The day started with a short presentation by Dr. Sigrun Møgedal the Norwegian HIV/AIDS Ambassador who encouraged the young participants at the Summit not use old development language when thinking of their solutions and highlighted the unique perspectives of young people who "naturally link issues on health, development, poverty and human rights- which others have been struggling with for years".

Participants on day-two were highly focused on processes to refine solutions to the challenges addressed in day one and were tasked with developing concrete actions, including listing possible partners, deliverables and timelines to their proposed interventions.

"If the world will make room for youth leadership, then I am not worried about the future" Heidi Larson, Director of aids 2031 told me today as she highlighted the quality of the discussions on day 2 of the Young Leaders Summit.

A concrete action out of the discussions on funding today was a "5% for the Future" initiative, which would call for 5-percent of donor HIV funds to be allocated to youth-led organizations. It is proposed that this will be presented at the next Global Fund Board meeting and participants will seek endorsement from UNAIDS. "This would be an effective way to ensure that young people's initiatives are fully funded and supported" said Ricardo Baruch, a young leader participant and member of the aids 2031 Steering Group.

As inspiration towards real possibilities of building new leadership, a concrete outcome from the 1st Young Leaders Summit in 2008 was the development of the Global Health Corps (GHC). "We've been really excited to learn from aids2031, especially since Global Health Corps was inspired by discussion at last year's Summit and we can't wait to hear about the ideas and solutions that come from this year" said Barbara Bush, President and Dave Ryan, Executive Director. Their organization aims to strengthen the movement for global health equity and improve the quality of healthcare services. In its first year GHC is sending 11 cross-cultural teams of young people to work in Rwanda, Malawi, Tanzania and the United States with organizations working in public health.

Near the end of the day, members of all the aids2031 Working Groups presented their outcome papers to the young leaders, who then actively engaged in a dialogue on each issue including hyper-endemic countries, social drivers, epidemiological modeling and countries in rapid economic transition.

James Chau, UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador and Chinese television presenter who helped develop the aids 2031 outcomes on young people for the Countries in Rapid Economic Transition Working Group presented on his work capturing trends among young people and their use of information communications technology. "We must use traditional media and the new media of now to actively engage with the new new media" said Chau, as he advocated for innovative ways of engaging young people through technologies that are relevant and attractive to young people, in the language of youth and Asian countries.

Throughout the Summit, Hope's Voice is filming a promotional video in partnership with the Royal Palace and aids 2031 on young leaders with participants sharing stories on the challenges and successes of youth leadership "we are honored to provide a platform for young people to share their inspiring stories on leadership and addressing stigma and discrimination" said Todd Murray, the Executive Director of Hope's Voice. For more on Hope's Voice anti-stigma campaigns check out the Does HIV Look Like Me campaign.

At the end of the day participants are headed off for a reception on the royal yacht to meet with the advisor leaders they will dialogue with further tomorrow.

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Alex McClelland