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Call for Applications

The 2013 Commonwealth Discovering Young Leaders Programme.

by lanredahunsi June 3, 2013

written by lanredahunsi

Application Deadline : 30th June 2013

Young person? Youth Leader? Youth Activist?

Do you see yourself as a young leader or an aspiring leader?

Would you like to sharpen your leadership edge and learn from some of the smartest brains in Africa and experts in youth programming across the Commonwealth?

Then, plan to attend the ‘Discovering Young Leaders Programme’ (DYLP)!

This Commonwealth programme is designed as an online interactive forum to inspire, empower and expose young people to views and concepts of leadership, global trends in youth empowerment and the principles of youth development across the Commonwealth.

Participants are expected to be leaders of youth organizations, aspiring youth leaders, and heads and members of National Youth Councils and youth associations/clubs, and are between 15 and 25 years old.

Discover how you see yourself, and how others see you as a leader;
Analyse the connection between self-awareness and effective leadership;
Examine the essence of youth participation in governance and leading youth organisations;
Interact with other young leaders and share thoughts , ideas and experience in leadership at the national and community levels and sharpen your leadership edge; decide on ACTIONS you will take in becoming the best leader the world has ever seen!!

Topics

Unlock your leadership potential
Introduction to youth development
Making Impact on the international scene.
Beyond Tokenism
Young People and National Youth Policies;

Discovering Young Leaders Programme is funded by the Commonwealth Secretariat and all participants are fully sponsored. Clarity4D is also providing their Youth Profiles for free during this event.

DYLP is organized by the Youth Division of the Commonwealth Secretariat and open to all young people from 15 to 25 years old.

Date

5th Aug. – 27th Sept. 2013
To apply Go to: www.bit.ly/dylp2013 |

or Contact : [email protected]

June 3, 2013 1 comment

Call for Applications

Call for Nominations: 2013 Commonwealth Youth Development Awards for Excellence in Development Work.

by lanredahunsi April 4, 2013

written by lanredahunsi

Application Deadline: 30 June 2013.

What: The Awards highlight contribution young people make to achieving development goals.

Whom: Nominees for the awards should be aged between 15 and 29 years.

Do you know of a young person making a positive difference to the lives of other people in your community or country?

The Commonwealth Youth Development Awards, which encourage and sustain investment in youth-led development, are open for 2013 nominations.

Youth workers are encouraged to nominate young people, who are driving innovative projects in any number of areas, including agriculture, small enterprise, skills training, climate change/environment protection, sustainable livelihoods and poverty reduction.

The Commonwealth Youth Programme (CYP), promotes the awards as an attempt to raise the profile and highlight the contribution of young people who are integrally involved in the process of change and are working side by side with decision makers for a more secure future. The awards also give international, regional and national recognition to the young men and women who are selected.

CYP works with 54 Commonwealth member countries through four regional centres based in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and the Pacific. There will be four finalists per Commonwealth region with the top entry from each region receiving a regional winner award and the top regional winner receiving the pan-Commonwealth award.

Winners are awarded grants to advance the work of their projects and they also liaise closely with the CYP on the best way to use the funding. Nominees for the awards should be aged between 15 and 29 years. Applications close on 30 June 2013.

Evans Wadongo won both the pan-Commonwealth and Africa region 2012 Commonwealth Youth Awards. He received a £5,000 grant for the charity he founded, ‘Use solar, save lives’. Regional winners for Asia, the Caribbean and the Pacific each won a £3,000 grant.

At 19, Mr Wadongo designed a solar-powered lantern using recycled materials. Over 27,000 of these lanterns have been produced and distributed across Kenya, providing a safer, cheaper and environmentally-friendly lighting alternative to kerosene lamps. His programme has expanded to include building regional youth centres, which provide skills training for young people.

Development work can be in any number of areas, including:

• Agriculture, small enterprise, skills training;

• Arts and culture;

• Education, peer education;

• Enterprise development/youth employment;

• Climate change/environment protection;

• Health and wellbeing, including work on HIV/AIDS ;

• Human rights and democracy;

• Information and communications technology;

• Journalism, media, public awareness;

• Peace building;

• Science and Technology;

• Sport for Development and Peace;

• Sustainable livelihoods and poverty reduction

Prizes:

There will be f ive prizes per Commonwealth region with the top entry

from each region receiving a Pan Commonwealth Award.

Nomination Process

To complete the nomination form please visit: http://www.yourcommonwealth.org/cya

You will be required to provide the following information:

• Details about yourself;

• Details about the person you are nominating;

• Why you think the nominee deserves to win;

• A description of the development work and how

it makes a positive difference to the lives of others;

• Areas in which the development work falls;

• How winning the award will make a difference to the work of your nominee

For more information please email:

The Coordinator

Commonwealth Youth Awards

Commonwealth Secretariat Marlborough House

Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5HX

United Kingdom

Email:

[email protected]

Web:

www.yourcommonwealth.org

For more information on the Commonwealth Youth 2013 awards:

2013 Commonwealth Youth Awards Brochure

April 4, 2013 0 comments

The Commonwealth Conference on Education and Training of Youth Workers .

by lanredahunsi December 13, 2012

written by lanredahunsi

The Commonwealth Secretariat in partnership with the Government of the Republic of South Africa is organising the first Conference on Education and Training of Youth Workers (CCETYW 2013). The first edition of the conference will focus on the theme Professionalisation of Youth Work . This conference is hosted by the South African government in partnership with the University of the South Africa and the National Youth Development Agency, South Africa. 18 – 20 March 2013 | University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria, South Africa.

This is the initial application. Participants would be deemed registered for the conference only after receiving an invitation letter from the organising committee. This conference is by invitation and may attract registration fees and related costs to be communicated in your invitation letter from the organising team.

Check the website at http://ccetyw.cyponline.org or write to [email protected] for further information. (Kindly read through all the questions and ensure you have all required information before answering this questionnaire and submitting. You cannot save and continue filling this form once submitted)

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December 13, 2012 1 comment