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YPD 2009 Annual Training programme in Vietnam
This year, the YPD annual Training Programme will be held in Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam from 8th – 13th August 2009. The Saigon Team is now busy working on the preparation work, the training is entitled YPD Strategic Planning Workshop!
In order to prepare this workshop, we invite all YPD member to take part and to submit their feedbacks and comments about their local team, the global network responding to the questionnaire drafted by the Saigon Team.
for more information click here : YPD2009
YPD is supporting the Foundation for Youth Social Entrepreneurship
The Foundation for Youth Social Entrepreneurship (FYSE) is a regional organization inspiring and empowering young people to make innovative suggestions and actions to create positive change and real impact in their communities, their countries and Asia. FYSE launched the inaugerational Asia Pacific Future 100 program, a program aiming to inspire young people to become entrepreneurs.
This annual program is a platform to provide young and inspirational entrepreneurs from Asia as role models to our youth to raise entrepreneurship awareness in Asia Pacific. 100 young entrepreneurs and social Changemakers under the age of 30 years will be selected for a one- year fellowship and their stories will serve as inspiration to foster an entrepreneurial culture among our youth.
For more information see http://www.fyse.org/
Next ASEF programme:
Together with partners from the National Council of Youth Organizations in Korea, ASEF is organising The 20th International Youth Forum Climate Change and Green Development in Seoul, Korea, from the 18 to 25 August 2009.
This Forum will focus on climate change and will explore the role that young people play in a greener and environmentally friendly society.
For more information see YPD partnership with ASEF
What is YPD for us?
'YPD is an international network uniting young people from different cultures and faiths who are aware and act for sustainable development. It promotes volunteer service to the community and gives youth a chance to develop themselves'.
This definition was agreed upon during the 3rd YPD General Assembly, held on July 15th 2008 in Sydney, Australia.
Green World Youth Day, Australia 2008
Click here for details.
Plus see our Green WYD website and our GreenWYDNews blog.
Report of the Third YPD General Assembly:
The report of General Assembly held in Sydney in July 2008 is now available on-line, to download it see Minute of the G.A 2008
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