Asia Pacific Indigenous Youth Network
Founding Conference cum Youth Leadership Training
April 15 - 21, 2007
Baguio City, Cordillera Region, Philippines
Goal of the Network
The Network intends to contribute to building the capacity and self-confidence of indigenous youth in the Asia-Pacific Region by providing systems of information, exchange and networking. It prioritizes on mobilizing the catalytic role of indigenous youth by facilitating exchange of ideas, analysis and experiences that they in turn can contribute and share with their indigenous communities.
Themes for Discussion
- Convention on Biological Diversity and the Role of the Youth in the Protection of the Environment
- Workshop on the Underlying Causes of Environmental Degradation
- The role of the indigenous youth in the 2nd Decade of Indigenous Peoples
- Leadership Skills Training, Campaign Management Training, Facilitation Skills Training, Organizational Management Training
- Millennium Development Goals, UNPFII, UNDP and other UN bodies and activities
- Discussions on Migration, Youth and Governance
- Formation of the APIYN Council, Executive Committee, and 3-year Program of Action
- Cultural Sharing
- Camp-out/Community Integration
Participants
The assembly will gather 60 representatives of indigenous youth organizations and communities from the Asia-Pacific region aged 18-30. We encourage more women delegates to ensure adequate representation of women youth leaders.
Conference Fees
Conference fees are on a sliding scale from US$200 to US$300 per person. This covers food, accommodation, conference packets, transportation to and from the airport and the community integration. Only a limited scholarship slots are available hence, we encourage you to raise funds for your participation. We can provide you support letters for your fundraising.
The Conference
The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) decided in its first session in 2002 to make indigenous children and youth a focal point of its work, in recognition of the fact that the children and youth are the world’s most valuable resource. The indigenous youth are the link between the traditional past and the still-unfolding future of indigenous peoples. It is thus very important to harness the valuable contributions that they can make to any development effort, especially in the protection of the environment and biological diversity. Unfortunately, indigenous youth and women are not accorded equal opportunities for participation in decision-making and the wider socio-political processes.
The indigenous youth, in particular, are unable to fully articulate their needs and aspirations, and their possible catalytic role in the development process is not realized. The project seeks to address this situation. The capacity building and skills training is aimed at harnessing the dynamism and idealism of the indigenous youth for international environmental campaigns, and their greater participation in activities of the United Nations. The series of activities is envisioned to result in the capability building and empowerment of indigenous youth for a greater role in the second decade for indigenous peoples, in line with the United Nations resolutions in this regard. The activities are designed this way in order to maximize resources and the travel of indigenous youth delegates and the experts who are coming as speakers.
Financial Assistance
APIYN coordinators and secretariat are actively raising funds to bring participants from Asia and the Pacific region to the conference, but we encourage participants to raise their own finances because we cannot guarantee that we will be able to support all applicants.
Deadline for Applications
The deadline for the submission of applications is on February 28, 2007
Downloads:
Several files are available for download for guests and delegates
How to download
Right click and select Save Target As... in Internet Explorer or Save Link As... in Mozilla Firefox then save in the desired directory.
Conference Brochure:
PDF (requires Adobe Acrobat to read), DOC (requires Microsoft Word)
Conference Application Form:
DOC (requires Microsoft Word)
You may submit your application forms and other pertinent documents to:
APIYN Secretariat
apiyn@apiyn.org
or to:
#16 Bukaneg st., Burnham-Legarda,
Baguio City, Philippines 2600
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