Call
for local partners for the National Youth Forum on Green Solutions Bhutan, 21-23 December 2012
About
ICIMOD:
The
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) is a regional
intergovernmental learning and knowledge sharing centre serving the eight
regional member countries of the Hindu Kush Himalayas (HKH) – Afghanistan,
Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan – and based in
Kathmandu, Nepal.
Youth
Forums:
ICIMOD
values the potential role that young people can play in promoting sustainable
mountain development. To inform, empower, and involve youth from the region in
the development process, ICIMOD has implemented more than 48 major events
dedicated to youth engagement since the launch of the Youth for Sustainable Mountain
Development (Y4SMD) initiative in August 2009. One of the major activities
under this initiative is the organization of Youth Forums at national,
regional, and global levels. Since 2010, Youth Forums and other capacity
building events under the Y4SMD initiative have trained over 300 youth. Plans
to promote similar activities in the future include National Youth Forums in
Pakistan and Myanmar in November 2012 and Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, and
Nepal in December 2012. ICIMOD would also like to team up with a local partner
to organize a National Youth Forum in Bhutan in December 2012.
What
are National Youth Forums?
National
Youth Forums are a two to three-day capacity building events, driven by young
champions of green solutions in their own country. These forums allow youth to
share knowledge and network as well as listen to expert accounts of global and
regional efforts for sustainable mountain development. A typical National Youth
Forum includes the following components:
·
Technical
session: Local experts present local issues and their global linkages (2–5
presentations: 30 minutes each)
·
Motivational
session: ICIMOD and local experts (2
presentations: 15 minutes each)
·
Knowledge
management, group work, experience sharing, and social networking sessions (2–4
sessions: 2 hours each)
·
Field
visit to demonstrate local efforts for sustainable mountain development (Half
or full day depending on the site)
·
Intergenerational
Sustainability Dialogue on Developing Green Solutions in the Changing World bringing
together youth from schools and colleges, teachers, and representatives of
NGOs, the government, and local communities (2 hours)
·
Opening
and closing sessions featuring representatives from local organizations,
ICIMOD, senior government officials, and participants (1.5 hours each)
ICIMOD strives to ensure that at least 30% of
the selected participants come from a rural background and the gender division
of participants is equal.
Further
information:
If
you have any queries or would like to host a similar event in your country,
please contact: · Anja Møller Rasmussen, Programme Manager, Integrated
Knowledge Management (IKM) and Himalayan University Consortium (HUC), ICIMOD and Tek Jung Mahat, Initiative Leader, ICIMOD
tmahat@icimod.org
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