Press Advisory

WHAT: National Youth Dialogue on Summit of the Future August 16, 2024

Theme: Let’s Be Future-Ready: Youth Perspectives on the Future We Want

WHEN: August 16th, 2024, at 10 a.m.

WHERE: Terra Nova Hotel, The Venetian Room, Kingston Jamaica

LIVE STREAM: UN Jamaica YouTube | UNICEF YouTube | JIS TV YouTube

WHO:
• Sen The Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs & Foreign Trade
• The Honourable Alando Terrelonge, Minister of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
• The Hon. Marsha Smith, Minister of State, Ministry of Education and Youth
• Ambassador Brian Wallace, Permanent Representative of Jamaica to the UN
• Dennis Zulu, UN Resident Coordinator in Jamaica, Bahamas, Bermuda, Turks & Caicos & Cayman Islands
• Shanique Bowden, Executive Director, JYAN
• Jamaro Marville, Programme Analyst, UNDP
• Asha Richards, Diaspora Youth Council Co-Chair
• Odane Brooks, CARICOM Youth Ambassador
• Shamar Wedderburn, Vice Chair (Policy & Advocacy), Caribbean Regional Youth Council

Hosts: Samantha Wilmot, Coordinator, Jamaica Youth Thematic Working Group, Planning Institute of Jamaica and Cavan Lewis, Outgoing President of the National Secondary Students Council
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The Summit of the Future Youth Dialogue is a partnership among the youth of Jamaica, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, the Ministry of Education and Youth and the United Nations in Jamaica. Several Jamaican youth leaders will present and lead panels.

The dialogue will be participatory, inclusive, and following the principle of leaving no youth behind, the youth audience will include participants from various groups including rural youth, diaspora youth and persons with disabilities. Participants will engage in person as well as online across various platforms.

At the end, youth will develop and present key messages for the future they want, to national and global leaders.