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Manual

FOR ORGANIZING YOUTH CONSULTATIONS

Together towards a global deal

for nature and people

MOF, Alm.del - 2019-20 - Bilag 78: Henvendelse fra Nordisk Råd til Formændene for de nordiske parlamenter om at engagere unge i forbindelse med FN-aftale om biodiversitet

Manual for organizing youth consultations

Together towards a global deal for nature and people

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Manual

FOR ORGANIZING YOUTH CONSULTATIONS

Together towards a global deal

for nature and people

Contents

Youth Participation in the 2020 global biodiversity negotiations

About the manual

Draft Workshop Programme

Preparations for a youth participation workshop on biodiversity

How to select participants

Organising team

Facilitation of a youth participation workshop on biodiversity

Various roles at the workshop

Recommendation session

Communication of results to policymakers

Discussing results with policymakers after the workshop

– international interaction

How will our input be used?

Other types of communication

Annex 1 – Short programme example

Annex 2 – Example of invitation letter

Annex 3 – Script for the workshop organiser

Annex 4 – Script for lead facilitator

Annex 5 – Script for group moderators

Annex 6 – Recommendation template

Annex 7 – Reporting template

For the publication

Toolkit:Together towards a global deal for nature and people

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“With the new

global deal on

biodiversity, we have

an opportunity for

intergenerational

equity. Let’s start by

coming together as

one

powerful

voice.”

GUSTAF ZACHRISSON, TRAINEE,

SWEDISH SOCIETY FOR NATURE CONSERVATION

Together Towards a Global Deal for Nature and People

MOF, Alm.del - 2019-20 - Bilag 78: Henvendelse fra Nordisk Råd til Formændene for de nordiske parlamenter om at engagere unge i forbindelse med FN-aftale om biodiversitet

Youth Participation in the

2020 global biodiversity

negotiations

This manual is made available to young people and

those who want to engage young people in the

development of a new global deal for nature and

people. Anyone who wishes to arrange, facilitate

and engage in youth consultations is invited to

use the toolkit. The results can be communicated

to decision-makers, the public and other relevant

institutions and will be part of a bigger movement

of youth around the world.

For more information about the global process

please see

https:/

/www.cbd.int/conferences/post2020

For more information about the Global Youth

Biodiversity Network please see

https:/

/www.gybn.org/

For those living within the Nordic region

(Greenland, Iceland, Aaland, Finland, Sweden,

Denmark, Faroe Island and Norway): To ensure

the voices of the Nordic youth in the process of

formulating a new global deal for nature and

people, the Nordic Council and the Nordic Council

of Ministers have decide to invite young people

to engage in the global biodiversity negotiations

by offering them the opportunity to make their

views and priorities heard. In order to involve young

people across the Nordic region in discussions of

a New Deal for Nature and People, the Nordic

Council and the Nordic Council of Ministers have

developed a toolkit:

Together Towards a Global

Deal for Nature and People Involving young people

in setting targets for biodiversity, ecosystems

and sustainable use.

The aim is to support young

people, youth organisations and other interested

groups in their facilitation of discussions on key

issues relating to a new deal, and to ensure the

credibility of the results from the youth workshop.

If used in accordance with the instructions in this

manual, the outcome of the discussions among

the young people can be synthesised and analysed,

thereby giving a voice to Nordic youth in the global

negotiations.

For those living outside the Nordic countries who

wishes to arrange, facilitate and engage in youth

consultations is invited to use the toolkit. The

results can be communicated to decision-makers,

the public and other relevant institutions including

the Convention on biological diversity and will be

part of a bigger movement of youth around the

world.

ABOUT THE MANUAL

This manual is intended to provide information to

organisers of youth workshops and participation,

and to guide them in their preparation of the

workshops. It is a flexible and voluntary manual

which can be used in accordance with context-

specific considerations. The manual should solely

be considered a support to organisers and those

involved in the facilitation of workshops. We are

aware that it may not be as useful for smaller

gatherings, but may be helpful in situations where

workshops with 25 or more young people meet to

discuss a New Deal for Nature and People.

MANUAL

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Draft Workshop

Programme

Welcome

from a politician, who explains the aspirations

for the workshop and how it is planned to include the

views of young people in the biodiversity negotiations

Welcome

from the lead facilitator, who explains both the

purpose of the overall initiative and the workshop, and

provides an overview of the programme

Short presentation

of biodiversity and the COP

negotiations, following closely by the information already

given in the Information Booklet

First session

– intro by lead facilitator; deliberations in

groups and individual votes

Second session

– intro by lead facilitator; deliberations in

groups and individual votes

Short break

Third session

– intro by lead facilitator; deliberations in

groups and individual votes

Fourth session

– intro by lead facilitator; deliberations in

groups and individual votes

Fifth session

– intro by lead facilitator; deliberations in

groups and individual votes

Recommendation session

– participants produce their

own recommendations in groups (at least one for each

group). Recommendations are posted on a wall and

each participant is given three stickers to vote on their

preferred recommendations.

Reflections and comments

by politician(s) on the results

of the youth deliberations

Optional

Extra time needed

MANUAL

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Together Towards a Global Deal for Nature and People

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Preparations for a

youth participation

workshop on biodiversity

This section provides instructions for the

preparation of a workshop with 20 or more young

people, and includes reflections on how to select

participants, etc.

How to select participants

Young people are just as varied as adults, and

who you invite to the workshop can make a

difference with regard to the discussions and

thereby the results of the deliberations. As it is not

practically possible to engage all young people in

the workshop, it will be a good idea to think about

who is speaking on behalf of the young people.

This can be done by engaging already organised

young people and/or selecting non-organised young

people. Whether organised or non-organised, it is

important that you describe which young people

participated in the workshop/consultations when

the results of the workshops are submitted.

Normally, when attempts are made to ensure

that participants are as representative as possible

of the general public, use is made of socio-

demographic criteria such as age, gender, location,

occupation, etc.

However, considerations of socio-demographic

criteria may not be possible in this case, and

young people should in general be encouraged

to participate in the workshop or to plan their

own discussions by using the toolkit. When

selecting participants, we advise you to give

good consideration to the issues of diversity and

representativeness. Do your best to recruit a

diverse group of participants, and let us know

afterwards to what extent you managed to do so.

See Annex 8.

Organising team

Besides the workshop organiser and the workshop

participants, one lead workshop facilitator, a vote

reporter, and several group moderators should be

appointed, with one group moderator for every 5

or 6 participants. The group moderators should

ideally be appointed in advance, so that they can be

properly briefed about their role.

In accordance with feedback received from the

Nordic youth networks, both the lead facilitator

and the group moderators should be young people.

These could possibly be selected from among the

more active network members, so that their role

would be more facilitatory, offering the less active

young people an opportunity to make their views

heard.

MANUAL

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Facilitation of

a youth participation

workshop on biodiversity

Various roles at the workshop

Workshop organiser

The workshop organiser is in charge of all the

practical arrangements at the workshop, such

as registration, briefing the group moderators,

making sure that the lead facilitator follows the

programme, etc.

See a script for the workshop organiser

in Annex 3.

Lead facilitator

The lead facilitator is in charge of steering the

participants through the workshop.

See a script for the lead facilitator in Annex 4.

Group moderators

The group moderators have an important role

in facilitating debate and making sure that the

discussions stick to the point and progress in a

good and sober form.

See a script for the group moderator in Annex 5.

Recommendation session

This part of the meeting programme gives

participants an opportunity to formulate and

discuss their recommendations. Each table

group will be asked to formulate one important

recommendation through table discussions.

See templates for writing and reporting

recommendations in Annex 6 and 7.

Together Towards a Global Deal for Nature and People

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Communication

of results

to policymakers

One option is to invite politicians to reflect on the

workshop results at the very end of the workshop.

This might be a minister, or politicians representing

different parties. It could also be interesting to

invite representatives from, say, an agricultural

organisation and an environmental NGO. They

could be placed on a panel and reflect on the

results by answering a couple of questions:

•

Which results do you find most interesting, and

why?

•

What do you agree or disagree with the most,

and why?

•

Do these results inspire you to change policy in

any way?

Dedicated interactions could be arranged by

workshop organisers. The format of interaction

could be an open round table discussion with

the participation of both young people (table

moderators) and policymakers (politicians and civil

servants). The round table discussion should ideally

be open to the public and/or live-streamed.

A press conference could be organised, at which

young people could present the results, and

politicians are invited to respond to the results.

An alternative to a face-to-face interaction could

be a written response in the same detail as outlined

above, signed by the Minister for the Environment,

and published.

Council and the Nordic Council of Ministers, on the

basis of the workshop reports received from the

various countries within the Nordic region.

Reporting results

The organizers of the workshop are responsible

for preparing a workshop report with an overview

of the voting results and the different arguments,

suggestions and recommendations from the

participants. See Workshop Reporting Template in

Annex 7.

How will our input be used?

The Nordic Council (NR) and the Nordic Council of

Ministers (NMR) are responsible for this toolkit and

will collect and process the workshop report.

A synthesis report with youth recommendations

for a Global Deal for Nature and People will

build upon the workshop report from the various

youth consultations across the Nordic Region.

The synthesis report will be used directly in

the negotiations for a New Deal for Nature

and Biodiversity by a Nordic youth delegation

representing all the Nordic Countries. Moreover,

the synthesis report will be presented to the Nordic

Council of Ministers and the Nordic Council. The

synthesis report will be made available online at

www.norden.org.

Other types of communication

Youth networks can do a great deal to

communicate the workshop results in any way they

see fit, e.g. through social media.

Discussing results with policymakers after

the workshop – international interaction

A synthesis report will be prepared by youth

representatives, with the support of the Nordic

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Annex 1

– Short programme example

Youth Workshop on the global

biodiversity negotiations

Programme for participants

Date and venue

10:00 am

10:30

Check-in opens

Welcome

•

by Minister XXXX

by Workshop Organiser

by Lead Facilitator