ICYO

YOUTH INFORMATION

                           No: 2007/37  (June)

(E-Newsletter from network of youth organizations in India)

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ICYO - Platform of 356 Youth Organizations in India.       

ICYO - India’s largest network of urban and rural youth.

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International Youth Forum

 

The International Youth Forum, entitled ‘Youth Speak - We Listen! Voices of Peace’ will be held from September 1-2, 2007 in Egypt and organized by Suzanne Mubarak Women's International Peace Movement in collaboration of World Bank.e

 

Youth groups, committed to building peace, will have the opportunity by participating in the Forum, to utilize their skills and experiences in creating a stimulating environment from which they can consolidate their efforts in finding ways to best service their respective communities and societies.

 

The Forum will emphasize five principle themes, composed of several sessions. These sessions focus on the power of youth in promoting peace, social entrepreneur for peace, health, and no to exclusion! and investing in young women’s economic security, environment, and sports, to name but a few.

 

The organizer invited the nominations to participate. In terms of expenses, the organizer will be covering all expenses from arrival in the Cairo Airport, including air fair to Sharm El-Sheikh, accommodation. The air fair coverage from home countries are very limited.

ICYO invites the nominations from its member organizations from India.

The nominations are also welcome from youth organizations from Asian countries. Please note that participants must be under 25 year of age and gender balance should be maintain.

 

For more detail contact ICYO secretariat (icyoindia@...) with full detail about the participant.

 

Workshop on Developing International Young Leaders

The International Youth Centre (IYC), Kuala Lumpur is organizing the Workshop On Developing International Young Leaders from 1-8 July 2007, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The workshop will be organized in cooperation with the University Putra Malaysia (UPM), Ministry of Youth and Sports Malaysia, Asian Youth Council (AYC), Committee for ASEAN Youth Cooperation (CAYC) and the Malaysian Youth Council (MYC).

For more detail contact ICYO secretariat at icyoindia@...

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Youth Information is published by

Indian Committee of Youth Organizations (ICYO)

194-A, Arjun Nagar, Safdarjang Enclave, New Delhi 110029, India

Phone: 91 9811729093  / 91 11 26183978 Fax 91 11 26198423

Email: icyoindia@... / icyo@...  Web:  www.icyo.in

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Indian Committee of Youth Organizations (ICYO) is a registered non-profit, non-governmental network organization, committed in developing areas of mutual cooperation and understanding among different youth voluntary agencies, youth groups, clubs and individuals working in the field of youth welfare in India. 

ICYO functions as an umbrella organization of youth NGOs in India. It's family consists of over 356 organizations spread in 122 districts of 22 states from different corners of India.

Our goal:
To improve and extend the youth work and services through Youth Organizations;
To enhance and demonstrate youth work in the society;
To promote effective youth programmmes;
To organize network of civil society organizations working towards the development of youth work;
To organize seminars, conferences, workshops, trainings;
To maintain international relation with organizations promoting young people in their programmes and activities

Affiliation: 

Consultative (Roster) Status with ECOSOC, United Nations;
Consultative Status with Commission on Sustainable Development;
Full Member of World Assembly of Youth (WAY); Asian Youth Council (AYC);
Youth for Habitat International Network (YFHIN); CRIN, South Asia Youth
Environment Network (SAYEN), Affiliate group of ECPAT International, Thailand;
ATSECE-DELHI, Indian Partner of AIDS Care Watch Campaign;
Steering Committee member of World Bank's YDP Network;
Working relation with Indian Association of Parliamentarians (IAPPD);
International Medical Parliamentarians Organizations (IMPO);
Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD);
World Youth Foundation, Malaysia