This document captures young people’s eagerness to be heard and reveals their capacity to participate in identifying the problems they are facing and moving towards solving them. The multifaceted issues faced by youth living in cities can only be tackled by engaging young people. The city governments in Indonesia can become the pioneers for integrating meaningful youth participation in their policymaking processes by widening access and diversifying platforms to include young people in problem identification and collaborations for solutions, starting from their neighborhoods and schools.
Such inclusive participation will realize young people’s political rights and facilitate solidarity and stronger communities. This paper intends to inform the delegates about young people living in cities. We believe a deeper understanding of young people’s experiences in cities is the starting point for effective solutions. This paper, therefore, curates data and information to enrich U20 dialogues. Delegates are free to take this paper as a whole or to pull out the relevant sections that catch their attention to discuss mutual problems and agree on collective ways in the future.
