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APEC Youth Declaration 2013We the Youth Delegates from Voices 2013 have gathered at Bali, Indonesia.

We believe that esilience, es!ect, "m!ath# and $rust are the guiding values to achievesustainable develo!ment, #outh involvement and through these values %e ho!e to achieve&

'oo!eration and (nit#, ")ual *!!ortunities and +ustice for ll.

Sustainable Development

We !romote the creation of an -"' *bservator# for "nvironmental onitoring in charge of&

a. Develo!ing !ilot !ro/ects based on building microenerg# ca!acit# for ruralcommunities,

b. "ncourage la% enforcement recommendations for strong measures on environmentalcrimes on coherent regional !olicies,

c. urther encourage a reduction es!eciall# in tariffs and nontariff barriers for !roducts!romoting a sustainable consum!tion, such as solar !anels.

d. -romote a Design for the "nvironment to create a sustainable value chain in !rivateenter!rises.

We encourage further #outh involvement in !ilot !ro/ects as %ell as involvement %ith local

universities to%ards research and the !romotion of best sustainabilit# !ractices

EMPOWEME!"

#en$er e%ualit&

We !romote e)ualit# in the 21stcentur# %here both genders are e)uall# valued, considering

eisting economic, social, !olitical ine)ualit# bet%een %omen and their male counter!arts. $he

-"' Youth Delegates %ish to solve this issue b# im!lementing global cam!aigns %oring on

media !resentations of gender, attending to cultural s!ecific issues, and starting a #earl#

coalition bet%een -"'4B' %omen leaders and Voices delegates in order to facilitate human

ca!ital in the !artici!ating economies.

E$ucation an$ Youth Development

We encourage an education !olic# to overcome education dis!arit# amongst -"' ember

"conomies to !romote the education of transferable sills em!lo#able in all -"' ember

"conomies.

We call for access to financial services and ca!ital access for #oung entre!reneurs as %ell as

e!anding #outh /ob o!!ortunities.

Connectivit&

We advocate for the free movement of students across education s#stems and labor marets

throughout -"' ember "conomies.

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We !romote the creation, funding and facilitation of an -"' Youth "change -rogram.

esilience

We encourage ember "conomies to collaborativel# %or to%ards the develo!ment of

sustainable infrastructure net%ors to include the im!ortance of resilient infrastructure during

crisis and recover# !eriods.

We loo to focus the diversification of trade to !romote and encourage selfsufficienc# among

-"' ember "conomies.

'oo$ Securit&

We highlight these e# areas& 5utrition Value and %areness, as %ell as the im!ortance of aregional food su!!orting s#stem to facilitate human safet#.

In conclusion, %e recommend the immediate im!lementation of said !rograms and call for the

continuous revie% and discussion of these goals and the !rogram of -"' ember "conomies

and their fulfillment.

APEC (oices o) the 'uture 2013