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reblogging my own call as this is still open for applicationsA call to young leaders in Sport for Development and Peace (SDP) in the Commonwealth
Are you interested in how sport can be used to support sustainable development?
Do you believe in the value of international cooperation and working with other young leaders across the Commonwealth?
Would you like to contribute to a Commonwealth-wide initiative and expand your networks and contacts in the sport and development field?
An exciting opportunity exists to join a youth-focused working group being formed to support the promotion and coordination of Sport for Development and Peace (SDP) in the Commonwealth. This is a chance to input into key Commonwealth sport and development forums, increase your knowledge and understanding of SDP and network with other young ‘SDP’ leaders across the Commonwealth.
Sport is a key part of the Commonwealth identity and an important common thread that draws together the membership. In the modern Commonwealth sport is also increasingly recognised as a tool that can contribute to achieving a range of development objectives. Many Commonwealth countries, organisations and agencies are active in this work, while others wish to develop it. To strengthen this area the Commonwealth Secretariat’s Youth Affairs Division, with support from the Commonwealth Youth Exchange Council (CYEC), is forming a working group of volunteer ‘SDP Youth Focal Points’ to:
Provide a youth voice and perspective on strengthening SDP in the Commonwealth;
Meet on a quarterly basis with other regional focal points (via web conferences) and make recommendations on SDP to forums such as the Commonwealth Advisory Body on Sport (CABOS), Commonwealth Sport Conferences and the Commonwealth Sports Ministers Meeting;
Liaise with other youth representative bodies to advance awareness of SDP approaches and initiatives;
Assist in the formation of an SDP sub-Committee of the Commonwealth Youth Council and establish the initial focus for this group.
Additionally, from this working group the Commonwealth Secretariat will invite a selected member to:
Attend the annual CABOS face to face meeting to be held in June 2013; and/or
Make a key note panel presentation at the 4th Annual Sports
Development Conference to be held in Glasgow in August 2013*
*Travel, board and lodging for these activities will be supported by the Commonwealth Secretariat
The working group is being formed on a voluntary basis for an initial one-year period and nationals of Commonwealth countries above the age of 15 and who will be under 30 at the conclusion of their tenure (i.e. March 2014) are encouraged to submit an expression of interest to be involved. Expressions of interest should include your current CV, including referees, and a creative, well-developed submission on how Sport for Development and Peace can contribute to ‘putting young people at the centre of sustainable development’.
Submissions can be in the form of:
Academic essay or position paper (no more than 1500 words)
Magazine feature article suitable for publication on the Your Commonwealth web site – see www.yourcommonwealth.org (1000 words)
Short film
Photography with extended captions/descriptions for each image
Other submissions related welcome by negotiation (please contact Carl Konadu at CYEC carl@cyec.org.uk)The deadline for submissions is Friday 15 March, with the intention to publish or display selected examples in relevant Commonwealth forums and platforms.
Please send all end expressions of interest and submissions to:
Oliver Dudfield
Sport Development Adviser
Commonwealth Secretariat - Youth Affairs Division
Marlborough House
Pall Mall
London, SW1Y 5HXo.dudfield@commonwealth.int or +44 (0) 20 7747 6267
*Submissions preferred electronically
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited the CYP Pacific Centre during their visit to Honiara, and addressed Pacific youth leaders attending the Leadership and Integrity Conference which was organised by the CYP Pacific Centre.
The Duke gave a speech to 40 young people involved in a Commonwealth Pacific Youth Leadership and Integrity Conference as part of a project to engage and empower young people ages 15-29.
He said: ‘I find it inspirational that young people like you, coming from all over the South Pacific, have chosen to become involved with the Commonwealth. We are its heirs and successors.
‘We must take on the responsibility, the mantle of leadership for the future. I applaud you for being here, and I wish you well in your work in Honiara over these days.
‘What you are doing, and the friendships that you make, are critical for your future as young leaders, both in your own countries and in the global family that is the Commonwealth.’
The Duke also presented six young people with Gold Duke of Edinburgh awards: Bryan Anga, Hudson Oeta, Harry James Olikwailafa, Ray Richard, Ashley Watson from Solomon Islands and Rebecca Solomon from Vanuatu.
Commonwealth Youth Programme (CYP) Regional Director, Pacific, Afu Billy said: ‘It is an honour to host the Duke and Duchess with us at the start of the Commonwealth Pacific Youth Leadership and Integrity Conference.
‘The Royal couple are an inspiration to young people in the Commonwealth. We are delighted about the Duke of Cambridge’s comments that he has been inspired by the young leaders he met in Honiara.’
The Duke of Cambridge also paid tribute to the value of the Commonwealth as he commented: ‘We are, more than ever before, a global community.
‘The Commonwealth reminds us of what we have in common, what our responsibilities to one another are, without this ability to cross the boundaries of nationhood, race and creed, humanity in the future would find it very much harder to advance toward greater harmony and sustainable co-existence.’
Global Teen Leader Cheslyn Steenberg tole-rants about youth leadership at the 2011 Just Peace Summit.
Pacific youth to be agents of peace-building
The youth of today should be seen as agents for peace-building, this is according to Auckland City Councilor Alfred Filipaina, during his speech to participants at the opening of the four day, Wansolwara Youth Peace-building Conference‟ beginning today at the Hotel Grand Chancellor, Auckland Airport, New Zealand.
“As young people you need to be the change, the change has to start with you. I wish you luck on this journey to building peace in your respective countries. When looking at conflict prevention in the Pacific, it is important to take into account cultural values and modern knowledge to resolve conflicts,” says Filipaina.
Filipaina advised the 20 youth delegates from Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia that the road to leadership is paved by service and it is about educating young people and empowering them so that they promote best practices in peace-building.
Roki Carl, the only participant from the Northern Pacific says; “the conference has been effective because it is crucial to explore best practices in youth advocacy and we are made to think about how young people can work together to effect positive change in their communities and beyond.”
Ana Kolokihakaufisi a youth delegate from Tonga voiced the importance of exploring the reasons as to why conflict happens and how to involve the youth to be agents for peace-building.
Aman Kushal Singh from Fiji shared similar sentiments and articulated that; “so far it has been exciting, we have got to know each other really well. A safe environment has been created by delegates and this is needed at this peace building conference to foster mutual understanding and initiate good dialogue to take place.”
This is the first Pacific Regional Youth Peace-Building Conference of its kind. The aim is to build on this activity and enable several in-country peace building initiatives for youth in different Pacific Island Countries (PICs). .
A youth statement will also be issued at the end of the conference which will call on Pacific leaders to give more prominence on youth participation as peace-builders with the hope that it will be acknowledged in the Pacific Islands Leaders meeting in September as well as the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Perth, Australia in October.
The workshop is being facilitated by the Pacific Nkabom Steering Committee which is a group of young people who represented the Pacific region at the Nkabom Commonwealth Youth Leadership Programme in 2010 in Rwanda, Africa.
The conference is supported and funded by the Commonwealth Youth Programme (CYP Pacific), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat.
For further information on the Wansolwara Youth Peace-building conference please contact Pacific Nkabom Youth Steering Committee members Katrina Mau [+64220294559] or Alafale Andrew Fonoti Lesa [+64210421589] or email: katrina_mau@hotmail.com or southauckland@savemovement.org
