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YOUTH FORUM

  • Splashmins Hotel & Resort, Georgetown - Guyana
  • December 8-10, 2026

WHAT IS IT ABOUT

About the Youth Forum

The Youth Forum is a fully integrated pillar of CDM 14—designed to put young people at the heart of the Caribbean’s resilience conversation, not on the sidelines.

Disasters, climate change, and economic shocks affect young people first and longest. But across the Caribbean, youth are also leading change—organising communities, building solutions, using technology, and reimagining what resilience looks like on the ground. The CDM 14 Youth Forum exists to amplify that energy, connect it across borders, and turn it into collective action.

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A Truly Regional Youth Gathering

The Youth Forum will bring together young leaders from all 20 CDEMA Participating States, alongside a large and vibrant delegation of youth from Guyana, the host country. This creates a powerful regional mix—Caribbean youth learning from each other, sharing lived experiences, and building networks that extend far beyond the Conference.

From island states to mainland communities, urban centres to rural and coastal areas, the Youth Forum reflects the full diversity of Caribbean youth voices and realities.

what makes it unqiue

What Makes the Youth Forum Different

Delivered as a dedicated three-day programme alongside the main Conference, the Youth Forum is directly connected to CDM 14’s core themes and outcomes. Youth are not attending as observers—they are contributors, innovators, and partners in shaping the region’s resilience agenda.

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key features

Key Features of the Youth Forum

This is not just a forum.
It’s a space to be heard, to build solutions, and to shape the future of resilience in the Caribbean.

Youth Resilience Challenge

Youth teams will work on real resilience challenges drawn from recent disaster experiences, developing practical, creative solutions with the potential to be scaled and supported beyond the Forum

Leadership Dialogues & Mentorship

Direct engagement with Ministers, policymakers, development partners, financiers, and technical experts—creating rare opportunities for youth to learn, question, and be heard.

Innovation & Solution Design Labs

Hands-on sessions focused on collaboration, creativity, and turning ideas into actionable proposals aligned with Caribbean resilience priorities

Peer Learning Across the Caribbean

Youth from across the region sharing stories, strategies, and lessons from their communities—building solidarity and regional understanding

Youth Declaration & Action Agenda

A Youth-led Declaration and set of recommendations will be formally presented during the CDM 14 Closing Plenary, ensuring youth perspectives directly inform Conference outcomes and regional decision-making.

Impacts on new generation

By bringing Caribbean youth together—across borders, cultures, and experiences—the Youth Forum builds a new generation of resilience leaders who are connected, confident, and ready to act.

PARTNERS

Our Youth Forum Partners play a vital role in empowering young voices and driving meaningful change. Through collaboration, they support innovation, leadership, and community engagement among the next generation.

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OUR SPEAKERS

Our Growing network of speakers

Note : people can check back for speaker confirmations

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