Co-building a New Eco-Social World: Leaving No One Behind - Redefining and Reclaiming ‘Youth’ Principles in a Post-Pandemic World

Layne Robinson is the Head of Social Policy Development at the Commonwealth Secretariat based in London, UK. He leads a team at the Commonwealth reponsible for supporting the 54 countries with public policy in areas of youth development, health, education and sports. The Commonwealth’s social policy work strengthens cooperation on human development issues and develops policies and programmes to improves the lives of people in the Commonwealth, particularly those who are marginalised or from vulnerable groups. He has particular interest in measuring outcomes/progress on social development; in the Commonwealth the led the of the first global Youth Development Index that measures progress in youth development across over 180 countries