Webinar: Youth Innovation in Land, Soil and Water

The FAO Land and Water Division presents this webinar titled: Youth Innovation in Land, Soil and Water. 

The engagement of youth and young professionals plays a key role achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). 

Today’s youth are more geographically mobile and technologically connected than any other generation. Moreover, they hold a capital of innovative and scalable solutions and ideas that are often overlooked. In the context of COVID-19 pandemic, intergenerational exchange and cooperation is even more crucial to bridge past experiences with innovative ideas, driving the creation of holistic solutions. 

The session will deliver lightning talks from young professionals on how youth and innovation go hand in hand to deliver solutions, on land, soil and water resources management, for a sustainable tomorrow.  

The objectives of the webinar are as follows: 

• Highlight innovative projects and approaches for sustainable land, soil and water management 
• Provide successful examples of the role of youth as key actors in international development 
• Explore ways to further include youth in decision making and implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

AGENDA:  

Moderator: Ms Sasha Koo Oshima, Deputy Director, Land and Water Division, FAO 

Opening Remarks: Mr Maximo Torero, Chief Economist/Assistant Director-General, Economic and Social Development Department, and FAO Youth Committee Chair, FAO (TBC)

Lightning Talks: 

• Communicating remote sensing WaPOR data uses: water accounting  
  Ms Alyne Spencer Gonçalves, FAO 
• Genetic Forensics in Water Quality & Food Safety 
  Mr Omar Elhassan, FAO 
• SMART Irrigation SMART WASH 
  Ms Eva Pek, FAO 
• Geospatial Mapping for Resilience 
  Ms Ritu Saimunnahar, FAO 
• The Global Soil Doctors Programme 
  Ms Zineb Bazza, Global Soil Partnership, FAO 
• Youth engagement towards the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030 
  Ms Michelle Stitz, Generation Climate Europe - UN Major Group for Children and Youth (UNMGCY) 

Closing Remarks: Ms Maria Helena Semedo, Deputy Director-General, FAO 

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