Commonwealth Youth Peace Ambassadors Network

The Commonwealth Youth Peace Ambassadors Network (CYPAN) brings together young people from across the Commonwealth to upscale and optimise grassroots, national, regional and Pan-Commonwealth efforts to promote peace, respect & understanding and preventing violent extremism. These young people range from community-level and policy-level peace advocates and includes young people who use alternative methods to peace-building from filmmakers to artists to sportspeople. Vision: To strengthen and optimise grassroots, national, regional and pan-Commonwealth youth participation in promoting sustainable peace and the fight against violent extremism. To provide a platform for young peacebuilders that will promote and sustain their work in partnership with stakeholders, funding institutions, governments and others To support the implementation of local, national, regional and international policies and programmes which address the participation of young people in peacebuilding and preventing and countering violent extremism. To influence policies at the international, regional and national levels that will promotes youth inclusion and participation in peacebuilding To showcase and support the contribution of young people in promoting sustainable peace and preventing and countering violent extremism To inspire and motivate other young people to get involved in peacebuilding efforts towards creating peaceful societies across the Commonwealth To facilitate capacity and skills building, sharing of ideas and good practice as well as mentoring opportunities for young people across the region. To provide technical and advisory support to Commonwealth Secretariat on youth and peacebuilding Create informed cohort of articulate young peacebuilders to lead advocacy efforts