After more than a year of living in a global pandemic, world leaders and decision makers gathered together for the United Nation’s High-level political forum (HLFP), the UN platform in charge of the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

With our new report, “Beyond Lockdown: the ‘pandemic scar’ on young people’, we sought to go beyond the immediate impact of the pandemic, and analyse the youth-specific medium and long-term consequences of COVID-19 in Europe, with a focus on three key areas: work and income; education and learning; and mental health and well being.

Last week’s Youth Council Conclusions mark a big step forward for youth rights, stating that young people’s voices must be heard in all decision-making that affects them.