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33 Through our special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Development Council (ECOSOC) and the Conference of Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, GYAN supported 31 representatives to attend UN processes and events. GYAN was awarded ten accreditation spots for the annual COP climate change negotiations held in Poland in 2013. Youth Delegates shared their perspectives of the negotiations in partnership with TheVerb.org (http://www.theverb.org). Two Global Encounters video conferences were also held live from COP19, connecting accredited youth attending the summit with over 1,000 students from around the world. Global Youth Action Network http://gyan.tigweb.org The Global Youth Action Network (GYAN) works to facilitate youth participation and intergenerational partnership in global decision-making, supporting collaboration among diverse youth organisations and providing tools, resources, and recognition for positive youth action. As part of GYAN's participation in the Major Group for Children and Youth (MGCY), GYAN nominated six youth representatives as Focal Points for the 10 Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns (10YFP). GYAN staff also participated in the 2013 Youth Blast, held on the 20th of September, leading workshops based on digital engagement, storytelling and technology for social change. Pageviews Unique visitors Youth delegates at UN Meetings Meetings attended Affiliated Organizations 33,903 12,000 31 10 3,870 INTER-AGENCY NETWORK ON YOUTH DEVELOPMENT (IANYD) OPEN WORKING MEETING GYAN Staff attended the Open Working Meeting at UNFPA headquarters in New York City from September 18-20th. This meeting provided an opportunity to discuss collaboration between TIG programmes and UN engagement opportunities. In particular, within the Education Working Group, the TIGed platform was promoted as a recommendation to be advanced with in collaboration with Chernor Bah, Youth representative in the Global Education First Initiative. Youth representatives from partner organizations across the sector were interviewed on video about best practices in youth engagement. In the coming year GYAN hopes to deepen the engagement of young people in the Post 2015 Development Goal Agenda, and work closely with civil society actors around the world to expand meaningful participation of young people at all levels of decision making.

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