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Children and Youth International, formerly Rio+twenties, is a non-governmental youth-led and volunteer based youth empowerment organization based in Brussels, Belgium, New York, USA and Brighton, UK. Its goal is to "build capacity and empower young people and their representative structures to actively participate in the preparatory processes of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) in Rio in 2012 (Rio+20)". It was founded by Ben Vanpeperstraete, Ivana Savic, Michaela Hogenboom, Pieter-Jan Van De Velde, Felix Beck, Brendan Coolsaet, Sébastien Duyck with the involvement and later leadership of 
Within the international community working on sustainable development and the Rio+20 Conference, Rio+twenties is known for its capacity building initiatives focussing on youth, such as the "Rio+20 Participation Guide for Children and Youth" and the "Rio+20: an introduction for children and youth" animation movie. In cooperation with other youth organizations, the Participation Guide, originally in English, was translated into four other official UN languages, and made available through the organization's website.
Major Group for Children and Youth
Youth empowerment organizations Youth organisations based in England Youth rights
Lloyd Russell-Moyle
Lloyd Cameron Russell-Moyle (born 14 September 1986) is a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician who was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brighton Kemptown in the 2017 general election. He retained his seat in the 20 ...
who later became a British member of parliament.
The organization has started to serve as the Organising Partner of the Major Group for Children and Youth during the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development.
Within the international community working on sustainable development and the Rio+20 Conference, Rio+twenties is known for its capacity building initiatives focussing on youth, such as the "Rio+20 Participation Guide for Children and Youth" and the "Rio+20: an introduction for children and youth" animation movie. In cooperation with other youth organizations, the Participation Guide, originally in English, was translated into four other official UN languages, and made available through the organization's website.
Board
The current board are: * Mai Thin Yu Mon - Myanmar * Bitania Lulu Berhanu (Chair Governance Committee) - Ethiopia * Karol Alejandra Arambula Carrillo - Mexico * Sharon Lo (Chair Grievance Committee) - UK * Anna-Theresia Ekman - Sweden * Zephanii Smith Eisenstat - USA * Mary Kate Costello (Chair) - USA * Sajith Wijesuriya - Sri Lanka * Carson Kiburo Kibett - Kenya * Zoe Carletide - UK * Regine Guevara (Treasurer) - Philippines * Roman Chukov (Vice Chair) - Russia * Bubacarr Singhateh (Secretary) - Gambia * Yolanda Jacob - USA * Rohit Pothukuchi - India * Anja Olin Pape - Sweden * Elisa Novoa - Colombia * Alex Wang - China * Sam Loni - Iran * Luiza Drummond Veado - USA * Ruxanda Renita (Chair Fundraising Committee) - Moldova * Donovan Guttieres - France * Moa Herrgard - Sweden * Jolly Amatya - Nepal * Aashish Khullar - India * Khaled Eman (Representative of Secretariat) - EgyptSee also
* Youth empowerment *United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development
The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), also known as Rio 2012, Rio+20 (), or Earth Summit 2012 was the third international conference on sustainable development aimed at reconciling the economic and environmental goals ...
* List of youth empowerment organizations
''This is a list of organizations that promote, advocate, or otherwise affiliate with youth empowerment. This is an incomplete list which can or may never satisfy any objective standard for completeness.''
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Major Group for Children and Youth
Youth empowerment organizations Youth organisations based in England Youth rights