Towards to Parma. WHO CEHAPE Youth Network participation

WHO CEHAPE Youth Network participation

at the WHO 5th Ministerial Conference
on Environment and Health

10-12 March 2010, Parma, Italy

We, the WHO CEHAPE Youth Network, set ourselves up in 2004 when, in Budapest, at the 4th Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health, Ministers and young people agreed to build youth participation into the implementation of the Children’s Environment and Health Action Plan for Europe. Since that time, groups of young people from around Europe have met on a regular basis to discuss CEHAPE with policy and decision makers and plan our active participation in CEHAPE, adding value to its implementation. Young people have also been active internationally through our regular participation in the European Environment and Health Committee and the CEHAPE Task Force meetings.

The 5th Ministerial Conference provides another opportunity for the WHO CEHAPE Youth Network to participate at an international gathering. We will meet again with Ministers, senior ministerial officials and other key organisations in Europe, and ensure our voices are heard on matters that have a direct bearing on our health now and in the future. We will inherit the results of the decisions taken at the conference and so we want a say in what is decided.