#CASE4SPACE

BANGKOK, 30 NOVEMBER-2 DECEMBER 2016

FINDINGS FROM THE YOUTH PARTICIPANTS SURVEY
 EVENT FAST FACTS
300+ participants from 30
countries in Asia-Pacific
72 speakers, including numerous
youth speakers
6 co-conveners from the UN
and civil society
Over 50 partners, including from
the private sector
7 panel sessions + 8 break-out
sessions with trainings and interactive
working groups
8 priority areas addressing civic
space issues for young people and
marginalized youth
Over 30 news articles and videos
published in the Youth Newsroom
#WeAre2030 and #Case4Space
hashtags reached approx.
3,000,0000 and 2,500,000 people
on Twitter, respectively.
 EVENT FEEDBACK
Youth
"I would like to thank everyone who's been part of this
representative once in a lifetime opportunity. []I will always remain
(Winner of the grateful to the whole United Nations for these great
opportunities. May you not become weary in
Call for empowering the leaders of 2030."
Stories)

Youth representatives are exalted and fired up

UNDP []they are posting photos and slogans on Facebook
Country Office every 5 minutes.They are all very impressed and
excitedabout theUN It was really a big thing for
representative them.Definitely money well spent.
 EVENT OUTPUTS
1. C4S 6-page summary Event Report
2. C4S website (www.case4space.org), a repository of
information on youth and civic space
3. C4S experts and speakers presentations
4. C4S resources & capacity-building tools
5. C4S blogs and Youth Newsroom articles
6. C4S Joint Press Release shared with 3,000 outlets
7. C4S Youth Statement & Action Plan, an advocacy tool
designed for and by young people
8. C4S-related independent online communication
platforms e.g. Facebook, WhatsApp
 YOUTH PARTICIPANTS SURVEY
Objective:
Understand the impact that #Case4Space had on
their activism, and map out potential avenues for
engagement in the future.

45 responses
Almost 50% of youth participants
 YOUTH PARTICIPANTS SURVEY
1. Who Took this Survey
2. Lessons Learned
3. Main Takeaways
4. Planned Engagement in 2017
5. Partnerships
6. Grassroots Activism
7. Main Challenges
8. Coordination Mechanism
9. Research
10.Communication Channels
1. WHO TOOK THE SURVEY?
2. LESSONS LEARNED
3. MAIN TAKEaWAYS
 AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT
I think there were too many programmes to be completed in
few days, very tight schedule. So, either the [number of] days
for the programmes could be increased or the number of the
programmes could be reduced.
Mainstreaming has been done, is being done and will be done
[in the future] but what about excluded, secluded and
outstream people. If we dont listen to the voice of silence, to
make the immovable a movable one through IT, technology and
information which can lessen theDigital Divide and can ensure
Differently Able in Development.
4. PLANNED ENGAGEMENT IN 2017
5. PARTNERSHIPS
6. GRASSROOTS ACTIVISM
7. MAIN CHALLENGES
 TOP CHALLENGES
The setting is different in my country which makes [it] difficult [to
nagivate constraints related to civic space].
Some [national] laws put our freedom of expression at high risk.
I'm not getting enough information on the implementation of the Action
Plan and I'm confused with how I can contribute or get engaged.
[I have a] lack of connection with policy makers in my city.
[I would need help to] promote [Case4Space] at the local UNDP office.
8. COORDINATION MECHANISMS
8. COORDINATION MECHANISMS (continued)
 COORDINATION MECHANISMS
We should build on the Case4Space forum - a online community where
connect Case4Space participants, Newsroom journalist, who want to
attend the next C4S Forum, who need instruction to develop their ideas.
We can also organize C4S forum in small scale to expand the meaning of
Forum
It is very important to get support from any of the UN Country Office for
the implementation of the #Case4Space Action Plan. Any UN Country
Office
I would like to have a platform [where I can] fully engaged in
implementing [the] SDGs, like the Youth Force of Maldives.
9. RESEARCH
10. COMMUNICATION CHANNELS
 MAIN CONCLUSIONS
Networking and coalition-building with other young people
and their networks
Inclusion, SDG implementation, campaigning and
volunteering are the top priorities
The UN remains a partner of choice
Funding and how to implement the Action Plan are the two
identified challenges
Limited offline engagement once back home
Online tools & social media are the strongest implementation
channels
The event helped creating a strong and energetic network of
young activists
Engagement with Country Offices needs to be facilitated
Research needed includes trends and innovations
 #CASE4SPACE THANK YOU!
CASE4SPACEBKK@GMAIL.COM

The Case4Space event was only the beginning of a longer

process to build more agile and participatory strategies for
enhancing youth empowerment and the implementation of
the SDGs in Asia and the Pacific.