This holiday has been celebrated since 2000. On December 17, 1999, the United Nations General Assembly, in resolution 54/120, supported the recommendation of the World Conference of Ministers of Youth Affairs to proclaim August 12 as the International Youth Day.
This year's topic of the day is "From Clicks to Progress: Youth Digital Pathways for Sustainable Development". The UN highlights the role of youth in digital innovation and how young people can contribute to solving global problems through digital technology.
In our library several publications are devoted to the relationship between youth and digital technologies:
Digital generation in education
The digital dimension of youth cultural creativity: a statement of the problem