Akinia Alleyne and Annel Lewis are representing Dominica at the 2018 Commonwealth Youth Forum in London

From Sunday April 15th to Wednesday April 18th 2018, Project Officer Ms Akinia R Alleyne along with Administrative Assistant and newly appointed Female CARICOM Youth Ambassador Ms Annel B Lewis, are the official delegates representing the Commonwealth of Dominica, at the 2018 Commonwealth Youth Forum in London.
 
The Commonwealth Youth Forum provides an opportunity for the young people of the Commonwealth to build cross-cultural connections and networks, debate the challenges facing its young people, and agree on youth-led initiatives to influence decision makers, and ensure young people have a voice in the future.
 
The 2018 Youth Forum theme “Powering Our CommonFuture” reflects the CHOGM theme of “Towards a Common Future” and illustrates the powerful potential of young people across the Commonwealth, in devising solutions to complex global challenges, as well as their ability to bring forward meaningful recommendations to the Heads of Government meeting.
 
The Forum includes opportunities for plenary discussions and action planning breakout sessions, focused around CHOGM's four themes: prosperity, security, sustainability and fairness.
 
The Commonwealth Youth Forum will also recognize the achievement of the twenty Commonwealth Youth Awards finalists, and includes the announcement of the four ‘Regional Young Persons of the Year’ and the overall ‘2018 Commonwealth Young Person of the Year’.  
 
The Youth Forum incorporates the Commonwealth Youth Council General Assembly and elections for the nine executive positions on the Commonwealth Youth Council (CYC). CYC is the recognized voice of over 1.2 billion young people from across the Commonwealth, advocating on their behalf, on issues such as climate change, employment, access to education and gender equality.
 
Ms Alleyne and Ms Lewis are expected speak on the state of affairs of youth in Dominica.They are to vote at the Commonwealth Youth Council General Assembly, and are expected to submit proposals on projects that can directly or indirectly benefit the youth of the country