Normative recognition that youth are not always vicims or perpetrators and thet have posituve role in peacebulding as well

As it is a UNSC resolution countries are bound to develop National Actions Plans and carry it forward

Intersectionality of Youth Peace and Secuity and Women Peace and Security

Localization - local governments being invited for the decision making

3 UNSCR as legimitization of the agenda, many NAPS ongoing, socialization of YPS and youth identifying themmselves with agenda.

Mention of youth in the action plans, more governments are mentioning youth at NAPS on WPS and YPS, more private sector involved in peacebuilding work

NAP on YPS recognized by the Leage of Arab Sate Summit. And Arab strategy adopted.

YPS coalitions at the national level are growing over the past 10 years. Youth in countries and led by local actors.

Intergenerational dialgoue are better. Organizations are pushing for intergenerational and intersectorial dialogue

Youth being invited but their role being minor as the political will is low and there are structural barriers.

Funding barriers

Lack on National level participation - only very few NAPs being passed around the world

Insitutional backlash and shrinking civic spaces in many regions (e.g. Eastern Europe), where youth human rights defenders face imprisonment or violence.

Mostly "Peace" part being highlites as if "security" is less important

The importance of localization and digitalization of the YPS agenda in marginalized communities

There is a need for disaggregated data on how youth are participating in peacebuilding

Important to secure funding of YPS-related work

Increasing global collaboration, for example exchanges/coming together from different parts of the world

Important to continue to recognize the interlinkages between the WPS agenda and the YPS agenda, advancing a gender lens on the YPS agenda

Global challenge: funding cuts, youth receive low fuding from international development cooperation.

Government more restrictive and adoption of other actors. Influencing work, no youth that want to involve in CSos, its problematic. Before they were interested on leading the change,now they

Militarization and securitization is bringing back youth-related narratives as a problem to be contained. Shinked civic spaces online and offline.

How youth navigate polarization, consecuences on socila cohesion of communities. How to navigate challenges.

Spaces for youth at the local level are limited in platforms. Official dialogues, peace talks.

Space for youth is an increased rethoric Military service for youth, work ethos. Dialogues ongoing and we spend time talking about war rather than peace and prevention. youth are placed at the frontlines of military ethos

War discourse is being increasingly normalized.

We see a lot of government support/governments helping to implement the YPS agenda in some countries and a lack of support from other governments (which is a big challenge)

Current dynamic of rivalry between different actors is a challenge (eg youth civil society-non-youth civil society, young people-gov)

A current challenge is that we have multiple youth actors coming from different backgrounds which traduces in diverse approaches to the same agenda. Not 100% agreement about the YPS agenda.

Shrinking civic space

Taking advantage of new technologies

Ensuring accessibility (from further engagement of youth with disabilities to translating resources into several languages)

Ensure that staff capacity is fully dedicated to YPS (within the UN system at least)

Continue applying a youth lens to projects (ensuring a certain number of young people participating, including young women, etc.)

Develop AI/Digital tools to ensure dissemination of ideas/data while ensuring accessibility to these tools (languages availability, user-friendly app, alternatives for young people who don't necessarily have an easy/efficient access to internet)

PMEL can be a connecting dot between all the issues raised - such an intersectionality, localization etc.

Building evidence-based accountability mechanisms.

Raising funding so that what is on paper can be enforced

Making sure that Youth with disabilities meanigfully involved in the process

More NAPs

More youth at negotiation tables.

Funding, flexible funding even in restrictive enviro

National mechanisms on YPS , not necessarily a NAP but looking on existing mechanisms and how make them work for the YPS agenda.

Intergenerational dioalgoues (Millenials YPS) continuity and mutual learning

YPS as a globla agenda and not only an agenda planned for the Global South or a Foreign Policy agenda. YOS is not only for countries affected by country

Participation to more power. To invest for more peace. Power of youth as main actors. There are many organizations, how do we make it real.

That more people in our countries feel identified with the agenda and that they know what youth-related legal frameworks and institutions exist so the YPS adapts to the contextand not vceversa.

YOS agenda, youth friendly platforms with direct communicaition

Flexible, core and long-term funding. Funding is a main constraint. Directing oyung people in how alliances work collectively

Funding is a main limitation for youth. We need Funding that is core, flexible, long-term

Agenda YPS that is seen beyond a South glob agenda or a Foreign Ministry agenda

Intergenerational dialogues Millenial- Gen Z so we have a full history of YPS agenda and mutual learning

More NAPs, or more National Mechanisms that represent YPS.

Communication, language that is youth-related.

Socialize more the YPS agenda. National Coallitions are strong, but sometimes do not have broad representation. We need that young people working with peace (understood at the broadest levels) identify themselves with the agenda and that they know the existing leagal frameoworks and institutions nationally, so that YPS adapts to the context and not viceversa

More balanced relationships among all actors involved at YPS (multi-level)

10 years of YPS: Time to move beyond lip service.

A decade later, youth still wait for real inclusion.

YPS at 10: Promises made, action delayed.

From resolutions to reality - where is the commitment?

Ten years of lip service. Where’s the transformation?

Connect the YPS and WPS agendas across generations. Advance WPS and YPS together through intergenerational collaboration and joint action in advocacy, financing and policy.

Protect civic space for young women peacebuiders. Young women need safe and open spaces to participate, online and offline.

Support real leadership beyond tokenism. Move beyond symbolic participation by ensuring young women have an active role and influence in peace and security decision-making.

Invest in young women peacebuilders. Provide predictable and flexible funding that reaches young women’s organizations and sustains their work on the ground.