-  National Youth Award announced

-  National Youth Festival is open today evening in Chennai

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Newsletter from Indian Committee of Youth Organizations

Youth Information January 2008 Issue 77
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ICYO - Platform of 350 Youth Organizations in India.          

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

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National Youth Awards to be given away in National Youth Festival at Chennai

 

The National Youth Awards for the year 2006-07 will be given away at the 13th National Youth Festival, schedule to be held in Chennai from January 12 to 16, 2007

 

Mr Naveen Kumar Kotiya, President of AISS and the youth leader from Delhi will also be receiving the National Youth Award on 12 January 2007 in Chennai. He is actively associated with Indian Committee of Youth Organizations (ICYO) last many years and also with National Youth Project, Najafgarh unit.

 

These awards are conferred on youth who have demonstrably excelled in different fields of developmental activities and social service. The award to individual comprises a medal, a scroll and Rs 20,000/-. The award of one voluntary organization comprises a trophy, a scroll and Rs. 1,00,000/-.

 

The theme for the 13^th National Youth Festival is “YOUTH FOR PROGRESS AND EXCELLENCE.”

 

National Youth Festival

 

The National Youth Festival is a mega National Integration Camp. The theme for the 13^th National Youth Festival is “YOUTH FOR PROGRESS AND EXCELLENCE.”

 About 4000 youth from all over India will participate in the Festival.  Each State/UT administration is expected to send a contingent of participants for competing in designated events and also participating in other activities.  Variety of cultural programmes (both competitive and non-competitive), Youth Convention, Suvichar and Exhibition etc. will be organized to show the talent and creative energy of our youth.

 

        The Festival will conclude on 16^th January, 2008.  His excellency the Governor of Tamil Nadu will be the Chief Guest on this occasion and he will also give away Indira Gandhi National Service Scheme Awards.

 

The Department of Youth Affairs & Sports, Government of India, introduced the scheme of Yuva Utsava (youth festivals) in 1994 to be organized at the Block, istrict, State and National levels with a view to acquainting them with the beauty and diversity of Indian music, dance and other art forms, as also to foster the concept of a mosaic of Indian ethos and culture which cements the feeling of oneness and gi es pride in the nation's diversity. Since then, three Rashtriya Yuva Utsavas at Bhopal, Calcutta and Ahmedabad have been successfully organized.

 

            The National Youth Festival is held annually since than from 12^th to 16^th January in one of the States willing to host the Festival to commemorate the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekanand.  The 12^th January, being the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekanand is also observed as National Youth Day.

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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.