ICYO- Youth Information

No. 2000/2

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

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ICYO - Platform of 358 Youth Organizations in India.       

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

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Vice President to inaugurate National Youth Festival on 12 January in Amritsar

 

New Delhi: The Fourteenth National Youth Festival will be inaugurated by the Vice President of India, Mr. M. Hamid Ansari on Monday at Amritsar. It is the first time that National Youth Festival would be held in Punjab from 12th - 16th January. Mr.  Parkash Singh Badal, Chief Minister of Punjab will be presiding over the function. Dr. M.S. Gill, Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs & Sports and Mr. Gulzar Singh Ranike, Sports Minister, Punjab , will be the ‘Guests of Honour’ at the function.

 

About 4000 young persons from all States and UTs are expected to participate in the Youth Festival. National Youth Festival is organized every year from January 12th to 16th. January 12th being the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda is observed as National Youth Day.

 

On the occasion, the Vice President of India will also give away National Youth Awards and Awards to the National Youth Outstanding Clubs. Department of Youth Affairs, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports presents National Youth awards every year to motivate young persons to achieve excellence in the field of national service and to encourage them to develop a sense of responsibility to their community and to improve their own potential as good citizens and young leaders. The Award consists of a silver medal, a certificate and a cash prize. The Government has also doubled award money for individual awardees from Rs. 20,000 to Rs. 40,000 and for voluntary organizations from Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 2 lakhs.

 

During the five day festival, there will be competitive events in 16 individual items and two group items. In addition to this the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan that functions under the aegis of the Department of Youth Affairs, Govt. of India, will organize a young Artists Camp, Yuva Kriti and an Adventure Festival. The National Service Scheme will also organize a National Youth Convention and a lecture series ‘Suvichar’.

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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);
 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.