National Youth Dialogue 2020/21

The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) together with its partners, proudly presents the National Youth Dialogue (NYD) on Leadership, Innovation & Entrepreneurship for 2020/2021.

Adapting to the new normal, this year’s National Youth Dialogue will be an entirely virtual participant experience. The dialogue will contain a series of events, discussions, workshops and many more activities focused on the engagement of youth on this crucial ‘Decade of Action’ for Sustainable Development with the need to accelerate efforts to achieve the ambitious 2030 Agenda in sharp focus. This year’s dialogue will also unite stakeholders working with and for young people from the public and private sectors, UN agencies, civil society organizations and academia, to engage in impactful conversations on Sustainable Development, with young people being the spotlight of the programme. This series of both thought and action provoking mini dialogues and innovative learning and development offerings on a wide range of focused areas linked to youth are spread out within a period of a month, starting from 16 February to 18 March 2021.

This form is for the registration for different sessions at the dialogue. Kindly note that,

28 unique sessions will be held every Tuesdays and Thursdays between 16 February to 18 March 2021.
Participants can select the sessions here which they wish to participate in.
This event is for participants in the age category of 15 - 29
Each session will include real-time translations in Sinhala, Tamil and English with sign language interpretation

More information about the sessions can be accessed at: