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Jul 7th, 2007 - 06:17:54 |
IYPF
Find out more about the Millennium Development Goals
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The following are great sources of information about the Millennium Development Goals:
http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/ is the UN’s website which gives a good outline of the MDGs
http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/pdf/mdg2007.pdf is a halfway to 2015 progress report on the MDGs
http://www.millenniumcampaign.org is the campaign site for people wanting to support the MDGs
http://www.mdgyouthpaper.org/mdgyouthpaper.pdf is the paper on Youth and the Millennium Development Goals contributed to by IYPF members
http://www.takingitglobal.org/themes/mdg/ is a TIG Blog on the MDGs
Get Involved in Supporting the MDGs with the IYPF
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· Start making arrangements to attend IYPS2008 - How will you fund your trip? How you can contribute to the themes of the event? Could you volunteer to be a speaker?
· Write an article for the IYPF newsletter about one of the MDGs or your experiences working in one of the MDG areas, and send it to newsletter@iypf.org
· Join the IYPFs Young professionals and Millennium Development Goals network http://projects.takingitglobal.org/ypmdg
· The IYPF is currently looking for a motivated individual to join the IYPS2008 organising committee specifically working on the Young Professionals and Millennium Development Goals angle. Please contact brittjacobsen@iypf.org for more details
· Arrange a Stand Up Against Poverty event for IYPF members in your country / region for October 17th 2007 – see http://www.standagainstpoverty.org/. Please let us know on iyps2008@iypf.org what you are planning to do and we will coordinate this as an IYPF Global event.
· Join the IYPS Tig Blog http://events.takingitglobal.org/14421 and contribute to our current discussion and vote ion our poll “Young Professionals and the Millennium Development Goals” on the IYPS2008 TIG Blog http://events.takingitglobal.org/14421/discuss/thread/24023
Jul 5th, 2007 - 09:18:35 |
Cam
IYPS 2008 & the MDGs
Sarah-Jo Dawson, IYPF president – 4.7.7
iyps2008@iypf.org
www.iyps.org
Press Release for 7.7.7
"Next International Young Professionals Summit to be held in Manchester"
The 7th July 2007 marks the halfway point since the Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s) were launched by the United Nations and the target date of achieving these wide-ranging targets, covering eradication of poverty, environmental sustainability and improved global health, of 2015.
On this date, the International Young Professionals Foundation, an international not-for-profit network of young professionals run by volunteers, is proud to formally announce the third International Young Professionals Summit, IYPS 2008, to be held from 19th to 22nd August 2008 in Manchester, England.
The aim of the Summit is to bring together young professionals for networking, capacity building and information sharing around our core theme of “How young professionals can contribute to achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals " and specific topics covered will include:
- Governance, economy and education
- Women and gender equality
- Healthcare and HIV / AIDS
- Environmental sustainability
The Project Manager for IYPS2008 is IYPF President, 35-year-old Sarah-Jo Dawson from the UK. She says, "The MDGs represent a global call to action against poverty and the protection of the planet. Young professionals certainly have a lot to offer in meeting these challenges and I am proud we are officially announcing IYPS2008 on the midpoint day and using the MDG’s as the theme of our Summit next year”.
The week long Summit will be attended by young people from across the globe, representing a wide number of professions from engineers to doctors to artists. Each delegate will be already taking positive action towards the MDG’s either through his or her working life or in a voluntary capacity. “This is a fantastic opportunity for them to share their experiences” says IYPF CEO Cameron Neil, from Australia, “There will be a core number of delegates actually attending the Summit, but we will also have on-line facilities so we can involve as many young professionals as possible, from all around the world, whilst limiting our own carbon footprint”.
As well as discussing the Millennium Development Goals, attendees at the Summit will have a chance to try their hand at environmental art and conservation projects, hear about existing IYPF projects across the globe, listen to motivational speakers on how to achieve change and go on a trip to see some of North West England’s sustainable development successes, supported by the Mersey Basin Campaign. Members of the public will also get an opportunity to take part in the event at the Global Change Fiesta organised as part of IYPS2008 on Thursday 21st August 2008.
Nov 14th, 2005 - 17:47:46 |
Cam
Global Trade and Financial Architecture Project
The objectives of this project, supported financially by the U.K. Department for International Development (DFID), are to identify and analyze options for making the multilateral trading system more supportive of development, and in particular to follow up on a number of the specific recommendations made in the UN MDG taskforce report (Trade for development).
A number of research papers generated by the project have been posted on the website of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization under the heading Global Trade Reform. Posted papers address preference erosion, the need for and design of additional aid for trade mechanisms and new approaches towards special and differential treatment. The site also includes a summary of the main policy conclusions emerging from the project: ?Strengthening the Global Trade Architecture for Economic Development: An Agenda for Action.?
For more information, please explore the web at
http://www.ycsg.yale.edu/focus/index.html.
Nov 9th, 2005 - 17:57:06 |
Cam
UN Millennium Campaign Youth Mapping Project
West Africa
The United Nations Millennium Campaign (www.millenniumcampaign.org) is undertaking a mapping of the key youth groups/networks/organizations in all the regions of the world. The project would entail creating a database of the most important youth groups/networks in the MDG priority countries with an aim of laying the grounds for creating a true youth movement within the regions.
My name is Emmanuel Edudzie and I am coordinating this Youth Mapping for the Western Africa region. At this stage, the mapping process has 4 priority countries in this region, namely Senegal, Nigeria, Burkina Faso and Ghana.
I would like to invite all the youth organizations from these 4 countries, working to achieve the millennium development goals to take part in this mapping process by simply filling up the attached form. This form is to be completed by key youth groups/ networks (whose membership and leadership are composed of mostly young people based on their own definition of youth) in the respective countries. The form can also be submitted by regional youth groups/networks which are associated with these countries or youth group of these countries.
To get the forms, please e-mail Emmanuel directly
Please submit your application by email at edudzie@gmail.com. The completed form must be received IMMEDIATELY or no later than 15th of November 2005.
I would also appreciate your help in disseminating this information within your networks.
Thank you for your interest and help.
Best regards
Emmanuel Edudzie
edudzie@yahoo.com
Nov 9th, 2005 - 02:35:00 |
Cam
Australia's Performance on Fairer Trade and MDG Goal 8
The Australian Make Poverty History Coalition
(htp://www.makepovertyhistory.com.au) has released a report on Australia's
performance towards achieving Goal 8 of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
To see the report, go here:
www.makepovertyhistory.com.au/downloads/4483_Goal_8_Report.pdf
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