The Big Cake Forum series explores how a community can provide essential ingredients for healthy and resilient young people. Big Cake II presented an opportunity to hear from speakers who seek to make a difference in the participation of young people in and around Port Phillip.

Big Cake 2 Forum Agenda 

Summary of Big Cake 2 forum findings

Adam Smith Australia's Ambassador to the United Nations for Children and Young People and the newest member of the international board of the International Youth Foundation Presenter Information.

Dr Kathy Edwards: PhD in Political Science from the University of  Sydney, researcher of gender issues, youth studies and political theory.

Speaker Notes  YES Big Cake 2 presentation

Jen Rose Policy Officer Youth Affairs Council of Victoria. Jen was responsible for the research around the State Government's “Taking Young People Seriously”.

Youth Participation Presentation

John Firth, General Manager of the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority will be doing a presentation about the Victorian Essential Learning Standards and its relationship to youth participation and community.

Victorian Essential Learnings Standards

People with a role in planning, community connections, arts, welfare and youth support.

This forum targeted increasing real opportunities to advance Youth Participation and Planning across this Port Phillip.

Big Cake II emphasised the potential the City of Port Phillip has to include young people in many aspects of our planning and development and that such opportunity advances consultative mechanisms, learning outcomes and personal development of young people in this city.

Community has a great opportunity to substantially support young people's learning and at the same time advance council's current model of youth participation. The Big Cake was an opportunity to explore how young people might advance the work we do.

World Cafe workshops asked participants to consider three key areas around voice, knowledge and action.

World Cafe Scenarios

The information gathered will inform this community of the current status of youth participation across the City of Port Phillip and enable greater focus and direction for future development.

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