enriched debates and the international experience for all participating and helped to foster global networks, including exchanges with Youth20 partners. Under the impression of the Russian war of aggres- sion against Ukraine, Youth7 decided to extend an invitation to Ukraine’s youth and to establish a Track on Youth, Peace & Security (YPS). With Ukrainian Delegates joining the urgency for the G7 to deliver on human security and assistance, on resilience and peace-building efforts and on youth participation in rebuilding, was prominently under- scored and continued to play a crucial role in all advocacy efforts throughout 2022. In line with the rotating Presidency, the Youth7 engagement process passes from one youth organisation to another each year and builds upon mostly volunteer engagement to develop further fora of cooperation, ways of working and young networks. Youth7 continues to strive with every new cohort of Delegates, thanks to the extraordinary experience to join a global network of todays and future change-makers. Participating in a Youth7 Summit 2022, hopefully motivates to pursue the shared vision of a world that is stronger together to address pressing challenges through coop- eration. Lastly, Youth7 2022 also aimed to set an example for the added value young voices offer to G7 Leaders, as experts for the realities of lives of future generation and innovative policy-making for a more sustainable future.
Representing the young civil societies and engaged leadership, Youth7 joint its fellow engagement groups to highlight the importance to safeguard and support open societies, resilient structures for interest groups and community participation in policy-making. Engagement groups and the continuing dialogue with civil society and interest groups have a long, evolving tradition and are further developed under each Presidency. Further, they aim to involve key players and institutions of each member’s civil society as well as their culture of civic action. Beyond serving youth as a margin- alised group in society themselves, Youth7 always committed to join engagement groups in advo- cating for gender equity, global sustainable devel- opment and economic justice. Youth7 2022 was a youth-led project, with a team of young volunteers steering both the work and advocacy process as well as the programme of the Youth7 Summit 2022. Co-Chairs and Track Sherpa were nominated by the German National Committee for International Youth Work (DNK), which brought together alumni of previous Youth7 and Youth20 engagement processes, former Youth Delegates to International Organisations and young activ- ists from youth associations and advocacy groups. In the spirit of global partnership, solidarity and friendship, Youth7 2022 invited Delegations from Indonesia, Senegal, South Africa and Ukraine to join and broaden the scope of G7 collaboration in the field of youth. This allowed for the inclusion of young voices from the Global South to be heard and incorporated in policy recommendations, it broaden the scope of G7 collaboration in the field of youth. Youth7 invited Delegations from Indonesia, Senegal, South Africa and Ukraine to join and
Youth7 in dialogue with Members of the German Bundestag
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