Agenda of Youth Advocacy Forum 2021

Agenda of Youth Advocacy Forum 2021

The second Youth Advocacy Forum where the youth from all over the world will gather and discuss advocacy policies on the issues of substance use among youth, new mediums of advertisement, growing risks of behavioural addictions, the most effective ways of informing the young generation about healthy behaviours and making better decisions took place online between 17-18 August 2021! Organized by the International Federation of Green Crescent (IFGC) and supported by powerful organizations like the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Istanbul Initiative, divergent issues were discussed at the Forum.
 

Time (CEST) 12.00pm – 4.00pm Tuesday-August 17 Wednesday – August 18
12:00 – 12:10

Opening Speech 1 (5 min.) – H.E Ambassador Ahmet Muhtar Gün, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Turkey to the Office of the UN and Other International Organizations in Vienna

Opening Speech 2 (5 min.) – Yasin Erol, Deputy Secretary General of Turkish Green Crescent Society

Opening Speech 1 (5 min.) – Esbjörn Hörberg, Istanbul Initiative

Opening Speech 2 (5 min.) – Melike Şimşek, Turkish Green Crescent Society

12:10 – 12:50

Elizabeth Mattfeld & Su Hong   
Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Unit
Drug Prevention and Health Branch
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Topic: Advocacy & UNODC Youth Forum

Cam Adair, Founder of Game Quitters

Topic: Gaming and Gambling

12:50 – 13:30

John Collins, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Topic: Organized crime: Illicit markets and emerging policy issues

Gayle Amul, Research for Impact, Singapore

Topic: Commercial Determinants of Alcohol Consumption among Young People

13:30 -13:40

Break

Break

13:40 – 14:20

Georgia Dimitropoulou, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

Topic: Youth Crime Prevention through Sport

Daniel Grafton, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Topic: Importance of public health for sustainable development

14:20 – 15:00

John F. Kelly, Harvard University

Topic: Stigmatization and the importance of integrating a stigmatization-sensitive perspective to public policy-making processes

Ramona Brad, European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention (ENSP)

Topic: Tobacco Use & Tobacco Industry Strategies Focusing on Youth (Especially during COVID-19 era)

15:00 – 15:10

Break

Break

15:10 – 15:50

Angela Me, Phd Chief Research and Trend Analysis Branch, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime | UNODC

Topic: COVID-19 and online markets for drugs

Dag Rekve, World Health Organization (WHO)

Topic: Cross-border alcohol marketing, advertising and promotional activities in a public health perspective.

15:50 – 16:00

Closing Remarks –Mehmet Utku Öztürk, Turkish Green Crescent Society

Closing Remarks – Dr. Era Catur Prasetya, Green Crescent Indonesia & Sedef Erçetin Gençosmanoğlu, Turkish Green Crescent Society


Moderation by: Sedef Erçetin Gençosmanoğlu, Manager of International Cooperation Department & Mehmet Utku Öztürk, Deputy Manager of Advocacy Department

*The Program Committee reserves the right to change this agenda and the program conditions at any time without prior notice. In the event that any changes are made, the revised program and conditions shall be posted on this website immediately.

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