The Committee for Science, Education and Development of Global Youth, UNICCC 

1. Introduction to the Committee

The Committee for Science, Education and Development of Global Youth is an international, non-profit organization initiated and led by The United Nations Intergovernmental Cooperation for the Construction of Child-Friendly Cities  (UNICCC), which is committed to promoting the exchange and cooperation of science education for young people around the world.

2. Purpose of the Committee

The purpose of the Committee is to promote the popularization and development of science education for young people around the world, to improve their scientific literacy and innovation ability, and to cultivate world-class future talents with a scientific spirit and an international outlook for the building of a community of human destiny.

3. Composition of the Committee

The Global consists of a Bureau, a Secretariat, an Executive Committee, an Expert Advisory Committee and regional branches.

(1) The Bureau: responsible for the overall planning, decision-making and leadership of the Committee, consisting of the Chairperson, the Vice-Chairpersons and the Secretary General of the Committee.

(2) The Secretariat: responsible for the day-to-day administrative affairs and external liaison work of the Committee, headed by the Secretary General.

(3) Executive Committee: responsible for the implementation of projects and the handling of specific affairs of the Committee, composed of persons designated by the Bureau and the Secretary-General.

(4) Expert Advisory Committee: composed of globally renowned scientists, educators and youth development experts, providing scientific advice and decision-making support to the Committee.

(5) Regional Branches: Established according to the global regional divisions, they are responsible for promoting the development of science education for young people in their localities and strengthening international cooperation and exchanges.

4. Responsibilities of the Committee

The duties of the Committee include the following:

(1) To formulate strategies and plans for the development of science education for young people around the world, and to actively promote governments and international organizations to increase their investment in and support for science education for young people;

(2) To organize global youth science education activities and scientific research projects, and to build a platform for international exchange and cooperation;

(3) To vigorously promote advanced science education concepts and teaching methods, and comprehensively enhance the scientific literacy and innovation ability of young people around the world

(4) To strongly support scientific research and innovative practical activities for young people, and encourage young people to enthusiastically participate in science competitions and scientific and technological innovation activities

(5) To strengthen close cooperation with international organizations, educational institutions, scientific research institutes and youth organizations, and to join hands to promote the prosperity of science education for young people around the world.

5. Important Role of the Committee

The establishment of the Committee for Science, Education and Development of Global Youth will play an important role in the following aspects:

(1) Improvement of youth scientific literacy. Youth science education is the key to improving the scientific literacy of young people. At present, scientific literacy has become the root of a country's prosperity and sustainable development. In contemporary society, science and technology have become an inseparable part of people's lives, and modern science and technology are increasingly becoming a popular culture, a trend that advocates that every modern citizen must have scientific and technological literacy. And youth science education is recognized as having a basic, fundamental and decisive role in improving the scientific literacy of young people.

(2) Guiding young people to develop a scientific worldview. Scientific worldview refers to a set of self-contained logical way of thinking formed by students' understanding, interpretation and reaction to the surrounding things and natural phenomena in their interaction with the social culture and external environment in which they live. It has become an international trend to emphasize in youth science education the cultivation of young people's awareness of and respect for different races and cultures, their understanding and appreciation of the history and culture of different parts of the world, and the development of a scientific worldview of mutual trust and mutual help.

(3) Guiding young people to develop scientific concepts. Scientific concepts represent the essence of scientific thought in their field, provide the ideological framework and action guidelines for the theoretical and practical activities of the scientific community, and are the deepest content and more essential understanding of the scientific knowledge system. Today, it is more important for us to develop modern scientific concepts, such as the concept of evolution, the concept of self-organization and complexity, the concept of spatial and temporal relativity, the novel quantum concepts triggered by the second quantum revolution, and the modern concept of the universe centered on the concept of “one black, two dark, and three origins”, and so on.

(4) Stimulate young people's strong scientific curiosity and scientific learning motivation. Scientific curiosity is the behavioral tendency of an individual to show strong interest in knowledge and information in the field of science and to pay attention to and explore them. For adolescents, scientific curiosity manifests itself as an innate spirit of exploration, a preference for novelty, a preference for complexity or unknownness, uncertainty and ambiguity, and a preference for exploring information. Young people with scientific curiosity are more likely to become innovative talents in the future, and more likely to become real scientists.

(5) Training the quality of scientific thinking and improving intellectual ability. Contemporary scientific thinking is characterized by synthesis, dynamics, openness, criticality, innovation and so on, and at the same time, it also shows the emergence, uncertainty, complexity and quantum thinking mode and other characteristics of modern scientific thinking. Training the quality of scientific thinking and improving intellectual ability is the key to youth science education. The construction of models, the mastery of reasoning and argumentation, the development of critical thinking and the cultivation of creative thinking in science education have a direct impact on the quality of science education as well as the lifelong development of young people.

6. General Assembly of the Committee

The members of the Committee for Science, Education and Development of Global Youth include governments, international organizations, educational institutions, scientific research institutions and youth organizations.

(1) The General Assembly (hereinafter referred to as “the General Assembly”) is the highest decision-making body of the Committee and is attended by all members as delegates.

(2) The Chairperson of the General Assembly shall be the President of the "Committee for Science, Education and Development of Global Youth" and shall direct the work of the General Assembly.

(3) The General Assembly sets the voting procedures and rules for voting on matters related to the entry into force and amendment of the Committee's Statutes.

(4) The General Assembly shall be convened once every two years. In the case of needing to convene a special General Assembly, the Standing Committee shall decide and report to the relevant agencies and organizations in the field.

(5) The delegates to the General Assembly shall have the right to express their opinions and propose motions at the General Assembly; they shall have the right to elect the Standing Committee members of the Committee.

7. Sources of Funding and Financial Management of the Committee

(1) Funding sources of the Committee: The funding sources of the Committee for Science, Education and Development of Global Youth include membership dues, donations, sponsorships, program income and other legal income.

(2) Financial management of the Committee: The Committee shall set up an independent financial department to be responsible for financial management and budgetary work. The financial statements shall be audited regularly and disclosed to all members.