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August 2023 marked 10 years since representatives of 38 member states of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) approved the Montevideo Consensus at the first meeting of the Regional Conference on Population and Development held in Montevideo, Uruguay.

As part of this anniversary, the Fifth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean will be held in Santiago, Chile, on November 14 and 15.

The objectives of the meeting are to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Consensus, to present the document Population, Development and Rights in Latin America and the Caribbean: “Proposal for a Second Regional Report on the Implementation of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development” by the Technical Secretariat, and to present the voluntary national reports on the implementation of the Consensus by governments.

The event will be attended by representatives of governments, international cooperation agencies, representatives of civil society organizations and other strategic allies, and will provide an opportunity to present the regional vision on population and development issues on the road to ICPD+30, which will be held in April 2024 in Africa.

Youth acting from intersectionality

Within the framework of this event, the LAC Youth Network organized a satellite (parallel) event with the objective of promoting a space for reflection among youth attendees, to share experiences, generate networks and develop a regional mapping of what youth expect in terms of population and development on the road to the ICPD+30.

In this sense, strategic information was collected, asking trigger questions and sharing information from the different territories, through a collaborative work with all the youth and organizations present. This action made it possible to prepare a document that gathers all the perspectives of the youth on the Montevideo Consensus, including its advances and setbacks, proposing innovative proposals from the youth and with the objective of being a key input to recognize the reality of the region in terms of population and development.