23^rd June 2023

Time: 10:00 -17:00

                                                                        Venue: Victoria Falls -Zimbabwe

Part I “Exchange amongst Indigenous youth and youth from local communities Cross-regional knowledge-sharing between indigenous youth and youth from grassroots local communities”

                                                                                                                                       10:00-10:10

Opening

 o Invocation by indigenous knowledge holder

 o Opening remarks by His Excellency Hon Ngobizitha Mangaliso Ndhlovu, Minister of Environnent, Climate, Tourism and Hospitality, Zimbabwe.

o Wilson FORBI, President and CEO, Global Aid for Africa (GAA).

o Kina Muphy:

o Mr  Gorden Sithole, Founder and CEO , Heal A Soul Foundation (HASF)

                                                                                                                                                              10:10-10:25

Scene Setting

Brief presentation on Global Aid for Africa (GAA), and 30×30 indigenous youth and youth from local communities’ engagement activities, and outcomes from informal youth consultations 30×30 African Youth Campaign Network (NECA), by Activity Co-Leads, Facilitative Working Group.

                                                                                                                                                              10:25-14:35

Round table discussion: Enhancing leadership of indigenous youth and youth from local communities on 30×30 action

“Indigenous youth and youth from local communities and grassroot are key to achieve the 2050 vision: Living in harmony with nature. The Kunming-Montreal global biodiversity framework will benefit and recognize their contributions at the local level, and this can only be achieved with youth voices around grassroot and local communities”

Discussion prompts: 

1. What practices are indigenous youth, grassroot and local communities’ youth from your region doing to help protect at least 30% of land and ocean by 2030 that fully respect and integrates indigenous rights and indigenous leadership?

 2. How can meaningful youth engagement in 30×30 policy development and implementation be enhanced? Are there any existing good practices, in your experience?

 3. What practices would enhance the engagement of indigenous youth and youth from local communities in the activities of the 30×30 African Youth Network Campaign Platform or in other areas of work under the 30X30?

 4. What recommendations would you provide to the Global Aid for Africa (GAA), to ensure that the 30×30 Youth forum dialogues build on one another during the workplan period, 2023 – 2026?

Indigenous youth representatives from each region responds to framing questions:

Contributors:

• Melvin Melita (Africa)

• Maria Danilova (Central and Eastern Europe, the Russian Federation, Central Asia and Transcaucasia)

 • Ruth Kaviok (the Arctic)

 • Elisapee Lamoreux, Makivik (the Arctic)

 • Christina Fields (the Arctic)

 • Martina Fjällberg, Sáminuorra (the Arctic)

• Melanie Pascale-Orsucci (the Pacific)

 • Alix Pascal-Orsucci (the Pacific) – Virtually if possible

 Indigenous youth and youth from local communities are invited to provide their contributions to the discussion

Moderated by:

*Consists of 15 minutes break

                                                                                                                                                              14:35-14:40

Break

                                                                                                                                                              14:40-15:40

Summarizing the outcomes from the roundtable discussions:

Summary of practices and results which could be built upon to enhance

 • Exchange of experiences between Parties, indigenous youth, and youth from grassroots and local communities

 • Engaging youth in 30×30 policy development and implementation meaningfully

• Engaging indigenous youth and youth from grassroots and local communities in the activities to protect 30% of ocean and land by 203