On December 15, USIP held a discussion with leading experts that explored the current efforts to develop national action plans on Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) in Southeast Asia and identified key lessons for implementing the YPS agenda in the region.
SpeakersTheophilus Ekpon Executive Director, Centre for Sustainable Development and Education in Africa
Bill Flens Director of Multilateral Affairs, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
Brian Harding Senior Expert, U.S. Institute of Peace
Jenni Kilpi Junior Advisor, Permanent Mission of Finland to the UN
Vanessa Vianco S. Pallarco Director for Social Healing and Peacebuilding, Department of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process, Philippines
Paula Porras Program Officer, U.S. Institute of Peace
Saji Prelis Co-Chair of the Global Coalition on Youth, Peace and Security
Karla Rodulfo Project Officer and Deputy Director, Youth, Peace and Security Division, Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process
Mridul Upadhay, moderator U.S. Institute of Peace Generation Change Fellow
For more information about this event, please visit: https://www.usip.org/events/youth-peace-and-security-southeast-asia
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