SEGMENT 2: STATE OF YOUTH AND CIVIC SPACE IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Global trends of shrinking civic spaces, and how young people are contributing to navigate these challenges in Asia and the Pacific in the context of the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), were illustrated with local and national-level case studies from across Asia and the Pacific. Thematic break-out sessions focusing on civic spaces in urban areas and the role of volunteerism were further analyzed the challenges and opportunities related to civic spaces and young people in the region.

Panel session 2.1. Youth accelerating the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

• Presentation by Tomomi Sugimoto, AIESEC
  
• Presentation by Samira Hassan, Community Advocates (Winner of the Call for Stories)
  
• Background video by Nalini Paul, Restless Development
  

Background documents

• Youth accelerating the implementation of SDGs: AIESEC’s perspective, AIESEC (2016)
  

• Youth Guide to the Global Goals and Mapping the UN Global Goals in Your Community, Youth Service America (2016)
  

• ‘Critical agents of change’ in the 2030 Agenda: Youth-inclusive governance indicators for national-level monitoring, UNDP and Working Group on Youth-Inclusive Governance Indicators (2016)
  
• Youth Consultations for a Post-2015 Framework: A toolkit, Restless Development, DFID Youth Working Group (2015)
  
• Global agreements, grassroots advocacy: Youth and governance in a post-2015 world, Restless Development, ActionAid, Plan International (2015)
  
• The Advocacy Toolkit: Influencing the Post-2015 Development Agenda, CIVICUS and Stakeholder Forum (2014)
  

Panel session 2.2. Challenges and opportunities for youth and civic spaces in Asia and the Pacific

• Presentation by Aanas Ali, Amnesty International
  
• Presentation by Layne Robinson, Commonwealth Secretariat
  
• Presentation by Perdita Sonntag, UN Volunteers
  

Background documents

• Global Youth Development Index and Report 2016: South Asia Brief, Commonwealth Secretariat (2016)
  

• Civil Society Regulation and Space in Asia, UNDP and University of Wisconsin (2015)
  
• Tips for Engaging in NGO Law Reforms: A Toolkit, International Center for Not-for-Profit Law and National Endowment for Democracy (n. d.)
  
• Civil Society Space and the United Nations Human Rights System, United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (2015)
  
• Citizen engagement on law-making, World Bank (2013)
  
• Young people and the law in Asia and the Pacific: A review of laws and policies affecting young people’s access to sexual and reproductive health and HIV services, UNESCO (2013)
  

• Elements for Successful CSO Law Reform Initiatives - The Case Studies of Honduras, Iraq and Macedonia, United Nations Development Programme and International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (2011)
  
• The Role of Legal Reform in Supporting Civil Society: An Introductory Primer, United Nations Development Programme and International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (2009)
  

Break-out session 2.3.1. Civic spaces in urban settings: Trends and impact on youth

• Presentation by Bharat Dahiya, Chula University of Thailand
  
• Presentation by Ernie Rebustillo, Right to Play
  
• Presentation by Melissa Alvarado, UN Women (to be added)
  
• Presentation by Hunter Gray, UNESCO
  
• Presentation by Rachaphum Panichsombat, National University of Singapore
  

Background documents

• Born to Be Free: A Regional Study of Interventions to Enhance Women and Girls’ Safety and Mobility in Public Spaces, Asia and the Pacific Region, UN Women (2016)
  
• Global Public Space Toolkit, UN-Habitat (2015)
  
• The Role of ICT in the New Urban Agenda, UN-Habitat and Ericsson (2015)
  
• Placemaking and the Future of Cities Handbook, PPS and UN-Habitat (2012)
  

Break-out session 2.3.2. Youth volunteering and civic spaces

Background documents

• Virtual Volunteering Wiki, Various contributors (2016)
  
• Developing and Managing Volunteer Programmes, Managementhelp.org (2014)
  
• Volunteer Management Resource Library, Energize.inc (2014)
  
• The Big Tent: Corporate Volunteering in the Global Age, International Association for Volunteer Effort (2012)
  
• Mission statements for your volunteer engagement, Short-term assignments for tech volunteers (revised 2015), Recruiting local volunteers to increase diversity among the ranks (revised 2016), Coyote Communications (n.d.)