The Global Partnership for Poverty Alleviation and Development Youth Exchange Network is an open and public‑benefit youth exchange platform built by the GPPAD Secretariat. It is open to young people worldwide committed to poverty alleviation and rural development. Its main objective is to strengthen youth exchanges, inspire enthusiasm and action among young people in global poverty‑reduction endeavors, and contribute to delivering the poverty‑reduction targets set out in the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.