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Global Interdependence Youth Summit –
Brussels, Belgium
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Global Interdependence Youth Summit – Istanbul – 2009
The old aspiration? > Independence.
The new reality : Interdependence.
The Plan
CivWorld’s inaugural Global Interdependence Youth Summit (GIYS) was held this year from September 9 through 13 in Brussels, Belgium and explored the solutions to important worldwide challenges, from the impact of global warming to best practices in conflict prevention. Young people from across the world met for a series of workshops and youth-led discussions and participated in the larger Interdependence Day celebration and forum with some of the world’s greatest scholars, political and civic leaders, policy makers, artists, musicians and thinkers. To see more about 2008 visit www.interdependenceyouthsummit.org
In the near future we’ll be introducing you to our Youth Steering Committee who will help guide our upcoming events and the forthcoming Youth Network.
In 2009 the Youth Summit will make its way to Istanbul Turkey and will emphasize the importance of youth empowerment, participation, and creativity with an objective to chart the ways to turn awareness into accomplishment, vision into action, and learning into leadership - towards making a real difference.
GIYS involves unique and engaging activities that are not based on traditional education methods or focused on a lecture based structure. Instead, it incorporates a variety of informal methods used to maximize participant interaction and ability to contribute. The arts and multimedia platforms, including film and video, play an intrinsic role in documenting and presenting the variety of activities.
The guiding principles of GIYS are:
- The promotion of interactive participation and empowerment of young people on local and global levels
- Enhancement of creativity and to provide inspiration for the participants to be agents of change; promotion of civic engagement and civil society
- Fostering a greater sense of international unity and responsibility
- Providing unique opportunities for young people to share their views with a wide variety of international leaders, policy figures and academics
- Creating a safe environment for individual development; to increase self-confidence, improve social skills and networking, and gain valuable knowledge and experience
- Facilitating intercultural dialogue and understanding, promoting respect for diversity and tolerance for all nationalities, races, religions, and genders.
- Building a global youth network of support and partnership between participants
The Partners :
> Rising Voices / Global Voices
http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org/
Rising Voices, an outreach initiative of Global Voices, aims to help bring new voices from new communities and speaking new languages to the global conversation by providing resources and funding to local groups reaching out to underrepresented communities. Launched in May 2007 thanks to the support of a Knight News Challenge Award, Rising Voices seeks to empower under-represented communities to make their voices heard online by 1.) providing financial support to outreach projects, 2.) developing a series of participatory media tutorials, and 3.) cultivating a network of passionate citizen media activists to help encourage and support the replication of outreach trainings.
> Remedee Foundation
www.remedee.org
Remedee is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization that believes that everyone has a story, but too few have the opportunity to tell it. Our mission is to empower underserved youth with the resources and education to thoughtfully share their worlds through documentary filmmaking and new media. By giving young people of the world access to a voice, we strive to educate and empower our next generation. Remedee is built on the premise that more than ever, media is the dominant language of youth. Media crosses borders, economic boundaries and social strata. The Remedee Foundation are currently working on “Reel Earth” being filmed by young people in New Orleans to be completed in August 2008.
> OneVoice Movement
www.onevoicemovement.org
OneVoice is an international movement of Americans, Palestinians, Israelis, Europeans, Muslims, Jews and Christians who are fed up with the ongoing conflict and who are ready and eager to support a serious process, leading to a comprehensive agreement that will fulfill the hopes and aspirations of both the Palestinian and the Israeli people for a two-state solution. Mobilizing civil society to this effect is OneVoice's aim. One Voice does not propose any solutions but it believes in the power of the people to create a historic change, to take part in the decision making process and to help bringing an end to the conflict through an uninterrupted negotiations that will lead to a final, fair and comprehensive peace agreement.
To implement its mission, OneVoice utilizes a four-pronged approach: recruitment, citizen negotiations, youth leadership, and mobilization and its activities are coordinated from their regional offices in Tel Aviv, Ramallah, and Gaza City, with international headquarters in New York.
> LBL Foundation for Children
www.lblfoundation.org
LBL Foundation for Children is an independent international organization, devoted to investing in education, healing and hope for children, particularly in communities devastated by war. LBL draws on the extensive experience and leadership of its president, Olara A. Otunnu. As UN Under Secretary General and Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict (1997-2005), he spearheaded the international campaign to develop and mobilize international action on behalf of children exposed to war. LBL’s goal is to mobilize and provide support, in the most direct ways possible, to the children and their communities; initially focusing on developing prototypes which can then serve as templates for broader action and engagement. LBL concentrates on supporting communities to recover and rebuild, primarily through the following activities: investing in schools and integrated programs; empowering war-affected youth, through leadership training programs, ‘Voice of Children’ radio programs, and international youth-to-youth networks; drawing international attention to neglected conflict situations, where children are gravely affected; and pressing for full compliance with international protection laws and standards, particularly the enforcement of UN Security Council Resolution 1612 of 2005.
> Institute for Social and European Studies
www.ises.hu
In a complex and globalizing world, regional integration and disintegration, the interfaces and changing relations among old and new players (states, markets, and networks of civil society) need to be recontextualized and redefined. This requires the opening up of traditional disciplines towards each other.
ISES welcomes all those who want to expand their knowledge in the Social Sciences, International Relations and European Studies. Those interested in the study of social and political change, communication, sustainable development, problems of transition, minorities and human rights will find our program challenging and unique.
The Programs in International Educational Resources (PIER) of The MacMillan Center draw upon Yale University’s extensive resources to develop and implement programs, services, and resources designed to advance understanding of international and world regional issues through outreach to education, business, media, and the public. Since its inception, PIER has made use of the scholarship of Yale’s outstanding faculty and staff in the promotion of research, development of effective curriculum, dissemination of resources, and articulation of international and world regional issues. PIER offers many opportunities to advance its mission that is designed to enhance understanding of international and world regional issues to education, business, media, and the public.
The European Year of Intercultural Dialogue (EYID) 2008 recognizes that Europe’s great cultural diversity represents a unique advantage. It will encourage all those living in Europe to explore the benefits of our rich cultural heritage and opportunities to learn from different cultural traditions. The Year will feature a small number of flagship projects on a European level, as well as EU support for a national project in each Member State, and a Partner program aimed at mobilizing civil society. The active involvement of civil society will be essential in highlighting good practices and identifying needs in intercultural dialogue. Well-known ambassadors have also been appointed to raise awareness of the importance and benefits of intercultural dialogue. The European Year of Intercultural Dialogue (2008) was established by Decision N° 1983/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. (18 December 2006).
The Flemish Youth Council is the *official advisory body of the Flemish Government on all matters concerning children and young people. *We represent the Flemish youth organisations and promote the interests of all children and young people in Flanders. In commissions, work groups and other meetings, opinions and proposals on a variety of topics are prepared. These are then discussed and voted on by the General Assembly (GA), who then pass their recommendations on to the Flemish Government or other relevant governmental agencies as the Federal government, the European Parliament, .
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