BRICS Youth Summit 2017 – Main Highlights
As we all know that Every year one of the BRICS countries host the Annual BRICS Summit and Heads of States from all the five countries attend that summit.
The 2017 BRICS Youth Summit concluded in Beijing, China on July 27 as this year it was China’s turn to play the host.
The 2017 BRICS Youth Forum hosted by the All-China Youth Federation was attended by a total of 50 young delegates from the BRICS countries.
The Action Plan for the 2017 BRICS Youth Forum was announced before the closing ceremony.
Aspects that are kept in mind to design the Action Plan are:
- Youth Policy
- Youth innovation and Entrepreneurship
- Youth participation in global governance as the main fields for BRICS youth cooperation
The Action Plan from the BRICS Youth Summit/Forum, as an achievement of BRICS youth cooperation, will be submitted to the preparatory committee of the Ninth BRICS Summit to be held in China’s Xiamen this September.
Each and every of the participating delegations were very excited to be a part of this summit and while cherishing the fruitful time that they spent with other delegations, they emphasized the importance of BRICS Youth Summit as an invaluable platform that provides a plethora of opportunities of growth and sustained development for all the countries of BRICS.
