Our Future Agenda

Our Future Agenda is an initiative of the UN Foundation to support young people to shape the global policy agenda. It aims to deliver impact for: – The next generation - young people under 30 who make up half the world’s population. – Future generations - the 10.9 billion people yet to be born this century. The UN Secretary-General asked us to host a group of Next Generation Fellows to contribute to Our Common Agenda, his vision for the future of international cooperation. The Fellows set their own vision, ideas, and proposals in a report entitled Our Future Agenda. Building on this foundation, we are recruiting a new cohort of young changemakers to serve as Next Generation Fellows. We also worked with the world’s leading youth-led and focused organizations to launch Unlock the Future as a high-ambition coalition with and for young people. At a time of growing crisis and as young people increasingly demand change, we will: – Support the Next Generation Fellows to lead and shape the agenda, tackle priority issues and challenges, and engage other young leaders, activists, and thinkers from around the world. – Build the Unlock the Future coalition as a forum for political and strategic alignment, for action and for advocacy, and for delivering more strategic financing to young changemakers. – Provide a platform for young people to take intergenerational action to design the future. We are tackling six thematic priorities: transforming education; jobs and economic opportunities; climate and sustainability; justice and inclusion; future generations; and gender equality. Cross-cutting priorities include financing young changemakers and strengthening the role of young people in the United Nations.