Aotearoa Youth Declaration is UN Youth’s flagship civics education conference, held over four days at the University of Auckland.

The conference aims to equip participating youth from all across Aotearoa with a deeper understanding of their place within their community and the ways they can actively contribute to it. Participants are guided by facilitators in small groups (focus groups), each centered around a different policy area. Over four days, they participate in workshops, visit various businesses and organisations, as well as hear from industry experts to further engage with their chosen topic. Participants then develop policy recommendations on the issues and areas most important to them. These are brought together in the Youth Declaration – a document that represents the youth voice. In 2018 the conference dates are Thursday 12th - Sunday 15th April.

To find out more about the conference visit https://unyouth.org.nz/event/aotearoa-youth-declaration/.