[GYBN] Youth Opportunities!

[Yosra Hmida]

Hey Youth Leaders/ Coordinators and Inspiring Volunteers, 

Got some time to compile almost all the Youth Opportunities which was in my inbox for almost 3 wks,

Hope this may be useful to you, 

Note - Very Short Deadlines, So Read Fast..... Share, Apply and Inspire

 

 Request for online votes

CommunityAction, a Bangladesh based youth voluntary youth organization, is participating in a video contest named "What is out there: Social Impact Finance" and it needs YOUR votes to go to the next round. Please go to the link and cast your valuable votes. Your support would mean a lot. Thank you :)

https://apps.facebook.com/promotionshq/contests/225305/voteable_entries/54654117 

International Climate Protection Fellowships 

Dear Sikka,

For more information, please visit: http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/icf.html

The International Climate Protection Fellowships enable prospective leaders to conduct a research-related project of their own choice during a one-year stay in Germany. Submit an application if you are a prospective leader from a non-European threshold or developing country (see list of countries) working in the field of climate protection and resource conservation in academia, business or administration in your country. Applicants must provide a clearly visible leadership potential either by experience in a first leadership position or be able to provide appropriate references. They must also have completed their first university degree (Bachelor’s or equivalent academic degree) less than 12 years prior to the start of the fellowship (1 September 2013) with outstanding results. They must also have extensive professional experience in a leadership role (at least 48 months at the time of application) or hold a further academic or professional qualification. Furthermore, they are expected to have gained initial practical experience through involvement in projects related to climate protection and resource conservation. The fellowship will enable the recipients to conduct a research-related project of their own choice with hosts in Germany whom they are free to choose themselves.

The programme, which is being funded under the International Climate Initiative by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, includes a preparatory intensive language course in Germany, a several-week introductory seminar, a several-day training course and a final meeting in Berlin. These activities will enable you to gain additional insights into academic, social, cultural, economic and political life in Germany.

In addition to applicants who have been trained in the natural and engineering sciences, candidates who have been engaged in legal, economic and societal issues relating to climate change are encouraged to apply for this programme. The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation is granting up to 15 International Climate Protection Fellowships to prospective leaders from the countries named. The call is subject to the approval of sufficient financial means to the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

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Closing date: 1 December 2012

Call for practitioners: How can the Climate Asia project help you?

Dear Youth from Asia,

 

Greetings from BBC Media Action,

 

Climate Asia is the largest public survey into knowledge and understanding of climate change in Asia. Over 20,000 people have been interviewed so far across seven countries. While we progress with our public survey, planning is also underway for the development of our final Climate Asia reports and toolkit, which will give access to our research and strategies for communicating with different audiences on climate change.  To help us understand more about your needs and how you generally access research and information, we would encourage you take a couple of minutes to fill our practitioner’s needs survey herehttp://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ZPYYFPG

 

Find out more about the project here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaaction/where_we_work/asia/climateasia.html

 

Best Regards,

 

Abdullah Al Razwan (Nabin)

Climate and Humanitarian Project Officer

 

World Youth Foundation Event 2012

Hi everyone, 

The World Youth Foundation is one of the UNEP accredited organizations within the Major Group of Children & Youth. They have asked me to forward the attached information about an event they are organizing on 26-29 November 2012 in Melaka, Malaysia - "Youth Be Aware" Workshop 2012: Health and Environment. See the attachment for all information you need, or e-mail w...@po.jaring.my or wrl...@gmail.com. Early registration closes on 31 August.

Good luck and best wishes!

' ' ' ' ' 
Sara Svensson
UNEP Major Groups Facilitating Committee,

 Communications Opportunity - COP18

Dear Friend,

It would be great if you could spread this opportunity below to your various networks and/or apply yourself!

Speak Your Mind is a journalism development group that believes in communicating the crisis whilst advocating the solutions. We are about disrupting the media cycle on the issues that matter. Join us a contributor in Doha, Qatar for COP18 where you will gain first hand experience of the UN climate change negotiations and a couple of bylines.

During COP18, the SYM team will be divided into one of three teams: journalism, multimedia and comedy. The journalism team will continue to produce the environmental stories that SYM is known for. The multimedia team will add to these stories with visual representations. The comedy team will strive to further break down these messages in a way that will make people laugh about climate like never before. Throw in some people who will double as fact checkers or editors and that’s the SYM COP18 team for you!

The Middle East isn’t known for being cheap, but we estimate that for the duration of COP18 (23 November until 8 December), you will spend approximately $800 USD in addition to flights. SYM is not yet in a financial position to support its contributors. We strongly encourage all individuals to apply, and where possible SYM will work with you to find the necessary funds.

Click here for the application, so apply if you’re interested! We’re accepting team members on a rolling basis, so the sooner you apply the better.

And if you have questions, shoot them to sym at changeandswitch.org

– the SYM team

 

Fellowships in International Human Rights

 

For recent graduates of law schools or graduate programs in journalism, international relations, area studies, or other relevant disciplines from universities worldwide.

 

Unrestricted Fellowships

Alan R. and Barbara D. Finberg Fellowship - Established in memory of Alan R. and Barbara D. Finberg, early supporters of Human Rights Watch (“HRW”), this fellowship is open to recent graduates (at the Master's level) in the fields of law, journalism, international relations, or other relevant studies. Graduates with LL.B. degrees or advanced degrees in other relevant disciplines may also be considered.

Arthur Koenig Fellowship - Established in 2010, the Arthur Koenig Fellowship is a two-year fellowship designed to help bring talented people from disadvantaged economic backgrounds or from communities deeply affected by human rights abuse into the human rights movement. The Arthur Koenig fellowship is open to recent graduates (at the Master's level or above) in the fields of law, journalism, international relations, or other relevant studies. Graduates with LL.B. degrees or advanced degrees in other relevant disciplines may also be considered.

In addition to the application materials described below, applicants must submit an essay describing their economic disadvantage and/or how human rights abuse shaped their lives and continues to affect them.

Restricted Fellowships

NYU School of Law Fellowship at HRW - This fellowship is open to 2013 J.D. graduates of New York University School of Law only.

 

Leonard H. Sandler Fellowship - Established in memory of Judge Leonard H. Sandler, a 1950 Columbia Law graduate with a lifelong commitment to civil rights and liberties, this fellowship is open to recent J.D. graduates of Columbia Law School only.

 

Aryeh Neier Fellowship - Created to honor the legacy of Aryeh Neier, this two-year fellowship is open to recent graduates of US law schools or applicants who will have graduated from a US law school by June 2013.  Neier fellows spend one year at Human Rights Watch documenting a human rights problem inside the United States, and the second year at the American Civil Liberties Union, seeking reforms through advocacy and litigation. (For more details, please visit http://www.hrw.org/node/92079.)

 

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Fellows typically work full-time in Human Rights Watch’s New York or Washington, D.C. office or in some instances in another location. The NYU, Sandler, and Finberg Fellows work full-time for one year with Human Rights Watch. The Arthur Koenig Fellow works full-time for two years with Human Rights Watch. The Aryeh Neier Fellow works full-time for one year at Human Rights Watch and one year at the ACLU.

Fellows monitor human rights developments in various countries, conduct on-site investigations, draft reports on human rights conditions, and engage in advocacy and media outreach aimed at publicizing and curtailing human rights violations.

 

Past fellows have conducted research and advocacy on numerous different issues in countries all over the world. Recent examples include projects on: criminal defamation laws in Indonesia; the rights of persons with mental disabilities in Croatia; corporal punishment of children in public schools in the US; abuses against migrant domestic workers in Kuwait; and abuses in the criminal justice system in South Sudan.

 

QUALIFICATIONS:

Applicants must demonstrate a strong background in international human rights and be committed to building a career in human rights. Research experience, including experience conducting interviews, ideally in the context of human rights research, is required. Field experience in human rights work is strongly desirable. Applicants must have exceptional analytic skills and excellent oral and written communications skills in English. Proficiency in one language in addition to English is strongly desired as is familiarity with countries or regions where serious human rights violations occur.

Applicants should be highly motivated and well-organized; able to work quickly and well under pressure, both independently and as a member of a team; able to juggle multiple tasks; and able to meet tight deadlines. The fellowship year will require creativity, initiative, perseverance, and flexibility while maintaining HRW's high methodological standards.

 

Depending on the fellowship for which they wish to apply, prospective fellows must be recent graduates of law, journalism, international relations, or other relevant studies, or must provide evidence of significant, comparable, relevant work experience. (Please see our Frequently Asked Questions section for the specific requirements of the various fellowships.)

Fellowships begin in September 2013.

 

SALARY AND BENEFITS: The salary for 2012-2013 fellows is US$55,000, plus excellent employer-paid benefits. The salary for 2013-2014 is currently under review and may be increased.

 

APPLICATION DEADLINE: OCTOBER 11, 2012

 

Applicants are responsible for compiling complete application packets which must include the following:

·         cover letter

·         resume

·         two letters of recommendation

·         an unedited, unpublished writing sample (no legal briefs, please)

·         an official law or graduate school transcript (applicants in one-year graduate programs should supply an undergraduate transcript with a list of their graduate school courses)

·         Arthur Koenig Fellowship applicants only: In addition to the cover letter, resume, letters of recommendation, transcript, and writing sample, applicants must also submit an essay describing the aspects of their　background that have been economically disadvantaged and/or how human rights abuse shaped their lives and continues to affect them. Applicants may wish to consider the following when writing this essay:

• The economic circumstances of their family, including during childhood.
• Their history of need-based financial assistance used to complete their education to date and their experience working to make a substantial financial contribution to their own education.
• The highest education level attained by one or both parents, or whether the candidate is a first　generation university graduate in his or her family.
• How human rights abuse has affected their lives and how they are working to overcome its effects.
• Please limit the essay to no more than 1,000 words.

 

Complete applications (including transcripts and recommendations) for 2013-2014 fellowships must be received no later than October  11, 2012.  Applications should be sent by e-mail, under single cover (in one email) and preferably as one PDF file (or, at a minimum, as separate PDF files), to fello...@hrw.org with the name of the fellowship in the subject line.

 

Applicants must be available for interviews in New York from late November to mid-December 2012.  Inquiries may be directed to fello...@hrw.org. Please see http://www.hrw.org/about/fellowships for more information.

The report of the Youth Constituency at the UNFCCC (YOUNGO)'s participation at COP17

Dear all,

As part of the money received from the Norwegian government last year, the Youth Constituency at the UNFCCC (YOUNGO) was able to produce a report about its activities at the 17th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP17). This report is now ready ! Thanks to the report writers, Roli Mahajan & Esther Agbarakwe, who put in a lot of time to make this happen.

Depending on the speed of your Internet connection, you can access the report at 3 different quality levels and file sizes, in order from highest quality (longest download) to lowest quality (shortest download):

http://youthclimate.org/files/2012/Report_commercial.pdf
http://youthclimate.org/files/2012/Report_standard.pdf
http://youthclimate.org/files/2012/Report_low.pdf

Enjoy your reading !

 

Jean Paul

Hello Everybody!

GLOBAL YOUTH FORUM on: ''Youth at the heart of rights and development'' 4-6 December 2012 in Bali, Indonesia. Call for Applications

Forty-three percent of the world’s population is currently under 25. The number of young people is rising fastest in those parts of the world with the lowest economic growth. What does that mean for education, families, jobs, health and sustainability? How can civil society and international agencies work together to build a movement that will put youth interests at the heart of political debate and deliver sustainable results nationally and globally?

The ICPD Beyond 2014 Global Youth Forum aims to address these questions and represents the peak of efforts by UN agencies, young people and civil society to translate the participatory aspirations of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) into a sustainable youth advocacy network. The Global Youth Forum is being delivered in full partnership with youth advocates and will bring together all stakeholders to make recommendations that will influence the global development agenda for the next 20 years.

English http://www.un-ngls.org/gyf/en/

Spanish Version http://www.un-ngls.org/gyf/es/

French Version http://www.un-ngls.org/gyf/fr/

 

Warm Regards,

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Qaisar Roonjha

Volvo Adventure - Calls for Young Applicants: Projects for the Environment''

The Volvo Adventure – in partnership with the United Nations Environment Program – is an educational program that rewards environmental activities and the decision-makers of the future. To enter, form a team of 2 to 5 members aged 13 to 16 (at competition opening – July 1, 2012). Implement a local, environmental project and submit the project description via our online submission tool before the competition deadline, January 31, 2013. Projects are judged and the best projects are selected for an all expenses paid trip to Göteborg, Sweden where young teams can win $10,000 for 1st place, $6,000 for 2nd place, and $4,000 for 3rd place. 

Read more and apply at: http://www.sustainabilityleadersnetwork.org/2012/07/volvo-adventure-calls-for-young-applicants-projects-for-the-environment/

Good luck ! 

 

Join the Youth Task Force for UNESCO Skills Report Summary

Join the International Task Force To join the Task Force today, emailedi...@peacechild.org All who join can participate in the online editorial meeting. If you join by the 8th Sept you will be considered for invitation to the UK editorial meeting (all expenses paid)to put together the final document. Remember to send the information requested in this email, it will help us ensure that your story is included. Hi Guys , Peace Child International and UNESCO’s Education for All Global Monitoring Report Team seek a Task Force of young peopleaged 15-30 to produce a young people’s summary of this year's landmark Report on Youth, Skills and Productive Work. We want a version of the Report that is accessible to young people to make sure that all of them, regardless of their background, have the skills needed for good jobs – and that everyone around the world has the same opportunities as you have had to be able to read and write! Young people have produced several extremely popular Youth summaries of important UN Documents from the Convention on the Rights of the Child to the UNDP Human Development reports on Water and Climate Change. Education for All is vital: for years, the UN has been urging governments to make sure that every child has the chance to go to school. Everything – from good health, to getting a job, to overcoming poverty – depends on every child – male and female – getting a good education. And yet - 61 million primary school age children are not in school (that's 1 in 10!), and 47% of those will never get to school at all. Even if they do, there is no guarantee that they will stay in school long enough to learn how to read and write. This means that many young people are entering the world of work without the skills they need to get good jobs. Those who are disadvantaged – whether because of poverty, gender or where they live – are most likely to be excluded from jobs that pay them enough to feed themselves and their families. You will find these – and many other – amazing facts in the Report. We are looking for young writers and artists to bring the messages and data in the Report to life by putting them into the words of young people, together with your personal reports, poems, stories and opinion pieces, paintings, cartoons and photographs - so that everyone can understand it.   Please JOIN our Task Force and share with us how education is – or is not – preparing young people for the world of work. We are particularly keen to hear ideas on the kind of support needed for young people who do not even make it through primary or secondary school, to ensure they get the skills needed for better work opportunities. Your contributions will be read by young people and many others (often senior politicians!) – around the world. And you, and your school or group, will be listed in the book as a Task Force Member.  Further – if you send in a particularly good story, opinion piece or illustration – you may be invited to the Editor’s Meeting in the UK at the beginning of October with all expenses paid. So - this is genuinely an amazing opportunity for concerned young people! If you would like to participate, write back today to Willow Hewitt, the young editor who is managing the project, at:edi...@peacechild.org. She will send you a copy of the Government Summary of the UNESCO Report (43-pages) and also suggest to you the types of writing and the illustrations that we need to reinforce the messages that the Report is making. You

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