We are pleased to announce the launching of the website for the International Year of Youth today. In order to start the dialogue with youth from around the world, we have also launched a facebook page entitled “United Nations International Year of Youth”.
YEN is a global partnership of the World Bank, International Labour Organization and United Nations. The YEN Quarterly Newsletter is produced by YEN's secretariat based at the ILO in Geneva.
To spread the word about the International Year of Youth, the UN Programme on Youth is looking for a powerful 1 to 5 word slogan that encapsulates the Year and its theme, Dialogue and Mutual Understanding.
THE Emancipation Support Committee (ESC) is asking Caribbean governments to set up a Caricom scholarship programme for Haitian young women and men to strengthen the country’s redevelopment.
Applications are now being accepted for Oxfam International Youth Partnerships until the 12th February 2010. Aimed at any young people (18-25 years old) who want to bring about positive change in their communities, are committed to working with others, and want to learn from other young people around the world.
This section offers –every week- a selection of the press notes that appear on the principal on-line journals of different countries of the region, selected with a wide and plural criteria, that intends to show what the press is saying on young men and women. For news from February 1st to 7th click here
