2023/4 Youth Report consultation

in partnership with Restless Development

The GEM Report is partnering with   to mobilize youth globally to inform the development of the 2024 Youth Report, exploring how technology can address various education challenges, including issues of access, equity, and inclusion, quality, technology advancement, and system management.

Building on the consultation findings with youth in the run-up to the  in 2021, Restless Development will lead a series of youth-led regional consultations aiming to better understand the challenges and opportunities young people from around the world face when using technology in education and to hear their recommendations for policymakers.

This is the first time that youth is involved in such early stages of the development of the report. Their views on the framing of recommendations for their region will be detailed and produced in the youth version of the 2023 GEM Report next to views from other regions and relating to the recommendations contained in the 2023 GEM Report on technology and education which was launched on 26 July in Montevideo.

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Call for expressions of interest

Are you a young person below 35 or a youth led/focused community group, social movement or civil society organization working on education? We want to work with you!

We are recruiting a group of 5 individual regional leads in Asia, Europe, MENA, Latin and Central America and the Caribbean.

Meet our youth consultants and join their consultations in your region

Dawsher Charles

Dawsher Charles from Trinidad and Tobago is the founder of the Survival Scholars organization, which empowers and equips students through the arts and storytelling with quality education in social and emotional skills.

Adelisa Sejtanic

Adelisa Sejtanic, originally from Bosnia Herzegovina, now based in Madrid, is an International Relations graduate with experience in digital skills development for primary education teachers and students in vulnerable environments.

Rosario Díaz Garavito

Rosario Díaz Garavito is founder and executive director of The Millennials Movement, a youth lead CSO based in the Latin American and Caribbean Region that promotes citizens engagement to achieve SDG 4.

Yasmein Abdelghany

Yasmein Abdelghany from Egypt has more than six years of experience working as an educational technology specialist and teaching assistant.

Titiksha Vashist

Titiksha Vashist from India is the co-founder and lead researcher at the Pranava Institute which works at the intersection of emerging technology, public policy, and society.