Chitose Declaration and Young People Action Plan

We, the thirty-nine J8 delegates from Barbados, Canada, Cote d’Ivoire, France, Germany, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Russia, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States of America believe that it is imperative for G8 leaders to listen to the voices of young people. We urge you to act upon previous J8 declarations as well as our own, so that young people are not ignored. We also need follow up with the G8 governments so that young people can get involved and make sure that our ideas transfer into action NOW and in the future.

Video Gallery

Want to send a message to G8 leaders? Want to make a video about how J8 themes, like climate change and HIV, affect you? Take a look at videos J8 participants and other young people from around the world have produced. Then create your own video and share it with the J8 community. Get started at mDialog.com.

Voices of Youth Discussion Forum

Discuss ideas on global issues with young people from around the world in the J8 Forum.

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Learning Materials

- Resources for learning and working with youth on global citizenship

About Junior 8

Junior 8 gives you the chance to develop your own ideas about the most pressing global issues today.

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Jul 6th, 2008
Chitose Declaration and Young People Action Plan
We, the thirty-nine J8 delegates from Barbados, Canada, Cote d’Ivoire, France, Germany, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Russia, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States of America believe that it is imperative for G8 leaders to listen to the voices of young people. We urge you to act upon previous J8 declarations as well as our own, so that young people are not ignored. We also need follow up with the G8 governments so that young people can get involved and make sure that our ideas transfer into action NOW and in the future.
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Jul 6th, 2008
Fireworks by Nora Zech, Germany
It is Saturday and our fifth day of working at our Chitose declaration. Today we discussed the topic of Global Health. Everybody was tired but nevertheless most of us were in a good mood. We worked quite hard and the discussions went along as efficiently as the previous day, even if there were a couple of technical difficulties. I really enjoyed the atmosphere of friendship. Day to day it gets much harder to remember that we ever have done something else than working together. It gets much harder to realize that we will have to say ‘Goodbye’ in a few days.read more >>
May 13th, 2008
J8 2007 Group and Ship
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Sep 5th, 2008
Junior 8 2008 -changing your country-

:rolleyes:;) In China, I think the ability youngsters most lack of is Creativity. Children pay their full attention to study, all they care about is how to get high marks and their creativity... read more »
Sep 3rd, 2008
Junior 8 2008 -changing your country-

HI See nowadays my country is trying to re-establish its constitution by a National Assambly. I have read this government project but I found just a few articles regarding the youth, just its rights... read more »
Aug 26th, 2008
Junior 8 2008 -changing your country-

yes I fully agree with the autor. She is write We have to make that dream come true of Every child education. Yes We need an change in India education system. read more »