Venue: Washington, D.C.
Dates: September 29-30, 2009
Event Description:
As part of its efforts to build the youth enterprise, employment, and livelihood development field, Making Cents organized the first-ever Global Youth Microenterprise Conference, which took place in Washington, DC in September 2007. The response to this conference was tremendous, as evidenced by: 1) leading organizations in this field deciding to join the Global Advisory Committee in the early states of the conference’s development; 2) the conference being sold out 45 days in advance with 50 people remaining on the waiting list; and 3) a strong cross-sectoral representation of participants from 28 countries. At the event, the 270 participants shared lessons learned, promising practices, and innovative ideas for moving this field forward. Read more…
Dates: 18 to 23 July 2010
Venue: Vienna, Austria
Event Description:
Vienna, Austria has been chosen to host the XVIII International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2010), the largest international meeting on HIV, where every two years 25,000 participants representing all stakeholders in the global response to HIV meet to assess progress and identify future priorities. AIDS 2010 is organized by the International AIDS Society (IAS), in partnership with government, scientific and civil society partners in Austria and international partners from civil society and the United Nations. Based in Geneva, Switzerland, the IAS is the world’s leading independent association of HIV professionals.
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Venue: Geneva, Switzerland
Dates: 5 – 7 August 2009.
Event Description: The United Nations Department of Public Information will be organizing the first annual Global Model United Nations conference. The conference will include General Assembly plenary sessions and four of the Assembly’s Main Committees. The theme will be “The Millennium Development Goals: Lifting the bottom billion out of poverty.”
Approximately 600 to 1050 university-level students (between 18 and 24 years of age at the time of the conference) will be invited from Member States where Model UN programmes are currently active. The students will be selected through a fair and competitive selection process.
For more information visit: http://www.un.int/wcm/content/site/gmun/pid/8396
Dates: July 19th -24th , 2009
Venue: Prague Czech Republic
Event Description: The 18th International Youth Leadership Conference is a week-long youth forum on world politics, international relations and justice.
This summer we will be welcoming 120 students from 40 different countries for an open-minded exchange of diverse perspectives on contemporary global challenges. The IYLC blends social interaction with cultural and academic components to create a cohesive experience that promotes cross-cultural youth participation and socially responsible leadership.
The International Youth Leadership Conference proactively involves its participants in
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Dates: 31 July – 13 August 2010
Venue: Turkiye
Event Description:
Peace Child started the World Youth Congress Series in 1999. Since then there have been four Congresses – each one with a different emphasis but all committed to developing a more effective role for young people to play in the effort to make poverty history and achieve the Millennium Development Goals. Go to www.turkiye2010.org AND APPLY NOW!!!!
Dates:
» June 5, ’09
Deadline for Registration
» July 30 – Aug 3
Pre-YA Leadership Seminar Retreat
» August 4, ’09
Early Registration
» August 5-7, ’09
U.N. activities all day, events each evening
- Campaign Night
- Culture Night
- Closing Party
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In the coming months, Civic Concepts International will be awarding 30 scholarships in a form of substantial conference fee reduction to students who come from unprivileged communities around the world. We hope that these scholarships will enable students from Sub-Saharan Africa, South-East Asia, Middle East, Latin America, the Carribeans, the Pacific and many other regions to attend the 18th International Youth Leadership Conference in Prague. For more information please visit: http://www.czechleadership.com/
