Youth Consultations - 5th UNESCO Youth Forum

What can I do? Participate in a government consultation

Category: Youth

When: 07:11 AM September 7, 2007 to 07:11 AM September 17, 2007

The Canadian Commission for UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) is currently looking for participants, aged between 18 and 30, interested in participating in a youth consultation on the following themes:
 
·       Education and economic development
 
·        Science and technology for sustainable development
 
·        Young people and the dialogue among civilizations, cultures and peoples
 
* Note that a background document will be sent to selected participants.
 
Consultations will be held in Montreal, Ottawa/Gatineau and Vancouver.  Note that the Commission will not cover travel fees for participants outside these three regions.
 
Interested people living outside of the cities mentioned above are invited to apply for participating in the online consultation (date to be confirmed).    This online consultation is possible through the support of TakingITGlobal.
 
The Consultations’ outcome will be used as the foundation for the Canadian position at the UNESCO Youth Forum, which will be held in Paris, France, October 12-13, 2007.  For more information on this event please refer to http://portal.unesco.org/shs/en/ev.php-URL_ID=11084&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
 
Dates of the consultations are the following:
 
Montreal: Monday, September 10, 2007
Ottawa/Gatineau: Friday, September 7, 2007
Vancouver: Monday, September 17, 2007 (date to be confirmed)
Online: date to be confirmed (end of August / early September 2007)
 
Qualification Criteria for Selection
 
Participants for the Youth Consultation will be selected based on their experience and commitment in line with youth and/or one or more of the three themes above-mentioned.  The Commission is looking for youth who:
are between 18 and 30 years old;
are Canadian citizens or landed immigrants;
demonstrate an expertise in at least one of the three themes of the Youth Consultation;
demonstrate knowledge and/or experience in UNESCO-related issues;
demonstrate interest in and have knowledge of their local and/or provincial youth community;
have experience within a group, an association or an organisation working with and/or for youth issues;
are able to express views effectively in both oral and written forms;
are available on the date of the consultation in their area/online.
How to apply?
 
Your application must include:
 
·         A cover letter explaining why you believe you are a good candidate to attend this event and what your participation would bring to you;
·         A résumé;
·         A 500 words text presenting your previous/current experience in line with one (or more) of the three themes;
·         Answers to the questions below;
 
1)      I am applying for the consultation:
 
·         Montreal ______
·         Ottawa/Gatineau ______
·         Vancouver ______
·         Online  ______
 
2)      I would like to participate in the session on the theme (indicate only ONE):
 
·         Education and economic development ______
·         Science and technology for sustainable development ______
·         Young people and the dialogue among civilizations, cultures and peoples ______
 
3)        I am a member of a youth organisation.
 
YES _______
 
NO ________
 
If yes, which one?  _____________________________________________________
 
Address of the organisation’s website (if any)_____________________________________
          
If you are applying for one of the following consultations (Montréal, Ottawa/Gatineau or Vancouver) please answer to question 4.
 
4)   I am interested to act as a rapporteur (which involves note taking during the session, presentation of the round-table outcome in the plenary and handing in a report to the facilitator within the three days following the meeting) for the round-table I will be participating in:
 
YES_______
 
NO ________
 
* Return your application form no later than 4:00 p.m., August 10th, 2007, to cynthia.lacasse@unesco.ca (email only) AND copy -
 
For Montreal: consultationmontreal2007@gmail.com
For Ottawa/Gatineau: ottawaconsultation2007@gmail.com
For Vancouver: vancouverconsultation2007@gmail.com
For the online consultation: onlineconsultation2007@gmail.com 

Contact information: Cynthia Lacasse Programme Officer, Youth / Agente de programme, Jeunesse Canadian Commission for UNESCO / Commission canadienne pour l'UNESCO 350 Albert, P.O. / C.P. 1047 Ottawa, ON, Canada K1P 5V8 Tel: (613) 566-4414 / 1-800-263-5588, x 4550 Fax: (613) 566-4405 Internet: http://www.unesco.ca cynthia.lacasse@unesco.ca UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization / L’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’éducation, la science et la culture

Web link for more information: http://www.unesco.ca

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