Virtual consultation and e-survey on Youth Perspectives on Rio+20 (Sep-Oct 2011)

[Tek Jung Mahat]

Dear all,

Following to our communication earlier,  we have started thinking on possibility of running a virtual consultation supported with an e-survey on 'Youth Perspectives on Rio+20'. Details will be shared in coming weeks. I look forward to partner with some of you who are interested to discover real youth contexts in this higher level debate on Rio+20. Our previous experience in running virtual consultation/e-discussions was quite positive.

In recent past we had oprganised three such discussions; focused on the HKH (April 2011, 200 contributions, 296 participants), on South and Central Asia (May 2011, 550 participants, 400 contributions), and on Southeast Asia (June 2011, more than 160 participants), which were warmly welcomed by SMD communities across the region with an exceptionally high number of participants and extremely valuable contributions.

Similarly very recently concluded 'Youth Forum on Climate Actions and Mountain Issues', 8-12 August 2011 (http://www.icimod.org/apyf2011) have have broken the ground of this debate adopting the (1) Asia Pacific Youth Declaration on Climate Change and Sustainable Development (http://www.icimod.org/v2/bull3/index.php/cms2/ajax/resource/download?id=4127) and the (2) Asia Pacific Youth Position paper on Rio+20 (http://www.icimod.org/v2/bull3/index.php/cms2/ajax/resource/download?id=4128) .

Let's work together to refine our knowledge in coming days!

Best,

Tek

Founder and Leader - Youth for Sustainable Mountain Development (Y4SMD) initiative

Core Member - Rio+20 preparation committee for Asia Pacific (Chapter 13, Agenda 21) - an MPC initiative

Manager - Asia Pacific Youth Forum 2011 (http://www.icimod.org/apyf2011) and Youth Forum 2010 (http://geoportal.icimod.org/symposium2010/Specialevent.aspx)

Tek Jung Mahat
Asia Pacific Mountain Network (APMN) Node Manager
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
GPO Box 3226, Kathmandu, Nepal
Tel +977-1-5003222 Ext 104 Fax +977-1-5003277 Web www.icimod.org
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Visit the APMN website at: www.icimod.org/apmn

Please join the network from: http://www.mtnforum.org/en/users

 

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Sincerely,

 

Tek Jung Mahat, Environment Practitioner, Kathmandu, NEPAL

 

Alumni:

- ‘Asia Pacific Leadership Programme on Environment for Sustainable Development’ - UNEP-Tongji Institute of Environment for Sustainable Development, Tongji University, Shanghai, China 2011

- ‘Carbon Governance in Asia’ – Global Carbon Project, Earth System Governance Project and United Nations University, Yokohama, Japan 2010

- ‘After Copenhagen: Challenges and Opportunities’ - Schumacher College, Devon, UK 2010

- ‘Integrating Sustainability Thinking into Academic Curricula’ - Central European University, Budapest, Hungary 2009

- ‘Youth Encounters on Sustainability’ (YES Japan 2009) - ACTIS, ETH Zurich, MIT, University of Tokyo, Chalmers University of Technology Sweden and Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan 2009

- ‘International Programme on Research and Training on Sustainable Management of Mountain Areas’ (IPROMO), University of Torino and Mountain Partnership/FAO, Torino, Italy 2008

- ‘ICT for Education Leaders: From Vision to Reality’ - World Bank, KERIS, Seoul, South Korea 2007

 

Personal contacts:

Skype: tekjungmahat

E-mail: tekjun...@gmail.com

Blog: http://realisingchange.blogspot.com/

Web: http://tjmahat.webs.com

 

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