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Call to nominate your
representatives to 'Youth Visioning for Island
Living'
8 September 2004
The deadline
for islands to submit the names of their youth
representatives to participate in the UN meeting
in Mauritius 'Youth Visioning for Island Living'
(7-12 January 2005) is 30 September 2004. Small
Island Developing States (SIDS) are invited to
select two youth participants to go to
Mauritius. Islands in the Caribbean, Indian Ocean
and Pacific regions that are not SIDS are also
invited to submit the names of youth participants,
and these applications will be considered on a
space-available basis. Selection of the youth
should be based on the following criteria:
- Age 17-23 years
- Gender - where there is more than 1 participant
from a country, there must be gender balance
- Where a country has outer islands, then
they should be reflected in the participant
selection
- Ability to follow through with activities
after Mauritius is a key consideration.
Please ensure that the two
youth representatives selected by your country
each fill in the registration form.
Funding for expenses in Mauritius
for the youth representatives (board, meals and
local transport) has been covered. And while countries
are being asked to seek travel funds for their
representatives, some limited assistance for travel
funds may be available from partner organizations.
More information will be available after 30 September
2004.
'Youth Visioning for Island
Living' allows young islanders* to articulate
how they want their islands to develop in the
future and how they plan to help make this happen.
There are three themes:
Life and love in islands
- island lifestyles and cultures My island home
- safeguarding island environments Money in my
pocket - economic and employment opportunities
And, three stages:
Stage 1: Preparatory
activities (January - Dec 2004) Youth coordinators
initiate, plan and undertake preparatory activities:
local meetings and discussions, contributing information
to the website on activities/projects relating
to the three themes, media promotion, fund raising
activities, inter-regional web-based discussions
and chat rooms
Stage 2: Youth participation
at the UN meeting in Mauritius (7 - 12 January
2005) Youth participants** meet in Mauritius to
focus on the three themes: 'Life and love in islands',
'My island home', and 'Money in my pocket'; (1)
discuss their concerns; (2) share information
about ongoing and planned activities, and (3)
shape their vision, backed up by specific proposals,
for future implementation. The outcomes will be
presented to the main UN meeting. At the same
time there will be opportunities to share experiences,
promote cultural understanding, interact with
organizations represented at the main UN meeting,
and participate in debates and side-events
Stage 3: Prioritisation
and implementation of youth visioning activities/projects
(January 2005 onwards) Youth representatives to
the Mauritius meeting share their experiences
and the outcome of the meeting with youth back
home; hold consultations to prioritise activities
for local implementation; seek and obtain funding
for implementation where necessary; regularly
communicate with other islands on implementation;
provide material on implementation (text, photos,
audio files, etc) to the website.
Related activities:
- visit our discussion board and tell us your
thoughts on any of the three themes or island
life in general!
- check out the islandyouth art contest (deadline
for entries 31 October 2004)
- see www.islandyouth.org for additional information.
*Young islanders from
13-23 can participate in the Youth Visioning for
Island Living process
**Youth participants for the Mauritius youth event
(Stage 2) need to be mature enough to travel alone
(17 years) and no older than 23 years.
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