ICYO- Youth Information
No. 2009/45
(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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UNESCO
Asian Youth Forum on “Reshaping Our Future: In Search of Asian Alternatives”
held in South Korea
The
3rd UNESCO Asian Youth Forum has gathered 50 young people from 21
countries in Gwangju in Republic of Korea from July 2-7, 2009 and discussed on “Reshaping Our Future: In Search of Asian
Alternatives”.
Indian Committee of Youth Organizations (ICYO) represented the India. Ms Manasi Shivakumar from Banglore attended the event.
The Forum
adopted the ‘Resolution and Pan of Action’ (Gwangju Resolution). This forum was the only
regional youth forum held this year, will be presenting this resolution and
plan of action in forthcoming 6th UNESCO Youth Forum (international) to be held
in Paris, France in October, 2009.
The participants of the 3rd UNESCO
Asian Youth Forum, want to reshape our future. The need for reshaping comes
from our realisation that the potential of local communities, in which our hope
lies, has faded away due to the forces of globalization in the last couple of
decades. In the face of cyclical economic crises and the continuing decrease in
human values, Asian youth are losing their identities and dreams that inspire
them to build the future in which we want to live.
The participants of the 3rd UNESCO
Asian Youth Forum want to search for Asian alternatives based on positive local
traditions and wisdom that have enriched the people of this region for thousands
of years.
The participants of the 3rd UNESCO
Asian Youth Forum adopted the resolution based on discussions, shared learning
and mutual understanding. The discussion was focus on three themes: EQUIP,
ENHANCE and EMPOWER.
Gwangju Resolution
Theme 1: EQUIP
“EQUIP ASIAN YOUTH TO BE FUTURE POSITIVE CHANGE MAKERS”
Action Plan
1.
Conduct lectures on “Youth and Social Responsibility”
2.
Cooperate with Parent-Teacher Associations to provide training to teach the
community to be self-sufficient
3. Provide traditional knowledge training
4.
Organise local cultural trips to promote youth realisation of the importance of
their traditions
5. Establish talking forums
as platforms for young people to discuss issues
6.
Build partnerships with the media section to encourage young people to have
social responsibility
Introduce
social entrepreneurship at the community level
7.
Conduct study visits for youth to meet with local government to identify problems and solutions
together
Theme 2: ENHANCE
“ENHANCE YOUTH PARTICIPATION FOR ENRICHING ASIAN VALUES”
Action plan
1. Organize youth-led activities in favour of positive local
traditions
2. Provide opportunities and open events to share local
youth’s learning, experience and activities to join in the local community
3. Create and elaborate ideas to enhance the awareness of
Asian local traditions and virtues in the perspective of youth
Theme
3: EMPOWER
“EMPOWER YOUTH TO GET THEIR VOICE HEARD”
Action plan
1. Organize youth in the community with a bottom-up approach
2. Provide an equal platform for marginalized communities and ensure
inclusiveness
3. Create a platform for local youth groups and local decision makers
to engage in a dialogue
4. Utilize different forms of media to provide alternative platforms
for the youth in the community to raise local youth issues
5.
Seek
government assistance and support for the youth voice to be heard at different
levels of governance and enable youth voice to feed into larger policy and
program formulation
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Indian Committee of Youth Organizations (ICYO)
194-A, Arjun Nagar, Safdarjang Enclave
New Delhi 110029, India
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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.
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