In this Issue of ICYO-Youth Information:

- Voices of Youth: National Youth Peer Convention

- Ekta Parishad will Organize the Youth Camp

- Children Festival at Garbhanga Held

- National Integration Youth Camp Started in Hyderabad

- Govt of India: Awareness Campaign Against Drug Abuse 

- Our Young People as Agents of Change (Commonwealth Youth Ministers Meeting)

- Int. Youth Day: Youth and Climate Change: Time for Action

- Training Workshop for Youth held in Singapore

- United Nations meets Web 2.0 and ICT Entrepreneurs

- Ibero-American Convention ‘Youth Rights’ Entered into Force

- UNESCAP Develops a Toolkit to Help Young Drug Users

- New MDG Target on Youth Employment

- YEN Youth Guide Launched on Three Continents

- Youth Training for Trainers

- World United through ART

- Executive Development Programme

- World Urban Youth Forum

- Junior8 Summit 2008 to be held in Japan

- World Youth Congress 2008 in Quebec

 

No. 2008/51

Voices of Youth: National Youth Peer Convention

 

A National youth convention is planned in partnership with UNICEF and other youth organizations in India from 28^th to 30^th in Bangalore.  The purpose of this convention is to create a Platform to Voice of Youth to fight against HIV and AIDS along with take up issues that affecting young people in the country.  The program is being organized in association with organizations such as ICYO (Indian Committee of Youth Organizations), New Delhi, CARDTS, Bangalore, CYDA Pune and other youth organizations and networks from different parts of India.

 

This youth convention will bring together over 400 youth from different parts of the country to reemphasize the importance of youth and community mobilization and explore and bring about a greater understanding of roles and responsibilities of youth in society: how youth can be a strong force for change, both internal (Self) and external (community); how youth can link with other members of society; mobilizing youth for action in the community; services and information needs of youth with a special focus on HIV/AIDS. This will be done through plenary, panel discussions and skill workshops and exhibitions.

 

In the Convention the peer educators from all the DISHA programme districts of UNICEF can come together along with peers from youth networks led by other UN agencies (UNFPA, UNDP, UNODC) and non governmental organizations as well as peers from Red Ribbon Clubs supported by the national program on a common platform to share experiences and lessons learnt and answer some critical questions on peer education and

 

Aims of the convention

                        1. To bring together peer educators from different parts of the country to reemphasize the importance of youth and community mobilization, and the power of team work with regard to HIV/AIDS

                         

                        2. To explore and bring about a greater understanding of roles and responsibilities of youth in society: how youth can be a strong force for change, both internal (Self) and external (community); how youth can link with other members of society; mobilizing youth for action in the community; services and information needs of youth with a special focus on HIV/AIDS (will be done through plenaries, panel discussions and workshops)

                         

                        3. To provide a platform for young people to voice opinions, exchange ideas and learn from each others’ experiences in working for sexual and reproductive health including HIV/AIDS (done through an exhibit area, a market place)

 

The Youth Convention is a further step to the capacity building process as well as towards ensuring a safe and enabling environment for the youth to discuss sexual and reproductive health issues and HIV/AIDS.

 

Ekta Parishad will Organize the Youth Camp

P. V. Rajagopal, president of Ekta Foundation Trust, worries that the poor of that country are being left behind. In his interview in Canadian newspaper during his Canadian speaking tour, he said  "Such conditions breed violence," he said. "The kind of prosperity you see in cities like Bombay, Delhi and Chennai now is being bought at the cost of the poor people."

He added forty per cent of Indians are landless and 23% live in abject poverty.

"On one side, you see massive industrialization, steel factories are coming up, mining is happening, the airports are getting bigger and bigger and the Chinese, Japanese and Koreans are all travelling in to invest. But on the other side, there is ancient poverty and mothers selling their children and growing violence."

"We're trying to train young people to stand up for themselves," Mr. Rajagopal said, Ekta Parishad have launched intense community leadership training programs and work-sharing camps to teach thousands of young people the strategies of non-violent protest and community development.

A typical camp could bring as many as 4,000 of them together to dredge and rehabilitate a region's irrigation canals, while building their solidarity, confidence and negotiating skills, and teaching them their rights.

Children Festival at Garbhanga Held

 

A one day Children Festival was organized by Parijat Academy on 22^nd March, 2008 at Garbhanga to make awareness and promotion  of education for underprivileged  tribal children of Garbhanga area. The literacy rate is very very poor. Children especially girls are required to take care of household works. Garbhanga is 17 kms from Lokhra Chariali and is remote tribal area Assam- Meghalaya border. 

 

National Integration Youth Camp Started in Hyderabad

 

The National Youth Project is conducting National Integration Youth Camp Started in Hyderabad from May 23 to 30. 2008. More than 500 youth from all over India are participating. The participants also organize the ‘all religious prayer’ at five different places in Hyderabad to spread the message of harmony and peace. Dr S. N. Subba Rao, Director of NYP (Chairman, ICYO) is conducting the camp.

 

Govt of India: Awareness Campaign Against Drug Abuse 

 

The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has been implementing the Scheme of Prevention of Alcoholism and Substance (Drugs) Abuse through De-addiction Centres, which are working as Integrated Rehabilitation Centre for Addicts. Under the Scheme of Prevention of Alcoholism and Substance (Drug) Abuse is providing financial assistance to Non-Government Organizations for running Counseling Centres and De-addiction centers for drug abuse awareness generation for all categories of people including youth.

 

A National Drug Awareness Campaign is launched every year on the occasion of International Day against Illicit Trafficking and drug abuse on 26th June and special camps are organized for making people aware about the ill effects of drug abuse. Similarly, information, education and communication materials have been developed to impart knowledge about drugs through radio, television, newspapers and other mass media.

 

 

Youth and Climate Change: Time for Action

- Theme for Int. Youth Day

This year’s theme of this year’s commemoration is “Youth and Climate
Change: Time for Action”. The Day provides a great opportunity to rally
support and get key actors - Governments, non-governmental organizations,
academic institutions, businesses, and young people - to act on climate
change. Email your plans so that we can showcase ideas on how partnering
with Governments, organizations and communities can lead to change.

 

 

United Nations meets Web 2.0 and ICT Entrepreneurs

 

The Global Alliance for ICT and Development of the United Nations
Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA-GAID) organized an event entitled "United Nations Meets Web 2.0 - New Media, New Entrepreneurs and New ICT Opportunities in Emerging Markets", on 25-26 March 2008 in New York at UN Headquarters.

 

This event is second in a series of interactive and action-oriented meetings organized by UNDESA-GAID with ICT leaders, who create new and innovative technologies. The event consisted of a series of policy dialogues and panel sessions showcasing a variety of perspectives on key issues, including the use of technology to drive development and how the new media and content are shaping the landscapes of business and economics in developing countries, as well as presentations on creative financing solutions from a range of well-known investment firms.

 

Ibero-American Convention ‘Youth Rights’ Entered into Force

On 1 March, the Ibero-American Convention on the Rights of Youth (ICRY)
entered into force. The ICRY is the only international treaty in the world
that specifically recognizes the rights of young people. It was developed
and promoted by the Ibero-American Youth Organization, also known by its
Spanish acronym, OIJ.

The Ibero-American Convention on the Rights of Youth includes 44 articles
which establish a series of civil and political rights (such as the right
to life, to conscious objection, to justice, freedom of thought and religion, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly and association) and of economic, social and cultural rights (including the right to education, to sexual education, to culture and art, to employment, and to shelter). The Convention also includes articles detailing mechanisms for its implementation (participatory processes, ratification, amendments, infringement of the Convention).

UNESCAP Develops a Toolkit to Help Young Drug Users

 

The UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
developed the “Toolkit for Building Capacity for Community-based Treatment
and Continuing Care of Young Drug Users in the Greater Mekong Subregion” at the request of young people.

 

The toolkit uses accessible web-based resources and templates and examples from the area to enhance an understanding of the problems young people face regarding substance use and related risks. The toolkit aims to provide “how to” guides for assessment of individual, group and family counselling interventions that can be applied in community or residential settings. For more information, see

http://www.unescap.org/publications/detail.asp?id=1267.

New MDG Target on Youth Employment

 

A revised MDG monitoring framework, recently adopted, includes a new target on achieving full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people, under Goal 1.  The inclusion of this new target is a major achievement as it establishes the importance of decent and productive work as an effective anti-poverty instrument.

 

The previous target on developing decent and productive work for youth under Millennium Development Goal 8 is to be encompassed by the new target. In his 2007 Report of the Work of the Organization (A/62/1), the Secretary-General presented the revised monitoring framework to the General Assembly and indicated that all MDG targets and indicators would be renumbered.

 

YEN Youth Guide Launched on Three Continents

 

Building on their global work, the YEN’s Youth Consultative Group, with the support of the YEN (Youth Employment Network) Secretariat, has produced a guide: Joining Forces with Young People: A Practical Guide to Collaboration for Youth Employment.

 

The publication is designed as a tool to facilitate young peoples’ participation in youth employment policy-making and to provide guidance for stakeholders, primarily governments, on engaging with youth.

 

Events in New York, Dakar and Brussels included both an official launch of the publication and a moderated panel discussion based on the key themes addressed in the guide including: the value of youth participation, strategies for effective engagement between youth and policymakers, and how youth organizations can contribute to addressing the youth employment challenge.

 

In New York, the launch was held on 9 October 2007 at a side event during the 62nd United Nations General Assembly.

 

In Dakar, the French version of the guide was launched on 13 December 2007 at an event hosted by the Youth Employment Network for West Africa (YEN-WA)

 

In Brussels, the European Youth Forum (YFJ) hosted the event on 19 December 2007. The discussion centred around the theme “Youth Employment & Development.”

 

It is not clear why this Youth Practical Guide on Employment is not launched in this part (Asia) of world.

 

Youth Training for Trainers

 

The Asia-Europe Foundation will conduct the Training for Trainers from July 2-9, 2008 in Predeal, Romania. The Romania Youth Council (CTR) is the co-organizer of the training.

 

The main aim of this training course is to empower youth The main aim of this training course is to empower youth trainers with knowledge, skills and attitudes that would enable them to develop and implement international training projects involving young people from Asia and Europe. (Application closed)

 

World United through ART

 

The Yuvabadhana Foundation is going to host the 12^th A World United through ART in Bangkok and Chiang Mai.  It is open for all children who are under 18 from all over the world, to join us by painting on the theme 'Colors from MY Land.' 

 

The opening ceremony will be at the Queen’s Gallery on October 19, 2008. 

 

For more information contact: Ybf@...

 

Executive Development Programme

 

The World Bank Institute will conduct Executive Development Programme, “Inclusive and Sustainable Business: Creating Markets with the Poor,” and will be held in Washington from June 9-13, 2008 and continuing on-line from June 16-30, 2008. The programme fee is US $2,000.

 

For more detail and application log on http://info.worldbank.org/etools/edp/

 

World Urban Youth Forum

The World Urban Youth Forum (WUYF) will be held from 31 October to 2
November 2008 in Nanjing, China prior to the 4th World Urban Forum. Young people will participate in discussions on how to deal with growing poverty in cities, rapid urbanization, unemployment, disasters and the scourge of climate change.

 

The expectation in the WUYF 2008 is to build on the activities of the previous Youth Forum while still working within the context of the WUF4 theme of “Harmonious Urbanization: The Challenge of Balanced Territorial Development”.

 

Young people will also explore how different generational interests in an urban context can be reconciled, particularly how the interest of youth and older generations can contribute towards harmonious urbanization.

Junior8 Summit 2008 to be held in Japan

 

Junior 8 Summit 2008 will be held parallel to the G8 summit of world
leaders in Tokyo and will take place in Chitose, on the island of Hokkaido
from 2 to 9 July 2008.

 

39 young people, a group of 4 from each G8 country and 7 from developing countries, will attend the J8 Summit. These Children and young people will present their stories, findings, observations, hopes and recommendations to the G8 leaders.

 

World Youth Congress 2008 in Quebec

 

The Forth World Youth Congress 2008 with the title Regeneration Quebec 2008 will be held from August 10-21, 2008.

 

The organizer is expecting 600 young people from 120 countries the Congress.

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