Youth Forum on Green Economy was held in Minsk

28-29 September, 2021, a youth forum «Green Economy – a Successful Future» was held on the basis of the Republican Center for Ecology and Local Lore.

The main goal of the Forum was the participation of schoolchildren in the discussion of the draft National Action Plan for the Development of the Green Economy for 2021–2025.

The Youth Forum «Green Economy – a Successful Future» was organized by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus, the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus, UNICEF, UNDP with the support of the National Coordinator for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

The Forum was attended by representatives of the resource centers of «green schools», students from the regions and the city of Minsk, as well as youth ambassadors of the Sustainable Development Goals, who acted as moderators of dialogue platforms on the priority areas of the draft National Action Plan for the development of a «green» Economy for 2021-2025 – climate change, ecological tourism, sustainable consumption and production, biological and landscape diversity, etc.

Within the framework of the event, a plenary session «Green economy – a vector of success» and a panel discussion «Voice of youth for a green future» were held, at which the results of the Forum were discussed, as well generalized recommendations and proposals of the participants on the draft National Action Plan for the Development of the Green Economy for 2021–2025.