Just a reminder that on Monday 14th November, the World Bank Group Youth Summit starts in Washington DC. The focus of the Summit is EDUCATION, which we at the ‘Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing’ know, is one of smartest investments we, as a global community can make, and if we do, we will see a triple dividend of  benefits for adolescents now, for them later as adults, and later still for their children.

Youth are the main consumers and participants in education. Despite intimate knowledge of the successes and failures of modern education, youth rarely become architects, shapers, or producers of a system that is built on their behalf. The World Bank Group (WBG) Youth Summit 2016 will seek to bridge that gap, giving youth an active voice in creating the vision for the future of education.

Structure of the Youth Summit

The two-day Summit will be held on the 14-15 November 2016 in Washington DC and live-streamed globally. The 2016 Youth Summit will have three components:

Plenary: The Summit will open with a plenary session to connect youth representatives and speakers from the World Bank Group, the private sector, government and academia with the objective of engaging views, ideas and debate to rethink the future of education.

Workshops: Attendees will participate in workshops that delve into the Summit’s four sub-themes, giving participants an opportunity to share ideas and experience and debate the future of education.

The sub-themes are:

• Innovation and Technology in Education;
• Skills for the New Economy;
• Gender Equality in Education;
• Education in Crisis Zones.

Competition: On the second day of the Summit, the live final of the Youth Summit Competition ‘Rethinking Education: Innovative Ideas to Transform Education’ will take place. The competition finalists will have the opportunity to pitch their ideas to the audience of attendees and an expert jury. To find out more about how to participate in the competition, visit our competition tab.

A full Summit agenda including speakers can be found here.

You can also participate in the conversation on social media using the hashtag #wbgyouthsummit.

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