Following the theme 'Youth on the Move', the attendees will meet for four days of training focused on global and local challenges such as HIV/AIDS, climate change, migration and discrimination.

This meeting will take place on the site of the Battle of Solferino where, 150 years ago, Henry Dunant saw the suffering and agony of thousands of soldiers on the battlefield. In response, he mobilised nearby villagers to care for the wounded, regardless of their nationality.

'The actions of Dunant directly led to the creation of the Red Cross,' said Robert Tickner, CEO of Australian Red Cross. 'This was the beginning of the Red Cross Red Crescent movement we know today, an organisation that has 186 member societies around the world and an estimated 100 million volunteers,' Mr Tickner said.

'One hundred and fifty years later, we return to this site to discuss the Solferinos of today and how youth can address these and future challenges,' he said.

Australian Red Cross is sending four delegates to Solferino:

The delegation is led by Vinay Menon, 22, who is based in Western Australia. Vinay is chair of the Red Cross national youth advisory committee and youth representative on the Red Cross board. He is taking a year off medical school to work on a child health project in a remote indigenous community.

The other delegates are Matt Eyles, 22, from NSW, who is studying a Masters in nursing and has volunteered at a school for refugees in Ghana; Kathi Wall, 22, from Queensland, who has been a volunteer for many years and recently received the Queensland Premier's Award for services in Cyclone Larry and the Emerald floods; and Lynette Phuong, 21, from Victoria, an arts/commerce student, talented linguist and organises Y Connect programs to help refugees and asylum seekers form links with their communities.

These four young people will attend seminars and sessions on such topics as social media, effects of climate change, social justice and gender balance. Each session will assist in the development of a formal declaration that will be presented to governments, the United Nations, international non-governmental organisations and leadership of the Red Cross Red Crescent.

With the goal of sharing this meeting with a global audience, youth attendees will be live-blogging, posting videos and tweeting throughout the events.

'As many young people check their Facebook page more often than they pick up a daily newspaper, it only makes sense to place the story-telling in their hands,' said Mr Tickner.

'Attending youth will have access to wifi, computers and video cameras, and we can't wait to see what they produce.'

The youth meeting is one of a series of events highlighting the 150-year anniversary of the Battle of Solferino. Other Red Cross Red Crescent events include a Humanitarian Boulevard (June 24-27), featuring a live disaster and relief exercise; the human Red Cross and Red Crescent, in which more than 2000 people are expected to form a cross (June 25); the Fiaccolata, a torch-lit procession following the footsteps of those who escorted injured soldiers from the battlefield to the neighbouring village of Castiglione (June 27); and the Journey of an Idea and Declaration, which involves about 200 youth delegates trekking to Geneva in Switzerland to retrace the return path of Henri Dunant and present a declaration to Swiss authorities and representatives of the United Nations (June 28-July 3).

Vinay, Matt, Lynette and Kathi will be updating their experiences via blogs on the Red Cross website - www.redcross.org.au/youth.