UN entities. Youth Development and Youth Policy Avenues Inter-Agency Network on Youth Development [hereinaqer IANYD]; Office of the Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth (OSGEY); Department of Social Policy and Development (UN DESA/DSPD): ECOSOC Youth Forum; Multi-stakeholder Processes Major Groups and other Stakeholders HLPF Coordination Mechanism (CM); Sustainable Energy for All (as it relates to SDG 7); World Water Forum (as it relates to SDG 6); Technology Facilitation Mechanism (TFM); Global Alliance for Urban Crises (GAUC); Internet Governance Forum (IGF); Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR). The different external working groups of the MGCY correspond to the different formal UN processes that we are mandated to engage in. MGCY facilitates the participation of young people through the circle of policy design, implementation, monitoring, follow up and review. For each activity a different set of tools is used ranging from consultations to advocacy to action plans and formal monitoring. High Level Political Forum (HLPF): the HLPF working group is a successor of the MGCY Institutional Framework for Sustainable Development (IFSD) task force from Rio+20. It provides follow up and review of sustainable development implementation across several UN frameworks, and addresses new and emerging sustainable development challenges. HLPF began in 2013 and meets annually in New York City during June and July. Post-2015 and Sustainable Development Policy: the Post-2015 working group is a successor to the MGCY Green Economy Task force during the Rio+20 process. The Sustainable Development Goals negotiations lasted from March 2013 to July 2014, followed by further negotiations as part of the Post 2015 Process from January to July 2015. Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development2 was adopted by UN member states in September 2015. Sustainable Consumption & Production (SCP): MGCY involvement in 10 Year Framework for Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production began in 2013 when the framework was established. In September 2014, the Progress Report on the 10 Year Framework of Programmes was released. Currently SCP prioritization is mainstreamed through the Sustainable Development Goals, Goal 12. Small Island Developing States (SIDS): SIDS was first formally recognized by the international community at the UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in 1992. In 2013, MGCY SIDS preparation began for the Third International Conferences on Small Islands Developing States and the process culminated in September 2014 with the SAMOA Pathway for SIDS. Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR): DRR aims to reduce the damage caused by natural and human induced hazards,