation Connect's work with youth to actively participate in digital development

16 Dec, 2021

Kofi Annan Changemakers

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Kofi Annan Changemakers

Inspiring youth of today and digital leaders of tomorrow. Read about Generation Connect's exciting collaboration with this group!

01 Dec, 2021

Amplifying young voices to advance digital inclusion

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Amplifying young voices to advance digital inclusion

Generation Connect encourages global youth to participate as equal partners alongside the leaders of today’s digital change. Led by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the initiative empowers young people with skills and opportunities to advance their vision of a connected…

21 Oct, 2021

2021 ITU Innovation Challenges: Generation Connect Video Pitch Challenge Winners

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Winners of the Generation Connect Video Pitch Challenge 2021

The Generation Connect Video Pitch competition was launched as part of the ITU Innovation Challenges 2021 to encourage diverse young people to share their ideas about connecting the unconnected to close the digital divide. ITU received video pitches from youth…

01 Sep, 2021

Youth participation in a digital world

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Youth Participation in a Digital World

Youth and Media's new report focuses on youth engagement — from co-design to participatory research. The paper, inspired by results from ITU 2020 Youth Engagement Survey and informed by different implementation pilots, highlights four youth participation models.

02 Jun, 2021

What does being connected mean to you

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What does being connected mean to you?

The ITU Generation Connect is a new initiative that catalyses youth action for digital transformation, gives young people a voice & opportunity to be empowered, engaged & to participate to advance the digital development agenda for present & future generations.

10 Feb, 2021

i-CoDI youth challenge

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I-CoDI Youth Challenge: Communicating with and for youth

As part of the design phase for the ITU International Centre of Digital Innovation (I-CoDI), a challenge use case focused on Youth. During the I-CoDI Youth Challenge week (Nov. 16-21, 2020) 7 hybrid teams of internal ITU staff and external…

14 Dec, 2020

ITU Connect 2030

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ITU Connect 2030

The Connect 2030 Agenda supports ITU's role in facilitating progress towards the achievement of the SDGs by 2030, ensuring that technology serves humanity and the planet. The Agenda aims to achieve five bold goals: Growth, Inclusiveness, Sustainability, Innovation and Partnerships.

01 Dec, 2020

ITU the first 150 years

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ITU The first 150 years

For a century and a half since 1865, ITU has been at the center of advances in communications − from telegraphy through to the modern world of satellites, mobile phones and the Internet. Take a look at ITU's history over…

01 Dec, 2020

Futurecasters 2020

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Futurecasters 2020

The Futurecasters Global Young Visionaries Summit (Geneva, 8-10 January 2020) was hosted and co- organized by ITU and the Model UN programme of Ferney-Voltaire, France.

12 Nov, 2020

ITU Youth Engagement Strategy

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ITU 2020 Youth Engagement Survey

In February 2020 we consulted youth around the world on how ITU can engage with them as an international organization. The youth consultation was created and led by the “Youth and Media, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society”, Harvard…

12 Nov, 2020

ITU Youth Strategy

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ITU youth strategy

The Youth Strategy aims to improve and have a real impact on the lives of young people around the world and to ensure meaningful participation of youth in ITU as key stakeholders in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for…

12 Nov, 2020

UN IANYD statement on COVID-19 and youth

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UN IANYD statement on COVID-19 and youth

The unprecedented global health crisis we are facing is affecting all parts of society and changing lives and livelihoods. In all types of crises and times of need, from climate change to armed conflict or political unrest, young people and…

12 Nov, 2020