The Youth, Prosperity, and Security Initiative, in partnership with the International Youth Foundation and Hilton Worldwide, cordially invites you to:

The Launch of the Global Youth Wellbeing Index

Featuring:

Welcoming Remarks by:

John J. Hamre
President and Chief Executive Officer, The Center for Strategic and International Studies
 
A Plenary Panel with:

Christopher J. Nassetta
President and Chief Executive Officer, Hilton Worldwide

William S. Reese
President and Chief Executive Officer, International Youth Foundation

Kathleen Hicks
Senior Vice President, Kissinger Chair and International Security Program Director, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Moderated by:
Alyona Minkovski
Host, HuffPost Live

A Presentation of the Global Youth Wellbeing Index by:

Nicole Goldin
Director, Youth, Prosperity and Security Initiative, Center for Strategic and International Studies

A Response Panel with:

Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool
South Africa's Ambassador to the United States

Carla Koppell
Chief Strategy Officer, United States Agency for International Development

Lori Harnick
General Manager, Citizenship and Public Affairs, Microsoft Corporation

Emmanuel Jimenez
Director, Public Sector Evaluations, Independent Evaluation Group, World Bank

Angga Dwi Martha
Youth Advocate, United Nations Population Fund

Moderated by:
Daniel F. Runde
Director, Project on Prosperity and Development and William A. Schreyer Chair in Global Analysis, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Thursday, April 3, 2014 9:00am - 12:00pm
2nd Floor Conference Room, CSIS
1616 Rhode Island Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036

Youth comprise a quarter of the world’s population, but remain a relatively untapped source of innovation, energy, and enthusiasm in global efforts to achieve and promote development, prosperity and security for all. In response, the International Youth Foundation (IYF) and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), with principal financial support from Hilton Worldwide, have joined forces to develop a Global Youth Wellbeing Index as the flagship project of a new broader policy research agenda. This first-of-its-kind Index gathers existing data and includes 30 countries across five major regions and all income categories, representing nearly 70% of the world’s youth population.  The Index seeks to assess and compare how young people are doing around the world, and in doing so, advance the policy agenda concerning youth and serve as a guide for strategic investments in youth.

Please join us for a special event to celebrate the global launch of the inaugural Global Youth Wellbeing Index.  Light refreshments will be served.

Further details to follow; please RSVP to [email protected]

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