World Youth Forum (WYF)

4 min readJan 26, 2022

Hi, I’m Işıl! I am a student of the faculty of law . This year I was selected to represent my country at the World Youth Forum, the fourth of which was held in Egypt. I attended the forum from Turkey. In this article, I will talk about my experience in this forum, the application process and the purpose of the forum.

The forum provides a unique environment for promising young people to interact with top policymakers, expand their network of contacts and get together with different cultures.

A. What Is The Purpose of WYF?

WYF, which was held for the 4th time this year, received 270,000 applications from around the world and selected 3,000 participants.It is open to all youth of all nations between the ages of 18–40 years old. The aim of the World Youth Forum is to bring participants from all over the world to send a message of peace, prosperity, harmony, and progress to the entire world and are determined to make our world a better place for everyone

It engages youth from around the globe in an enriching set-up, allowing them to exchange views and recommend initiatives to decision-makers and influential figures. Youth that is influential in their communities and areas of studies are also encouraged to apply.

B.World Youth Forum Tracks

WYF 3 addresses the main topic: Peace, development, creativity.

You can attend WYF as An Attendee a normal participant as a youth, A Speaker, A Model participant, A Workshop participant, or a World Youth Theater participant.

In addition, sessions and trainings are held on many topics. During these sessions, experts in their field make speeches. the 2021 topics were: Post-covid Effects, Climate Change, Social Security, Human Rights, Entrepreneurship, Technology 5G, Digital Transformation, Distance Learning, Environment, Future of Energy. You can participate in any of the organized sessions, whichever interests you. Besides all these sessions and trainings, it provides many social facilities. For example, on culture night, we had a parade with all the countries and then had a great experience with various events.

C.My Experiences

If you ask about my experience, my experience and conclusions don’t end with counting. I attended workshops and listened to experts speakers on this subject as someone who has worked and received education in the fields of climate action and gender equality, which is one of the UNPD Development Goals.

I attended a pre-workshop on gender equality. There were 10 people on my team, and the majority consisted of lawyers. I was a law school student as the youngest person in the group. I managed to overcome the difficulties in this process and had a great workshop process. The workshop lasted about 7 hours, all the knowledge and experience I gained was invaluable!

Moreover, I met people and made friends from all over the world, I am still in touch with all of them. It provided me with strong communication skills, sociability and newtork environment.