Monday, 2 February
Arrival, Connection & Shared Stories
Tuesday, 3 February
Skills & Adolescent-Friendly Cities
Wednesday, 4 February
Voice, Influence & City Governance
Thursday, 5 February
Sustaining Change
Friday, 6 February
Urban Youth Dialogue
Arrival, Connection & Shared Stories
| Time | Session/Event | Aim | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 | Meet in Accra City Hotel lobby for travel to Ho | Ensure safe arrival of participants and set a shared starting point for the Forum journey. | Accra → Ho |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Session 1: Welcome Circle | Set a shared foundation for the Global Learning Forum through an overview of HCA-II and a collective reflection on how we will learn and work together. |
Main Plenary
Volta Serene Hotel, Ho |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch & Networking | Time for informal networking and cross-country connections. |
Lunchroom / Outdoor Balcony
Volta Serene Hotel, Ho |
| 14:00 – 15:00 | Marketplace & Learning Wall setup | Create a shared marketplace showcasing projects, city contexts and cultures, and introduce the Learning Wall as a living reflection tool. |
Marketplace
Volta Serene Hotel, Ho |
| 15:00 – 16:00 | Session 2: My City, My Story | Build connections through storytelling and peer exchange, centring adolescent perspectives on city realities. |
Main Plenary and Breakout Rooms
Volta Serene Hotel, Ho |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Tea Break or time for Home Check-ins (Ecuador and Colombia, 11:00-11:30 ECT/COT) | Enable Ecuador and Colombia representatives to gather early reflections and inputs from peers back home to inform upcoming GLF sessions, while others take a short break. |
Marketplace / elsewhere!
Volta Serene Hotel, Ho |
| 16:30 – 17:30 | End-of-day reflection | Reflect on key insights and experiences from the first day. |
Main Plenary
Volta Serene Hotel, Ho |
| 17:00 – 18:30 | Free time | – |
Free time
Volta Serene Hotel, Ho |
| 18:30 – 21:00 | Cultural Evening: Global Music & Dance Exchange | An evening to wear or show something from your home culture, enjoy dinner together, and stay afterwards to share and teach cultural games. |
Dining Room and Lounges
Volta Serene Hotel, Ho |
Skills & Adolescent-Friendly Cities
| Time | Session/Event | Aim | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07:00 – 08:30 | Breakfast and free time | Breakfast Room and Lounges Volta Serene Hotel, Ho | |
| 08:15 – 08:45 | Home Check-Ins (India, 13:45–14:15 IST; Vietnam, 15:15–15:45 ICT, Ghana and Senegal, 08:15–08:45 GMT) | Focused check‑in session where representatives from India, Vietnam, Ghana and Senegal connect with peers back home to gather insights that will inform upcoming GLF sessions, while others take a short break in the Marketplace. | Marketplace / elsewhere! Volta Serene Hotel, Ho |
| 08:45 – 09:00 | Daily introduction and warm up | A brief overview of the day’s agenda and a short activity to energize participants. | Main Plenary |
| 09:00 – 11:30 | Session 3: Skills in Action | Share and reflect on skills adolescents have developed through projects and how these skills contribute to change. Adolescent representatives from all projects present their experiences. All representatives will engage in cross-country discussions on the application of skills, skills development, and future growth. | Main Plenary and Breakout Rooms Volta Serene Hotel, Ho |
| 11:30 – 11:50 | Tea Break | Time for a break with snacks and time to prepare for the next session. | Marketplace Volta Serene Hotel, Ho |
| 11:50 – 13:00 | Session 4: Our Cities, Our Spaces – Adolescent-Friendly Environments and Services | Explore approaches to creating safer, healthier and more inclusive urban spaces and services for adolescents. Adolescent and adult representatives from Vivo Mi Calle (Colombia), and Fort Pour Le Futur (Senegal) will share how they have made city spaces more adolescent-friendly. All project representatives will take part in cross-country discussions to share and learn. |
Main Plenary
Volta Serene Hotel, Ho |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch & Networking | Enable informal networking and peer exchange. | Lunch Room / Outdoor Balcony Volta Serene Hotel, Ho |
| 14:00 – 14:30 | Travel to Ho Youth Park | Travelling | |
| 14:30 – 16:00 | Session 5: Field Visit to Ho Youth Park | Learn from the youth‑led creation of the Ho Youth Park through a session led by Young and Safe (Ghana), exploring the space alongside local stakeholders to deepen understanding of adolescent‑friendly urban development. Participants will spend time in the park to observe, interact and play informally, while representatives from Colombia, Ecuador, Senegal and Ghana have time for an optional facilitated home check‑in to exchange reflections from the day. | Ho Youth Park, Ho |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | End-of-day reflection | Capture key learnings from the field visit and connect them to broader Forum themes. | Ho Youth Park, Ho |
| 16:30 – 17:00 | Travel back to Volta Serene Hotel | Travelling | |
| 17:00 – 18:30 | Free time | You can use this time however you like – to rest, hang out, or explore | Free time Volta Serene Hotel, Ho |
| 18:30 – 21:00 | Dinner and Global Music & Dance Exchange | Strengthen cross-cultural connection through music, dance and creative expression. | Dining Room, Lounges and Dance Floor Volta Serene Hotel, Ho |
Voice, Influence & City Governance
| Time | Session/Event | Aim | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07:00 – 08:30 | Breakfast and free time | Breakfast Room and Lounges Volta Serene Hotel, Ho | |
| 08:15 – 08:45 | Home Check-Ins (India, 13:45–14:15 IST; Vietnam, 15:15–15:45 ICT, Ghana and Senegal, 08:15–08:45 GMT) | Focused check‑in session where representatives from India, Vietnam, Ghana and Senegal connect with peers back home to gather insights that will inform upcoming GLF sessions, while others take a short break in the Marketplace. | Marketplace / elsewhere! Volta Serene Hotel, Ho |
| 08:45 – 09:00 | Daily introduction and warm up | A brief overview of the day’s agenda and a short activity to energize participants. | Main Plenary Volta Serene Hotel, Ho |
| 09:00 – 10:30 | Session 6: Making Space for Our Views | Examine mechanisms that enable adolescents to influence decision- making in their citiesAdolescent and adult representatives Resilient Cities for Adolescents (Ghana) and Co-creating Healthy Cities for Adolescents and Youth (Vietnam) will share how they created more adolescent-friendly city spaces, followed by cross-country discussions involving all project teams. | Main Plenary and Breakout Rooms Volta Serene Hotel, Ho |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Reflection Tea Break & Declaration Walls | Break with snacks, with time to explore the Advocacy Declaration Walls from the Our City, Our Say campaign or relax and connect informally in the Game Room before the next session. | Marketplace Volta Serene Hotel, Ho |
| 11:00 – 13:00 | Session 7: Cities That Listen – Responsive City Governance | Explore how city systems and stakeholders respond to adolescent voices and advocacy Adolescent and adult representatives from Alza Tu Voz (Ecuador), Green Citizens – Healthy Cities (Vietnam) and My Path, My Pledge (Senegal) will share how they are working to strengthen city responsiveness to adolescents, followed by cross-country reflections and discussions involving all project teams. |
Main Plenary and Breakout Rooms
Volta Serene Hotel, Ho |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch & Networking Home Check-Ins | Informal networking. | Lunch Room / Outdoor Balcony Volta Serene Hotel, Ho |
| 14:00 – 15:00 | Session 8: Advocacy & Influence Learning Exchange | Share experiences on using advocacy, learning and evidence to influence policy and practice. ACT Indore (India) will deliver a presentation highlighting their advocacy journey as a youth-led initiative. After the presentation, all participants will take part in a supported Gallery Walk where projects’ visual materials – photos, posters, key statistics, short text excerpts and quotes – will be displayed. | Main Plenary and Breakout Rooms, Volta Serene Hotel, Ho |
| 15:00 – 15:45 | Session 9: Youth-Led Film & Story Showcase | Highlight adolescent-created films and stories as tools for expression and influence. | Main Plenary, Volta Serene Hotel, Ho |
| 15:45 – 16:00 | Short tea break | ||
| 16:00 – 16:30 | End-of-day reflection | Bring participants together to reflect on key takeaways from the day and capture shared learning on the Learning Wall. This will be the end of the day for most participants. | Main Plenary, Volta Serene Hotel, Ho |
| 16:30 – 17:30 | Adolescent representative only: Preparation for Urban Youth Dialogue (selected adolescents) | Preparation and practice session for those adolescents involved in the Urban Youth Dialogue, led by Partnership Bureau. | Main Plenary, Volta Serene Hotel, Ho |
| Feedback and discussion on global adolescent engagement approach for HCA-II | Informal feedback and brainstorming with remaining adolescents on the global approach. | Breakout Room | |
| 17:30 – 19:00 | Free time or time for a Home Check-In (optional) for Colombia and Ecuador adolescents. | You can use this time however you like – to rest, hang out, or explore. This is also an optional slot for adolescent participants from Ecuador and Colombia to check in with their peers back home in a focused and purposeful way. | Free time Volta Serene Hotel, Ho |
| 19:00 – 21:00 | Dinner and a World Knowledge Quiz Night | Foster informal learning and team bonding. | Dining Room, Lounges and Dance Floor Volta Serene Hotel, Ho |
Sustaining Change
| Time | Session/Event | Aim | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07:00 – 08:30 | Breakfast and free time | Breakfast Room and Lounges Volta Serene Hotel, Ho | |
| 08:15 – 08:45 | Home Check-Ins (India, 13:45–14:15 IST; Vietnam, 15:15–15:45 ICT, Ghana and Senegal, 08:15–08:45 GMT) | Focused check‑in session where representatives from India, Vietnam, Ghana and Senegal connect with peers back home to gather insights that will inform upcoming GLF sessions, while others take a short break in the Marketplace. | Marketplace / elsewhere! Volta Serene Hotel, Ho |
| 08:45 – 09:00 | Daily introduction and warm up | A brief overview of the day’s agenda and a short activity to energize participants. | Main Plenary Volta Serene Hotel, Ho |
| 09:00 – 11:00 | Session 10: Making Change Stick: Sustaining Systems Change | Explore how projects institutionalise and sustain shifts in system conditions in their cities. Adolescent and adult representatives from Safe, Vibrant and Healthy Public Spaces (India) and Resilient Cities for Adolescents (Ghana) will share how they are working toward long-term systemic change, followed by cross-country discussions involving all project teams. | Main Plenary and Breakout Groups, Volta Serene Hotel, Ho |
| 11:00 – 12:00 | Closing this part of the GLF. Final reflections with the learning wall . | Celebrate collective learning and close this part of the Forum with shared reflection and commitments. | Main Plenary Volta Serene Hotel, Ho |
| 12.00 – 12.30 | Hotel checkout | Volta Serene Hotel, Ho | |
| 12:30 – 13:00 | Lunch | This will be a shorter slot for lunch so please be prompt. | Volta Serene Hotel, Ho |
| 17:00 – 18:00 | Travel to Accra City Hotel | Travelling | |
| 15:00 – 17:00 | Shai Hills and Cultural Activity | Shai Hills | |
| 17:00 – 18:00 | Travel to Accra City Hotel | ||
| 18:30 onwards | Check into hotel, relax, and prepare for the final day | Accra City Hotel |
Urban Youth Dialogue
| Time | Session/Event | Aim | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08:30 – 09:30 | Arrivals and registration (tea, coffee and play) | Guests will arrive and can engage with learning about HCA, and playing table-top games in the venue. | Accra City Hotel |
| 9.30 – 9.35 | Opening Poem | A young artist from Ghana will perform a poem that speaks about their experiences in their city. | Accra City Hotel |
| 9.35 – 9.45 | Introduction and Welcome | Welcome covering the day’s aims, logistics, and interactive introductions. | Accra City Hotel |
| 9.45 – 10.00 | HCA Context | An adolescent and a representative from the HCA team will introduce the initiative and its purpose at the Global Learning Forum in Ghana. | Accra City Hotel |
| 10.00 – 11.00 | Cityscaping | Interactive group session where adults and adolescents explore adolescents’ HCA experiences in their cities across key thematic areas. | Accra City Hotel |
| 11.00 – 11.45 | Adolescent-Led Panel Discussion and Q&A | Adolescent-led panel discussion on personal HCA experiences and their impact on cities. | Accra City Hotel |
| 11.45 – 12.45 | Futurescoping | Group activity to design future adolescent-friendly cities. | Accra City Hotel |
| 12.45 – 13.00 | What Sticks, From Here | Closing reflections on key learnings and actions. | Accra City Hotel |
| 13.00 – 14.30 | Lunch, Talk and Play | Guests will be invited to lunch, and can continue to play, talk and learn from one another in the afternoon. | Accra City Hotel |