Youth workshop
The youth workshop was organized by the International Forestry Students’ Association (IFSA), focal organization of the UNFF Children and Youth Major Group (focal points Anna Stemberger and Olivia Sanchez Badini, and IFSA Local Committee at Bern University of Applied Sciences School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences (HAFL) students Markus Pfannkuch, Michael Alder, Fabian Leu), with the support of HAFL and HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation.
This event aimed to provide the opportunity for forestry youth from around the world to develop meaningful and innovative contributions to the UNFF process and future international forest governance and policy regimes. Over the course of the four-day workshop, 25 young people from 16 different countries came together to develop concrete policy proposals relating to youth engagement, forestry education, and priority issues within the context of the UNFF, and to articulate a youth vision for the future of forests and forest governance.
The youth workshop was possible thanks to the generous financial contributions from the Governments of Switzerland and Germany.
Workshop documentation
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