What is happening around the world to mark the day ^*

• Global: 1. To commemorate the Day, young people (11 to 24) from all around the world can submit photographs and drawings to participate in a global photography competition "Shoot Nations". Prizes will be awarded for 48 winning photographs that will tour 5 major cities around the world, as well as be presented to the United Nations and displayed at UN Headquarters on International Youth Day. For more information, please visit http://www.shootnations.org or email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .
  2. A GLOBAL YOUTH WAVE - An endeavour to connect youth and organizations world-wide, to be seen and heard - as we, as youth, develop world-wide. On the day of your event, film a 5-10 second clip with your location and youth waving at the camera, with a short message to how they are participating for develoment, and we will put it all together to form a short film of this "Global Youth Wave'. Ask your youth to be involved with how they would like to present themselves on screen, and their message for development. 5-10 seconds only! The short film will be posted on Youtube. Send footage when complete to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it before 17th August.
• Australia: The 2007 Australian youth delegate to the General Assembly will host a BBQ in Sydney to celebrate International Youth Day. Representatives from a diverse range of youth organizations will get together and discuss work currently being done for Australia's youth. For more information, please email Ben Groom at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .
• Bahrain: The Government through its General Organization for Youth and Sports (GOYS) will celebrate IYD by launching an awareness campaign in collaboration with the local media through radio talk shows, television, newspapers, and by distributing informational materials in malls and other youth gatherings. GOYS will also organize a National Youth Forum, based on this year's IYD theme, that will be attended by representatives from local youth organizations to discuss the key challenges facing youth today as well as providing them with a platform for to showcase their work. The Forum will end with a workshop for participants organized by the United Nations Development Programme, entitled "We are Partners for Development". In addition, a "Leave a Legacy" wall has been created that will be placed in a major shopping mall for young people to present their talents, thoughts, hopes and dreams. For more information, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .
• Bangladesh: 1. The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) along with the Department of Youth Development, Ministry of Youth & Sports will host a TV talk show for policy-makers and young people. Several national and international NGOs will participate in the Day's activities that will include a seminar on the theme, as well as a youth dialogue. For more information, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .
  2. A youth network will produce a theme paper on the Day, distribute promotional materials and hold a press conference to further encourage the observance of International Youth Day in their country. For more information, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .
  3. In observance of International Youth Day, a national coordinating youth organization will rally other key national youth organizations and conduct a major event on 12th August. The event will work to create awareness among the young people to use ICT as a development tool to achieve the MDGs as well as promote employment opportunities. Activities will include a stand up event, a signature campaign, an ICT workshop and a quiz. For more information, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .
• Canada: In the city of Toronto, an international volunteer action network will celebrate the Day through an art exhibit of youth-created work, an NGO fair and an international youth volunteer photograph sale. Two youth-inspring feature films will also be presented at the event. For more information, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .
• Ghana: Along with international partners, the Youth Employment Summit along with the UNDP Civil Society Centre will organize a one-day stakeholder dialogue in Accra, which will cover youth participation in the fight against small arms and light weapons (SALW); youth volunteering for development; National Youth Policy; Youth and the Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy; and creating a permanent alliance of youth in civil society to serve as the voice of youth at national level. A special photo exhibition on the Day will highlight the devastating effects of small arms on nations, communities, and especially young people. Extensive television, radio and print media will publicize IYD and the events. For more information, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .
• Greece: Club Serron for UNESCO along with youth NGOs in Serres will conduct IYD events to commemorate the Day, which includes and exhibition in central square with interview's and photo-displays. An IYD promotion was also aired on the radio that covered IYD, youth programmes and personal experiences. Posters and print articles were also prepared to cover the events of the Day. For more information, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .
• Northern Ireland: A community empowerment partnership in Belfast will team up with two other local community areas and meet in a park. Plans include a bar-b-q, balloons and badges with personal messages, music by a young DJ and face painting, as well as a youth forum to hear what young people have to say! The events are designed to work to present young people in a positive light and encourage them to express themselves positively in their changing community. For more information, please contact the youth coordinator at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .
• Kenya: 1. UN-HABITAT will conduct IYD celebrations at the UN Headquarters in Nairobi and offer an opportunity for United Nations Agencies and Programmes to collaboratively feature their youth programmes, best practices and lessons learned from the local, national and global levels to promote system-wide collaboration in support of youth empowerment and youth-led development. The UN-wide exhibition will include an opening ceremony and reception. Young people attending the opening ceremony will present a commitment request for participating UN agencies and partners commit themselves to achieve by IYD 2008. For more information, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .
  2. In Kwale District, Coast Region of Kenya, activities will be held to create awareness on the impact of environmental degradation and pollution and will include a beach clean up, tree planting at the show ground and a public education workshop. A Public Forum will also be organized to discuss drugs and substance abuse in the district and the role of youth in the area's development agenda. Other activities will include boys and girls football, traditional dances and bicycle races. Government officials, and representatives of NGOs, CSOs, as well as religious leaders will be invited to participate as partners in the IYD commemoration activities. For more information, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .
• Nepal: 1. In Pokhara, several youth-led youth organizations will conduct independent activities under a common IYD Celebration Committee that include interactive discussions on governance, youth participation and entrepreneurship development, a youth poetry recital and street plays. The events will culminate in a major youth rally. For more information, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .
  2. A team of young researchers is now actively working on a youth report to highlight the status of youth of Nepal that will be launched on International Youth Day 2007. Workshops will also be organized to provide a space for young people to raise their voices for their participation and representation in development initiatives. For more information, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .
• Papua New Guinea: The National Youth Commission of Papua New Guinea, under the Ministry for Community Development will conduct media publicity of the importance of IYD, through a radio talk-back show, panel discussions, and press releases encouraging youth development agencies in the country and youth groups to carryout educational activities to commemorate the Day. For more information, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .
• Philippines: 1. A local roadrunners youth club will conduct a 10-k clean-up drive, a 1-day youth exhibits and 3-k, 5-k and 10-k Fun Run to celebrate International Youth Day through information, education, communication and sports. Plans are also underway to have IYD as a year-round activity culminating in a 12-August event. For more information, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .
  2. Local youth organizations in Dumaguete City will hold a mini concert of local bands and young people that will include slide-show presentations and a live feed of IYD celebrations from other countries available on the Internet. T-shirts and giveaways will be distributed at the event, which will culminate with a "countdown" to 12:00 a.m. on August 12. For more information, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . \n This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it "> This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . -->
• Republic of Macedonia: In Skopje, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in collaboration with the Y-Peer Macedonia Network will celebrate the Day thorough theatre performances, street animation, NGO information points (small fair), creative canvas painting and lots of entertaining and educative games. The event will be held on 10th of August in front of one the biggest shopping malls in the city where young people and others will have the opportunity to get information on sexual and reproductive health, as well as nutrition and positive health practices. Videos made by young people on HIV/AIDS awareness and youth involvement in local communities will be presented at an event. For more information, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .
• Republic of Tanzania. 1. A major local NGO will conduct a youth rally, exhibition and dialogue to commemorate IYD. The events will address the theme of the day and will enable young people to learn more about the MDGs and MKUKUTA - the National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty (NSGRP). For more information, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or visit http://www.vijanavision.org.
  2. In Zanzibar, the Ministry of Labour, Youth , Women and Children Development Zanzibar in collaboration with UNICEF will conduct activites to commemorate International Youth Day from 6th to 12th August , 2007 , a youth policy workshop, a round-table discussion, a Youth Talk show on TV and radio and a Press Conference. The workshops will focus on the implementation of Zanzibar's Youth Development Policy, Zanzibar Youth Employment Action Plan and the challenges of HIV/AIDs and substance abuse. Additional activities in other areas include the provision of free VCT, awareness education on HIV/AIDS, environmental clean-up and sports competitions. For more information, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .
• United States: 2. In New York City, the Mayor has issued a proclaimation adopting 12 August as International Youth Day in the city. A city-wide basketball and soccer tournament will culminate in final championship matches played on 12 August in a park near UNHQ. Performances from China and Mexico will also be conducted to enliven the event. Young people and others will contribute their images and ideas to a Peace Wall at the event. For more information, please see http://www.dfoy.org.
  2. In the town of Fairfield, Connecticut, a non-profit, non-governmental education organization working to promote literacy in rural and impoverished communities in Haiti will host an event to promote educational rights for children in Haiti along with the Town Board. Young people participating in the event will share their talent through reading, poetry, music and art. The program will end with a Barbecue lunch for all participants and will receive full media coverage.The goal is connect young people in the affluent community with the reality of poverty of the youth in Haiti. For more information, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .
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