Way Forward from our meeting on December 18, 2012

[Ishita Chaudhry]

Dear Frederika and Louis,

Thank you for inviting us to UNFPA’s office on December 18, 2012 to share possibilities for the way forward for the Post 2015 youth consultations. 

We really appreciate the leadership that UNPFA and UNICEF are taking in this regard and believe that it is critical, given the context of the 2015 discussions that emerging from countries as well as India’s 12^th Five Year planning process, that young people’s needs are well represented and articulated.

We hope the outcomes of this process will be useful as inputs not just for various upcoming points in the formal 2015 process (that are happening both nationally, regionally and internationally), but will also be useful in providing deeper insight to relevant Government of India Ministries that are addressing young people’s needs in their approach/work.

As per the group’s deliberations regarding the questions posted by UNICEF and UNFPA, the following is the tentative plan:

·      The convening group currently stands as Baha’i Office of Public Affairs, Josh, Pravah, Restless Development and The YP Foundation. We are still waiting for a response from Nirantar and should hear from them soon, we would also like to leave some flexibility in this until our next meeting as a few other partners may need to be brought on, based on methodology.

·      The convening group recommends the following process:

o   Regional Consultations and a National Consultation (Different organizations will take the lead in different regions, the final list, number and thematic focus of which will share in our meeting in early Jan).

o   As of now, all the organizations have agreed to write papers that encapsulate young people’s needs (divided thematically). The papers will assimilate inputs from consultations led by WNTA and many of the convening group, from young people’s inputs to the Planning Commission for India’s 12^th Five year plan.

o   Additional inputs will be taken from the consultations on the 2015 process that the convening groups will hold. We feel that it is important to link both, as the process for the 12^th Five year plan was both intensive and extensive, and reflected the participation of more than 70 organizations that are either working with young people/are youth-led.

o   All papers will be finalized after the consultations to reflect all the inputs from the consultations so that the final recommendations serve as the formal outcomes from this process.

o   We look forward to the opportunity of linking these outcomes with relevant ministries and strengthening dialogue between young people and regional/national departments of Government of India.

o   We understand that the time period in which these consultations need to happen is February, with the culmination of all reports by end March.

We look forward to UNICEF and UNFPA’s support in this process, both with the mobilization of technical resources (where required), recommendations or inputs for groups we should reach out to and include and financial/resource support to enable this process. 

If we could schedule a meeting where we can discuss the modalities of the same in the early year that would help with the finalization of the process. By then, the convening group also plans to meet once again in the interim period, we will have more clarity on process as well as which organization is taking the lead on what.

Looking forward to feedback and inputs from both agencies and best wishes from all of us for the New Year!

In Solidarity,

Baha’i Office of Public Affairs, JOSH, Nirantar, Pravah, Restless Development and The YP Foundation

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Warm Regards,

Ishita

Ishita Chaudhry
Chief Executive Officer | Ashoka Fellow
The YP Foundation
Developing Potential In Young People

N 204, Greater Kailash, Part 1, New Delhi - 110048. India
T.: +91.11.46792243 | E.: theypfo...@gmail.com

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[Ishita Chaudhry]

Dear Frederika and Louis George,

A Happy New Year to the entire UNICEF and UNFPA Family! I hope the year brings positive changes and advancements for us all. 

At the outset, my apologies for not having responded to either of your emails until now. The group is meeting today to finalize the way forward and freeze on the details we had previously sent to you. I will also raise the points you have mentioned in your email and get back to you by the end of the day. 

I am sure some of us can manage a meeting tomorrow, I am free but we can discuss this within the group and get back to you. I should be able to send you an email by 6.00pm today, as we are meeting at 3.00pm at the NFI office. I will also check as to who can be the representative for the 16th January 2013 meeting and let Anders and you know. 

Thank you for your patience and we look forward to working together to ensure the 2015 review process with young people is an effective and meaningful one. 

Warm Regards,

Ishita

Ishita Chaudhry
Chief Executive Officer | Ashoka Fellow
The YP Foundation
Developing Potential In Young People

N 204, Greater Kailash, Part 1, New Delhi - 110048. India
T.: +91.11.46792243 | E.: theypfo...@gmail.com

Facebook: theypfoundation | Twitter: theypfoundation

www.theypfoundation.org |  www.knowyourbodyknowyourrights.com 

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TYPF Turns 10! The YP Foundation is a youth run and led organization that supports and enables young people to create programmes and influence policies in the areas of gender, sexuality, health, education, the arts & governance. The organization promotes, protects and advances young people’s human rights by building leadership, and strengthening youth led initiatives and movements. Founded in 2002, we have worked over the last 10 years directly with 5,000 young people to set up over 200 projects in India, reaching out to 300,000 young people. To know more, email us at 1...@theypfoundation.org !
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On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 10:32 AM, Frederika Meijer <mei...@unfpa.org> wrote:

Dear Ishita and all,  

 

First of all a happy New Year to all of you, and we are looking forward to an exciting 2013 full of youth voices in our work.

 

Further to Louis George his email, I hope that you and the other groups have made some progress in designing a process for the post 2015 consultations to have a strong voice for adolescents and youth; and that you have been able to meet again over the past couple of week.  We are keen to know about where you are in the process.

 

The UN Resident Coordinator’s Office is planning a meeting on Wednesday, 16 January 2013 with all the convenors and facilitators of the nine different areas, including youth.  They would like to know who would be representing the Youth Group at this meeting, so the invitations can go out. 

 

In order to be prepared for the meeting with RCO, I would also like to suggest that we (UNICEF and UNFPA) have a pre-meeting with you and the other relevant organizations on Friday, 11 Jan in the afternoon to take stock of the process so far. Although this is a very short notice I hope we are able to meet this Friday.

 

From UNFPA,  Mr Anders Thomsen (tho...@unfpa.org) is the focal point for this activity

 

I look forward to hearing from you.

 

With warm regards Frederika

 

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[Ishita Chaudhry]

Dear Anders, Frederika and Louis George,

Apologies for not sending this reply yesterday itself. I have communicated with Anders and we are confirmed to meet at 4.00pm (at the UNFPA office?). One representative from each of the 5 organizations will be there. 

I am happy to share that we have worked out details with reference to the consultations and look forward to sharing them with you for your input. 

I also wanted to take this opportunity to introduce Abhishek Upadhyay, who is coordinating the Secretariat of youth organizations taking the 2015 process forward. Abhishek will be the point of contact for the convening group and for this process. We thought it would be easier if there was one person who could be reached at all times with regards to the process moving forward. 

Additionally, at meetings, we will make sure a permanent representative of each of the 5 organizations is present, since we have a limited period of time within which to work, and this requires our collective strength.

Regarding the meeting on the 16th, we are happy to confirm 1 representative from each of the 5 organizations, the names of whom are as follows:

• Abhishek Upadhyay, JOSH
• 1 Representative, Pravah 
• 1 Representative from Baha’i Office of Public Affairs
• 1 Representative from Restless Development 

Abhishek will take the process forward with both UNICEF and UNPFA and keep all of us copied on email. His email id is <abhi...@josh4india.org> and he can be reached at +91-7838692214. We are all ofcourse there, if needed.

Looking forward to our meeting today.

Warm Regards,

Ishita

Ishita Chaudhry
Chief Executive Officer | Ashoka Fellow
The YP Foundation
Developing Potential In Young People

N 204, Greater Kailash, Part 1, New Delhi - 110048. India
T.: +91.11.46792243 | E.: theypfo...@gmail.com

Facebook: theypfoundation | Twitter: theypfoundation

www.theypfoundation.org |  www.knowyourbodyknowyourrights.com 

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TYPF Turns 10! The YP Foundation is a youth run and led organization that supports and enables young people to create programmes and influence policies in the areas of gender, sexuality, health, education, the arts & governance. The organization promotes, protects and advances young people’s human rights by building leadership, and strengthening youth led initiatives and movements. Founded in 2002, we have worked over the last 10 years directly with 5,000 young people to set up over 200 projects in India, reaching out to 300,000 young people. To know more, email us at 1...@theypfoundation.org !
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On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Frederika Meijer <mei...@unfpa.org> wrote:

Dear Ishita, This is great news and thank you for your fast response. We will wait for your email this evening. Wishing you a good mtg, warm regards Frederika

[Ishita Chaudhry]

My apologies, I meant to add that 1 representative from The YP Foundation would also be there for the meeting on the 16th! 

Warm Regards,

Ishita

Ishita Chaudhry
Chief Executive Officer | Ashoka Fellow
The YP Foundation
Developing Potential In Young People

N 204, Greater Kailash, Part 1, New Delhi - 110048. India
T.: +91.11.46792243 | E.: theypfo...@gmail.com

Facebook: theypfoundation | Twitter: theypfoundation

www.theypfoundation.org |  www.knowyourbodyknowyourrights.com 

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TYPF Turns 10! The YP Foundation is a youth run and led organization that supports and enables young people to create programmes and influence policies in the areas of gender, sexuality, health, education, the arts & governance. The organization promotes, protects and advances young people’s human rights by building leadership, and strengthening youth led initiatives and movements. Founded in 2002, we have worked over the last 10 years directly with 5,000 young people to set up over 200 projects in India, reaching out to 300,000 young people. To know more, email us at 1...@theypfoundation.org !
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