6th Global Youth Summit a celebration of youth leadership!

Global Youth Summit (GYS) is a 1-day celebration of youth leadership that aims to engage and inspire the world’s future experts. GYS is a space for young people to share their ideas and utilize their diverse skill-sets, knowledge, and networks to effectively address persistent problems of today it is co-organized by Global Peace Foundation and SM Cares, and supported by Commission on Higher Education, and National Youth Commission.

The 2018 summit was held at the Mall of Asia Arena last August 25, 2018, with 15,000 young leaders from the Philippines and abroad in attendance. Global Youth Summit (GYS), the largest gathering of youth In the Philippines, is a space for young people to share their ideas and utilize their diverse skill—sets, knowledge, and networks to effectively address persistent problems of today.

Mr. Royston Cabunag, Program Director, SM Cares

Networking is an important part of the preparatory stage. The online preparatory stage helps the representatives to be ready for the Global Youth Summit 2018, to shape the outcome.

Mr. Jinsoo Kim, Regional Representative GPF Asia Pacific

Sustainable Development Goals and the Youth

Mr. Titon MItra, United Nations Development Programme Country Director

Through the policy recommendations, Global Youth Summit 2018 aims to promote youth's engagement in contributing to the 2030 Agenda through innovative ideas that can provide long-term solutions to real-life problems and challenges in the last Century. 

The GYS 2018 Pre-event begins with the online preparatory stage. Good Health and Well Being (65.3%) GYS is also convening selected youth leaders who will create policy recommendations that will address these five issues and youth entrepreneurship.