7CYMM

Seventh Meeting of Commonwealth Youth Ministers

7CYMM, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 27 – 30 April 2008

The Seventh Meeting of Commonwealth Youth Ministers convened in Colombo, Sri Lanka from 27 – 30 April, 2008. The Meeting was preceded by meetings of the Pan-Commonwealth Regional Advisory Board and the Pan-Commonwealth Youth Caucus on 24 April. A skills building workshop focusing on the gender and youth dimension to peace-building took place from 25 – 26 April; and a stakeholders’ meeting on youth mainstreaming was held on 27 April.

These Meetings comprised senior government officials and youth representatives of the Commonwealth. The theme of the 7 CYMM was “Youth and Peace-Building”.

Download:

  7CYMM Communiqué
  Message to CHOGM 2009 from Commonwealth Youth Ministers
  CYMM 2008 Aide Memoire
  YMM(08)Admin 1 Rev1 - Provisional Agenda and Documentation
  YMM(08)Admin 2 Rev1 - Provisional Timetable
  YMM(08)Admin 3 - Provisional Agenda
  YMM(08)Admin 4 - List of Documents
  YMM(08)3A-1 - Youth and Peace Building
  YMM(08)3C-1 - Youth and Peace Building: A case study from the CYP Africa Centre
  YMM(08)3C-2 - Youth and Peace Building: A case study from the CYP Caribbean Centre
  YMM(08)3D-1 - Youth and Peace Building: A case study from the Pacific
  YMM(08)3D-2 - Peace-Building Case Study: CYP’s Northern Uganda Youth Development Centre
  YMM(08)4B-1 - Revised CYP Strategic Plan 2006 - 2008
  YMM(08)4C-1 - Investing in Young People: CYP Biennial Report 2006-2008
  YMM(08)5A-1 - Youth Mainstreaming as a strategic tool for youth development
  YMM(08)5B-1 - Youth Development Index
  YMM(08)6-1 - Centres of Excellence: Programmatic and Financial Considerations, Africa
  YMM(08)6-2 - Centres of Excellence: Programmatic and Financial Considerations, Asia
  YMM(08)6-3 - Centres of Excellence: Programmatic and Financial Considerations, Caribbean
  YMM(08)6-4 - Centres of Excellence: Programmatic and Financial Considerations, Pacific
  YMM(08)7-1 - The Role of Sport in Youth Development