Tunza for Youth - United Nations Environment Programme
TUNZA International Youth Conference
The
Tunza International Youth Conference, previously called the UNEP Global
Youth Forum, is a key activity of UNEP's long-term youth strategy. It
has been organized since 1985 for young people (15-24 years) to learn
from one another and share experiences and ideas on community-based environmental
actions. It has provided opportunities for youth to develop joint strategies
on promoting environmental protection.
The 2003 Tunza International Youth Conference was the first international
youth environment event since the World Summit on Sustainable Development,
WSSD (Johannesburg, 2002). It was also the first UNEP youth event since
the adoption of the TUNZA Strategy by the Governing Council in February
2003. That particular Conference, therefore, provided a unique opportunity
for young people to take stock of the outcomes of WSSD and review their
role in the UNEP long term strategy for young people.
Before that, the last global conference
by UNEP for youth was held in March 2002 in Denmark. It was used as a
youth preparatory process for the WSSD.
