Global Changemakers Asia youth summit in July

Updated on: Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Global Changemakers, a British Council funded global youth network of social entrepreneurs and community activists from 112 countries worldwide has planned to conduct Asian leg summit for youth in the third week of July.

With purpose to empower youth to catalyse positive social change, something which it achieves through learning & Teaching, doing and advocacy.

Since its inception in 2007, Global Changemakers has organised and run over 15 regional and global youth workshops across the world - in Amman, Beirut, Cape Town, Doha, Harare, Rio de Janeiro and London, among others.
Currently, there are over 700 Changemakers and more than 200,000 young people involved in Global Changemakers activities each year.

Global Changemakers have been invited to participate in World Economic Forum events in Cartagena, Dar es Salaam, Sharm el Sheikh, Cape Town, and Davos, the Clinton Global Initiative, G20, UN World Climate Conference, Women Deliver, and the launch of the World Bankâ€™s Youth Anti-Corruption network.

At the AYS, 60 young social entrepreneurs and community activists from across Asia will be selected and brought together for a five-day summit which will:

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      Improve participantsâ€™ knowledge, insight, and exposure to key economic, political, and social issues in Asia and globally
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      Improve participantsâ€™ ability to design and deliver projects by giving them the concrete tools and skills they need to amplify their work
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      Support intercultural dialogue among young people from across Asia
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      Serve as a platform to exchange knowledge, ideas and best practices of what works most effectively in the Asian context
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      Grow and sustain the network of Global Changemakers in Asia

On 1 April 2011, an online call for applications will go out on www.global-changemakers.net asking social entrepreneurs, community activists and volunteers from Asia and the UK aged 18-24 to submit a written application and 2-minute YouTube video detailing their track record in community work and how they plan to contribute to the network activity and wider impact if selected.

Together with local staff and Global Changemakers from previous summits the applications will be evaluated and, considering the quality of the applications as well as geographic, thematic and gender balance, 54 candidates from Asia and 6 from the UK (with a strong Asia connection, e.g. migrant background, residence in Asia, project work in the region) will be invited to attend the summit and join the Global Changemakers network.

The AYS will take place from 17 to 23 of July consisting of five full days of training, workshops and capacity building with experts and facilitators, as well as visits to local community projects. Global Changemakers alumni will function as peer facilitators.

During the summit, participants will work in issues-based groups (e.g. environment and climate change, social entrepreneurship, education, human rights), to develop plans for Regional Action Projects (or RAPs) aimed at raising awareness of key issues facing Asia.

Within a month of the summit's conclusion, the groups will submit their proposals to the programme team, and 3-7 RAPs will receive funding to continue.

In addition, the participants brought into the network at the AYS become eligible to apply for individual grant funding and support. They will also join existing workgroups collecting knowledge, ideas and best practices and share their ideas and experience with the wider Global Changemakers community.

For more details on Global Changemakers or the Asian Youth Summit log on to [email protected] or visit www.global.changemakers.net

Global Changemakers Asia youth summit in July

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