Summary report: children and youth in the post-2015 framework for DRR process

This is a summary of the report on Children and Youth participation during the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) and its preparatory process. It explains how children and youth have been involved in different activities in the way to Sendai, including mobilisation, capacity building, consultation and policy & advocacy. It also includes the Youth Policy Brief and the Children's Charter for Disaster Risk Reduction.

The modalities resolution of WCDRR gave the UN Major Group for Children and Youth (MGCY) an official mandate, and hence recognised Children and Youth as designated stakeholders throughout the process. The participation was coordinated by UN MGCY DRR Working Group. The work was supported and carried out by hundreds of youth, amongst others an international Organising Committee and Japan Secretariat for the WCDRR Children and Youth Forum, as well as a youth-led DRR Policy Team.