South Africa represented at Kazan Global Youth Summit
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s Deputy Minister of Women and Youth, Mmapaseka Letsike, is attending the Third Kazan Global Youth Summit in Russia this weekend.
The summit is an annual event which brings together youth, policy leaders, diplomats and experts on key issues on the international youth agenda. The 2024, Summit’s agenda will be dedicated to the following topics: Digitalisation; Modern tools in youth policy, and Traditional values in the globalisation era.
Letsike is set to deliver remarks at the High-Level Session on “Youth Well-being in the XXI Century”.
The session will focus on current challenges that have a significant impact on the mental health of young people around the world. Letsike will also have bilateral meetings with the strategic countries that are at the summit. South Africa‘s participation is geared to ensure that the country’s national interest and priorities on women and youths are expressed and reflected to the global community.
The outcome of the summit will be the Joint Resolution of the Action Plan, which will become the basis for the implementation of joint children's and youth initiatives and long-term cooperation programmes in countries of the Islamic World, BRICS and Asia-Pacific region.
In addition, a separate session of the event will be devoted to discussing best practices in the development of artificial intelligence and virtual reality, digital trends and digital solutions.
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