GYAN is currently seeking support to launch the following initiatives

The National MDG (Millennium Development Goals) Youth Campaigns are an innovative public awareness and action initiative with the goal to mobilize millions of youth by the end of 2008 to address critical global issues. In 30 countries, the Campaigns will be launched in a strategic alliance between the Millennium Campaign, TakingITGlobal the Global Youth Action Network (GYAN), and national partner organizations, bringing together a broad coalition of youth groups, UN agencies, development banks, and socially responsible global corporations.

The Youth Participation Initiative represents an integrated methodology to measure, quantify, qualify and increase the level of youth participation in decision-making on all levels. The broader initiative comprises a number of existing and conceptual GYAN programs that center on the United Nations System, national government process and other international policy-making institutions, as well as local decision-making, National Youth Agendas, regional forums and global platforms. A key part of the YPI includes the development of indices that measure existing forms of youth participation and qualify the potential result of an increase, through the Youth Participation Index.

The United Nations has continuously called on its member states to include youth in their delegations to the annual General Assembly. For over 30 years, only a handful of countries—mostly Nordic—have acted on the invitation, and set a precedent for youth participation. Although the trend has grown since 2000, the year GYAN helped to set a new record by sponsoring 2 delegates from first-time countries in the Southern Hemisphere, there is still a great need to increase the number of youth delegates, especially those from the global south. GYAN has created the partnerships necessary to make this project a real success, and the 400% increase in youth participation in the 2005 General Assembly illustrates the opportunity to engage the UN, country missions, local Universities and United Nations Associations in the home country for the continuation of efforts following each session.