{"id":10220,"date":"2025-11-24T17:13:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T09:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/?p=10220"},"modified":"2025-11-24T17:17:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T09:17:06","slug":"youth-for-unesco-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/cn\/2025\/11\/24\/youth-for-unesco-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"The UNESCO Hong Kong youth delegation attended the International Assembly of Youth for UNESCO (Y4U) 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"10220\" class=\"elementor elementor-10220\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8f46cb8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"8f46cb8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b15084f jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"b15084f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3eb245f jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3eb245f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>From November 20 to 23, the UNESCO Hong Kong youth delegation, comprising Green Citizens Youth Ambassadors, students, and teachers from its member school\u2014The Chinese Foundation Secondary School\u2014participated in the International Assembly of Youth for UNESCO (Y4U) 2025 in the Philippines.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e80d68e jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e80d68e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/264-1024x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10222\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/264-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/264-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/264-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/264-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/264-12x12.png 12w, https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/264.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac8c90c jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ac8c90c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This year\u2019s Y4U conference is organised under the theme of \u201cStrength in Action: Harnessing the Collective Power of Youth to Lead with a Heart, Purpose, and Integrity,\u201d offering a valuable opportunity for youths and students to showcase Hong Kong youth\u2019s talent on an international stage, create unforgettable experiences, enrich perspectives, and make valuable connections<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f1c956 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8f1c956\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/268-1024x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10226\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/268-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/268-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/268-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/268-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/268-12x12.png 12w, https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/268.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69cf264 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69cf264\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Americana Chen, the Youth Affairs Coordinator of the UNESCO Hong Kong Association was invited for a keynote speech on \u201cEmpowering Communities for the UNSDGs and UNESCO\u2019s initiatives\u201d. she shared how the Green Citizens Youth Ambassadors initiative grew and extended its impact to the wider communities by taking a cross-disciplinary approach, connecting youth actions with corporates, the government, the public, and NGOs.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b71eb78 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b71eb78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/265-1024x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10223\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/265-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/265-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/265-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/265-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/265-12x12.png 12w, https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/265.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0b658f jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e0b658f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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The exhibition and performances received overwhelmingly positive feedback from Filipino delegates, winning the most interactive award in the \u201cOne-Town-One-Product\u201d competition.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-914b526 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"914b526\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/266-1024x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10224\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/266-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/266-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/266-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/266-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/266-12x12.png 12w, https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/266.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43a54b9 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"43a54b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><br \/>The Hong Kong youth delegation also participated actively in various competitions, including poster making, essay writing, music video making, spoken word poetry, extemporaneous speech and quiz bowl.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a8b288 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9a8b288\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/267-1024x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10225\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/267-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/267-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/267-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/267-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/267-12x12.png 12w, https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/267.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43ac010 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"43ac010\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/270-1024x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10228\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/270-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/270-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/270-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/270-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/270-12x12.png 12w, https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/270.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19a3f3d jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"19a3f3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Witnessing the youth delegates engage in profound cultural exchange has been a highlight, creating memories and forging bonds that we are confident will last a lifetime, building a foundation for future partnerships. To extend this initiative, the UNESCO Hong Kong Association also hopes to help bridge Hong Kong and Philippine schools for further exchange opportunities, enhancing the global connectedness of our member schools\u2019 network.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef5a19a jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ef5a19a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/269-1024x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10227\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/269-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/269-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/269-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/269-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/269-12x12.png 12w, https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/269.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8093d8b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"8093d8b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-296a07f jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"296a07f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfd532f jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bfd532f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>UNESCO Hong Kong youth delegates:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Americana Chen \u2013 youth affairs coordinator of the UNESCO Hong Kong Association<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Atta Yu \u2013 UNESCO Hong Kong Association Green Citizens Youth Ambassador (Student, Hong Kong Polytechnic University)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Florence Ng \u2013 UNESCO Hong Kong Association Green Citizens Youth Ambassador (Co-founder, KAPIDA Technology)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Bertha Chan \u2013 STREAM Coordinator, The Chinese Foundation Secondary School<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Cedric Lee \u2013 Student, The Chinese Foundation Secondary School<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Ian Tang \u2013 Student, The Chinese Foundation Secondary School<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From November 20 to 23, the UNESCO Hong Kong youth delegation comprising of Green Citizens Youth Ambassadors, students, and teachers from its member school \u2013 The Chinese Foundation Secondary School, participated in the International Assembly of Youth for UNESCO (Y4U) 2025 in the Philippines. <\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10222,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[50,90,99],"class_list":["post-10220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-exchange-programme","tag-youth","tag-youthforunesco"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10220"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10232,"href":"https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10220\/revisions\/10232"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unesco.hk\/web\/cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}