“WAY TOWARDS MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS”
2005-2009

The Second WAY Millennium Plan of Action succeeds the First Plan of Action that guided WAY activities between the years 2000 and 2004. This is an overview of the new direction and strategies that WAY will engage following its fourteenth General Assembly.

The theme of the First Plan of Action was “Towards a Global Community” with a focus on reinvigorating WAY and reestablishing the organisation as the leading voice of young people in the world. Today, it can be correctly deduced that WAY has achieved this status to become the most popular and most respected voice of young people around the world. This theme also focused on issues of Globalisation and means for WAY to be actively involved in monitoring and shaping the forces of globalisation to bring about a world of peace, justice and equity.

The Executive Committee of WAY adopted the theme for the Second Millennium Plan of Action (MPAC-2): “WAY Towards Millennium Development Goals.” This is based on the eight core millennium development goals adopted by the United Nations. UN member states resolved to achieve these goals by the year 2015.

The rationale for selecting this theme is because it allows WAY to work closely with a wide range of partners, and it can result in production of very tangible results once the challenges are being addressed by communities and countries throughout the world.

By working with governmental and multilateral partners, WAY is mobilising more resources for its youth programmes based on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). As it was suggested in the XIV WAY General Assembly, national youth councils should work closely with UNDP offices in their countries, for technical support.

WAY is also working with national governments to identify youth-led programmes that can directly contribute to national efforts to meet the MDGs. In this regard, WAY will convene regional and international conferences on MDG-related themes, engaging youths, government leaders, parliamentarians, private sector bodies and other potential contributors to the achievement of the MDGs..