CYC Youth Delegate of Finland

Country: Finland 

Duration: Representatives serve a 2-year mandate. 

Procedure for involvement: Elected by the board of the National Youth Council of Finland. 

Specific Criteria:  

• Age limit of 27 at the time of election. 

• Have a background in the field of a youth civil society organization/organizations. 

Description: 

The National Youth Council of Finland (FYCS) coordinates the Finnish Youth Delegate Program. The Youth Delegates are nominated to represent their generation, to bring young people’s perspectives to the public debate and to influence policy making processes in Finland and internationally. 

Delegates work together and with other young people, youth representatives and stakeholders on many different levels: nationally, in the Nordics, in Europe and globally. There are two youth delegates for each theme or international organization. They often work in close collaboration with the Finnish government and other stakeholders and they have often attended international meetings as members of the Finnish delegation. 

FYCS nominates new delegates every year but for a two year term – that way, each one of them starts as a junior delegate and later becomes a senior who supports and mentors the new delegate. 

The UNESCO Youth Delegates of Finland participate in UNESCO’s General Assembly as part of the Finnish Delegation, the coordination meeting of UNESCO’s Nordic Member States and in the Unesco Youth Forum, as well as in other Unesco-related preparations, especially in the fields of science and research, as far as possible. The Unesco Youth Delegate has also been an invited expert at meetings of the Finnish National Commission for UNESCO.