A/HRC/FMI/2012/1 3. Perspectives from young minority rights advocates on the Declaration 7. Under the agenda item, selected young minority advocates will be invited to share their views on what the Declaration means to them and their lives in diverse and multicultural societies. They will discuss whether the Declaration is still relevant and meaningful to their context, as well as creative ideas to help to raise awareness of the Declaration and ensure its implementation in their own societies and globally. 4. Practical use of the Declaration: identification of good practices and positive measures 8. The agenda item will focus on national laws, policies and practices that have been developed to foster the rights of persons belonging to minorities, and their impact on the full enjoyment of their rights by minorities. Successful awareness-raising activities and projects developed by various stakeholders will also be presented. Governments will be invited to describe their political, economic, social and cultural policies designed to support and promote equal rights and opportunities for persons belonging to minorities. Minorities will discuss the role that they can and should play in raising awareness of the Declaration and in ensuring its implementation at different levels. They will also share their positive grass-roots experiences as individuals and members of a minority group. 5. Challenges and problems encountered in the practical implementation of the Declaration 9. Under the agenda item, participants will identify and discuss any challenges and problems that have been encountered and persist in implementing the Declaration on Minority Rights in practice, and by different stakeholders at all levels. 6. Consideration of future opportunities, initiatives and further possibilities for raising awareness of the Declaration, and ensuring its practical implementation 10. Under the agenda item, the discussion will focus on improving the draft recommendations that participants have before them. The objective will be to formulate practical policies, actions or programmes to ensure better, more systematic implementation of the Declaration and the principles therein, in addition to ensuring its widespread dissemination. Possible ways to tackle the challenges identified at the previous session will also be discussed. 7. Concluding remarks 11. The Chairperson of the Forum and the Independent Expert on minority issues will share their concluding remarks, including forward-looking proposals for next steps, with Forum participants. 3