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Start Date & Time
November 13, 2009
All day event.
End Date & Time
November 16, 2009
All day event.
Location
Yet to be announced.
South Delhi
New Delhi, Delhi, India
Event Cost
40 applications from across the country will be accepted. Travel, Accommodation and Food Costs are covered for outstation participants only. There is no registration fee for the conference. Applicants selected from Delhi will be provided an honorarium to
Event URL
www.theyouthparliament.blogs...
RSVP Info
Name: Ishita Chaudhry
Phone: +91 11 46792243/44
E-mail: theypfoundation@gmail.com
Webpage: http://www.theyouthparliamen...
Registration Deadline
September 25, 2009
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UNESCO and The YP Foundation
VIKALP: Searching for Alternatives
Youth Forum for Social Change
Concept
The Youth Forum on Social Change, to be held in New Delhi from the 13th to 16th of November is aimed at promoting youth led dialogue and action in India, by bringing together 40 young people from across the country to share best practices and examine strategies on how they can build youth action in an inclusive and cohesive manner.
The Youth Forum aims to facilitate the active engagement of young people, by focusing on youth led community work in four specific issues of gender and sexuality, education, disability and HIV/AIDS. The four-day forum will bring together 32 young people who are implementing existing youth led community work in these four cross cutting areas and will focus on building capacity and skills, so as to facilitate leadership and explore youth ownership and collective action as an outcome of the forum.
The Youth Forum has been conceptualized by UNESCO and The YP Foundation as a practical dialogue space where young activists working on different issues can come together to reflect on best practices, work through challenges, share resources and develop inclusive strategies for promoting youth leadership and movements across India. The forum also encourages youth practitioners working with varied issues in different parts of the country to explore cross cutting themes and build a stronger understanding of their work collectively, by examining a human rights framework.
The objectives of the forum are four-fold:
a) To explore the active engagement and dialogue of young people on the issues of sexuality and gender; education; disability; and HIV/AIDS, with a focus on Human Rights and building tolerance towards diverse cultures and identities in India.
b) To build the capacity of young people by facilitating youth leadership, ownership and activism such that young people are empowered to lead youth led processes of social change that affect their own lives.
c) To engage, motivate and inspire young activists to promote cohesive community action through youth-led projects and successful youth adult partnerships in India.
d) The forum will also feature a 1-day National Youth Festival, bringing together young people working on diverse social issues, with the aim of creating a knowledge exchange and promoting movement building for young people. Participants attending the forum should be willing to share/highlight their work and learning’s from the same at the festival as well.
The Way Forward
For projects/initiatives that are developed as an outcome of the 4-day forum, UNESCO and The YP Foundation will make available small grants to support collective youth leadership and shall also provide mentoring and support in the development, implementation and assessment of these initiatives. Participants who are selected for the forum must be willing to conceptualize and design initiatives that incorporate the outcome of the learning’s of the forum.
The deadline for receiving applications is 25 September 2009. Please email theypfoundation@gmail.com for a copy of the same.
We are grateful to UNFPA, India for their support in this venture. |
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The YP Foundation
The YP Foundation (TYPF) in New Delhi is a youth led and run non-profit in India that develops young people’s leadership skills to take action on issues that young people are passionate about. Founded in 2002, the organization supports young people between the ages of 13 and 28 to conceptualize...
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