Photo: Launch ceremony of the UNFPA Belt & Road Youth Leadership and Participation Project in Shanghai, Dec. 19.
SHANGHAI, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) launched a new project in Shanghai on Tuesday, to promote youth leadership and communication under the Belt and Road Initiative.
In partnership with Beifang International Education Group (BIEG), UNFPA will support the exchanges of knowledge, facilitate mutual learning among the young people, and promote dialogues between the youth and decision makers in areas of critical importance to the youth.
The two-year-long project will provide Chinese youth with training programs on leadership, youth health and communication skills, decision making and offer them intern opportunities in UNFPA or other institutes. There will be international or regional conferences and workshops to promote communication among the youth from countries along the Belt and Road routes.
"We believe that when empowered, young people will become effective drivers of change. UNFPA works across the world in more than 150 countries, including China, to ensure that all young people have the information and services to guarantee their healthy development, and are availed opportunities and capacities to lead and participate in the development process and its benefits," said Dr. Babatunde Ahonsi, UNFPA Representative in China.
A youth friendly club will be established in Shanghai Lida University, a member university with BIEG, to support the project.
Activities under the project will be launched in other cities of China and countries along the Belt and Road routes.
BIEG is a platform for sharing resources, improving operations, and promoting internationalization in higher education, with over 10 university or college members in Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Hunan, Guangxi and Guangdong. (Contributed by Chen Aiping, edited by Hu Pingchao)
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