Seychelles presents status of the SDG implementation

On  Wednesday 15th July Seychelles presented its first Voluntary National Review (VNR), showing the activities and results of the implementation of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The VNR was presented by the Minister responsible for Finance, Trade, Investment and Economic Planning, Ambassador Maurice Loustau-Lalanne to a High-Level Political Forum under the auspices of the ECOSOC.  The VNR process followed the launching of the country’s long term vision-Vision 2033 and the National Development Strategy (NDS). The VNR was prepared based on input from the various technical working groups set up to assist with the process which also included the participation of UN Youth Seychelles. The President of the UN Youth Seychelles Ms. Raghavi Naidu who was in attendance for the presentation said that “Including youth voices and the civil society in the preparation of Seychelles’ first VNR reaffirms the importance of incorporating multi-stakeholders actions.  It was an important step towards bridging the gap between policy makers and project enablers. Going forward, it is clear that this dialogue is essential to harness synergies across stakeholders“.

UNYS Members attend the Review of the National Development Strategy

Meeting with Ministry of Youth and Ministry of Education

​On January 26th, UN Youth Seychelles (UNYS) held a constructive meeting with Ministry of Education Development and Human Resources. As one of our key stakeholders, the Ministry was apprised of upcoming projects which impact youth and school children. The meeting set the tone going forward for the collaboration between UNYS and the Ministry. 

UN Youth Seychelles (UNYS) and Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture held a productive meeting on January 30th whereby key projects regarding impacting Youth were discussed and received constructive feedback from one of our primary stakeholders. ​

​Meeting with the Ministry of Education

UN Youth Seychelles met with the Minister for Education and Human Resource Development Mr. Joel Morgan along with other high officials of the Ministry to discuss ways to introduce Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in schools and how we can get young people engaged in promoting and contributing towards the SDGs. ​

Launching of CEPs Volunteer Award

The Citizens Engagement Platform of Seychelles (Ceps), which regroups the country’s non-governmental organisations (NGOs)  launched its Volunteer of the Year Award in a ceremony in 2017. The objectives are to recognise innovative and inventive volunteering approaches that have led to sustainable programmes and long-lasting results in communities, as well as to honour individuals who have overcome significant challenges in dispensing their charitable services and who have made exemplary benevolent contributions.The award, which will each year reward two best volunteers, was launched on Thursday evening during a reception at the Cerf Island Resort. Present were French Ambassador Lionel Majesté-Larrouy, Ceps chairperson Jules Hoareau, its chief executive Marcel Rosalie, other board members and the award’s sponsor Vijay Patel who had the honour of unveiling the award’s logo.