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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Children Citizenship and Governance Climate Change Education Governance Population Sustainable Development Volunteerism Youth Financing for Development: Increasing financial and technical cooperation for development Mobilizing international resources for development Population: Population growth Social Development: Employment Social policy Youth Sustainable Development: Agriculture Atmosphere Biodiversity Biotechnology Capacity-building Climate change Consumption and production patterns Demographics Desertification and Drought Disaster management and vulnerability Education Energy Finance Forests Freshwater Gender equality Health Human settlements Indicators Industrial development Information for decision-making and participation Institutional arrangements Integrated decision-making International cooperation for an enabling environment International law Land management Major Groups Marine Resources Means of Implementation (Trade, Finance, Technology, Tranfer, etc.) Mining Mountains Oceans and seas Partnerships Poverty Protecting and managing the natural resources Rural Development Sanitation Science Sustainable Tourism Sustainable development for Africa Sustainable development in a globalizing world Sustainable development of SIDS Technology Toxic chemicals Trade and environment Transport Waste (hazardous) Waste (radioactive) Waste (solid) Waste Management Peace and Development in Africa: Development in Africa
Geographic scope:	International
Millennium Development Goals:	Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Achieve universal primary education Promote gender equality and empower women Reduce child mortality Improve maternal health Ensure environmental sustainability Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	Children and Youth International is the is the legally registered financial institutional support for the UN Major Group Children and Youth Its aim is to enable fundraising, capacity building and empowerment of young people so that they can participate in negotiations relations to Sustainable Development in particular but not exclusively for process relating to the outcomes of Rio+20, the High Level Political Forum, the Millennium Development Goals and their successors, Disaster Risk Reduction, Small Island Developing States, Consumption and Production Patterns and other negations from time to time that the board believe is relevant. To achieve these goals, the non-profit can execute at any time all activities that contribute directly or indirectly to the achievement of the purpose of the non-profit. This includesg ancillary commercial and profitable businesses within the boundaries of what is legal and of which the proceeding will be fully geared towards achieving the purpose of the non-profit. The association pursues these goals, regardless of any political party, trade union and is not tied to a particular philosophical or religious belief.
Year established:	2010
Year of registration:	2010
Organizational structure:	Children and Youth International consists of a General Assembly with all members active in the UN Major Group Children and Youth (a. Youth Organisations, b. Invited Youth, c. Organising Partners). Annual it elects a board of maximum 12 individuals to coordinate the day to day running of the organizations.
Number and type of members:	5,000 members in total in the following categories: a. Youth Organisations must be Legal entities and organisations active in Sustainable Development negotiations at the United Nations within the last 12 months and with decision making bodies controlled by young people who are under 35 years of age; b. Invited Youth must be natural persons (under 35 years old) who have proven track record with Sustainable Development negotiations and the UN Major Group of Children and Youth who are invited from time to time to become members by the board; c. Organising Partners must be elected Organising Partners of the Major Group Children and Youth or another Youth Constancy recognised by the United Nations who are under 30 years of age.
Funding structure:	Membership fees or dues Fundraising campaigns Funds from other Non-Governmental Organizations Donations and grants from domestic sources Foreign and international grants

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