Global Convening 2024

*If you're interested in attending in-person, please contact us directly.

 Transforming Youth Livelihoods: Pathways to Full Potential

The Global Opportunity Youth Network (GOYN) is excited to invite you to join its Global and Community Partners, and Opportunity Youth Leaders from across the globe convening in Pune, Maharashtra, India for its 5th Annual GOYN Global Convening – November 17-21, 2024. Together, we will unite arounda shared vision: to co-create pathways towards FULL POTENTIAL for young people worldwide

Our mission is to guide youth toward personal success, wellbeing, financial sustainability, and help them become changemakers with a strong sense of agency. We focus on providing the tools, opportunities, and resources they need to shape their futures—building strong identities, life assets, and dignified livelihoods. Central to this mission is creating sustainable economic opportunities, ensuring every young person can contribute to and benefit from a thriving global economy. Together, we’ll address systemic barriers like inequality and discrimination, fostering equitable outcomes for Opportunity Youth. This year’s convening will forge stronger connections, deepen learning, and showcase how GOYN is shifting mindsets and behaviors to build inclusive ecosystems that drive real change.

Join us LIVE during this in-person event, with key moments for virtual participation*, where partners, opportunity youth leaders, and global allies will gather to facilitate conversations on the power of place-based collaboration to accelerate opportunities for Opportunity Youth.

*Select plenaries, panels, and performances will be live streamed for global participation via the Zoom Webinar Platform. Topics and timings to be shared in the coming weeks.


Program Highlights

Sunday, November 17, 2024:

Opening celebration with 3,000+ young people from across India and GOYN partners and allies

Monday, November 18 – Wednesday, November 20, 2024:

Site visits, learning sessions, and masterclasses at Lighthouse Communities Foundation and partner locations

Thursday, November 21, 2024:

Internal GOYN partners learning sessions


Stay tuned for more details and information in the coming weeks. 

Please email goyn@aspeninstitute.org with any questions you might have about the convening and if you are interested in joining in-person.

We look forward to your participation at the GOYN Global Convening for four days of impactful networking, learning, sharing, and movement-building. We hope that you will join us!

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