The International Year of Youth (IYY) Strategy Partners

Dear Friends,

In the run up to the International Youth Day and during the HLM on Youth taking place in New York next week, the International Year of Youth Strategy Partners are launching the campaign: COMMIT: Put Youth at the Heart of Development

A petition has been set up for young people from across the world to sign their name in support of the call to action below. Please encourage young people from your networks and organizations to 'like' the campaign Facebook fan-page and sign the petition, which can be found here.

The International Year of Youth (IYY) Strategy Partners
The Youth Coalition, Advocates for Youth, Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS, International Planned Parenthood Federation, YouAct, Y-PEER

World Urban Campaign

UN-HABITAT, the United Nations agency for human settlements, helps the urban poor by bridging the urban divides and transforming cities to cleaner, greener, safer, smarter and more equitable places with better opportunities where everyone can live in dignity. UN-HABITAT works with organizations at every level, including all spheres of government, civil society and the private sector to help build, manage, plan and finance sustainable urban development.

The World Urban Campaign is a new tool in this quest and it seeks to ensure that the world stays alert to the problems of rapid urbanization and all its ramifications, especially in the developing countries. The campaign is also intended to promote learning from one another and emphasize how we have and will encourage sustainable development in urban places.

We made it BIG in Amasya, Turkey

WHEN? WHAT? WHERE?

From 04.07.2011. – 11.07.2011. two volunteers from PRAXIS - Benjamin VIENNE & Elina EGLITE participated in a Youth Exchange program "We Are The World For Future" in Amasya, Turkey. Participants from six countries - Turkey, Romania, Hungary, Greece, Lituania and Poland - gave their contribution to aid works that can be done by European countries to people or countries that need help.

HOW IT ALL STARTED?

Call from our EVS mentor in Greece at 9:00am: "Guys, I have good news – would you like to go to Turkey next week to participate in a project "We Are The World For Future””? And everything else was like in a dream – too fast and too good to be true. But we could handle the situation pretty easy – set up a meeting with other Greek participants (Dimitra, Artemis and our team leader Georgios), talked through things what must be done before our arrival to Turkey and discused our added value to the project.

WE ARE IN AMASYA, FINALLY!

Despite some inconveniences in Thessaloniki airport and muck-up with airplane tickets, in last minutes we finally managed to take off and land in our dream: Turkey... First people we met was Lituanians who welcomed us and involved in ice-braking activities.

WOW! We were in Turkey and enjoyed every single minute: common breakfast, rides to most beautiful places in Amasya, intercultural nights, common swimming activities, volleyball match, picnic near brilliant green Borabay lake, outdoor games, open roof buss, most unique separating night and last but not least – project activities.

WHY YOUTH EXCHANGE?

It’s such a great way to meet new people, share experiences, practice different language skills, try out how good you are out of your comfort zone, find out about different culures and eventually – it’s the best, most proactive and most valuable way to spent your free days out of your hometown.

DREAM BIG

For us it was Amasya in Turkey. What could be your destination? It all can come true, I mean – why not?

For more information visit www.praxisgreece.org

Youth Exchange - Amasya

From 4/7/11 to 11/7/11 two volunteers from Praxis - Benjamin VIENNE & Elina EGLITE participated in a Youth Exchange programm "We Are The World For Future" in Amasya, Turkey.
Participants from 6 countries - Turkey, Romania, Hungary, Greece, Lituania and Poland - gave their contribution to aid works that can be done by European countries to people or countries that need help.

Take look, how it all was done!

World Summit Youth Award

The WSYA selects and promotes best practice in e-Content. It demonstrates young people's potential to create outstanding digital contents and serves as a platform for people from all UN member states to work together in the efforts to reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

7 Billion is an opportunity

There are problems that can, and must, be solved. As an individual, you can play a key role in creating a sustainable world characterized by balance and peace. You are part of a big, interconnected community where actions taken in one country or region can have an immediate impact on the other parts of the globe.

Refugees in Greece

Refugees in Greece