Youth Portal for the Latin America and the Caribbean - 9th Global Conference on National Youth Service

The IANYS 9th Global Conference on National Youth Service is hosted by the IANYS Secretariat, Innovations in Civic Participation (ICP), in partnership with Bibliotheca Alexandrin and the John D. Gerhart Center for Philanthropy & Civic Engagement at the American University in Cairo (AUC)

You can also get involved in our interactive learning community at www.IANYS-ICP.Ning.com.

It is our hope that this new Ning site will help promote the IANYS 9th Global Conference while simultaneously serving as a learning community and networking medium, so that all of our partners and supporters may engage in the important work that IANYS and the rest of you are involved in worldwide. This is why we want your input right here (http://cts.vresp.com/c/?InnovationsinCivicPa/deeb0e60d2/70dd418f16/1618e31d7f) on our Ning discussion forum!

If you are a past participant of the 8th Global Conference in Paris in 2008:

Update us about your progress on youth civic engagement since 2008!
What did you learn or take away from the 2008 conference that has helped your progress of work?
How did your participation in the conference help your youth civic engagement efforts?
Have you continued to stay in touch or develop a partnership with anyone you met at the conference?
For those of you interested in attending this year, let us know what insights you look forward to gaining at the Conference!
If you’d like to delve deeper into the themes that will be explored in Alexandria, feel free to take a look at Innovations in Civic Participation’s March Service News Worldwide newsletter that explores the issues of youth employability, right here. http://cts.vresp.com/c/?InnovationsinCivicPa/deeb0e60d2/70dd418f16/4bee2eb12d

For further questions on the Global Conferences and IANYS, please contact Jean Manney at Innovations in Civic Participation, the IANYS secretariat, at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it and visit the IANYS website at www.icicp.org/ianys. We look forward to seeing you in Alexandria!