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2013 APEC Youth Summit Proposal

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APEC YOUTH SUMMIT 2013

Summary

The 2013 APEC Youth Summit (AYS) will bring together 42 of the mostpromising young leaders from 21 APEC countries in a 6 day conference in

Indonesia in conjunction with the APEC Summit meeting. During the conference,

AYS Delegates will go through a policy-discussion process involving young

leaders, academic experts and senior officials present in APEC Summit

meetings. This process will result in 21 recommendations to APEC policy-

makers representing views of youth in all APEC member economies and will be

delivered to the APEC Secretary General and the leaders of APEC member

economies at the conclusion of the Conference. The Asia-Pacific Youth

Organisation (APYO) and Junior Chamber International (Indonesia, JCII) will

jointly run AYS 2013 with official support and approval from the Ministry of

Foreign Affairs of Indonesia.


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Key Objectives

To serve as a platform for young leaders to influence policy-makers withtheir ideas within the APEC framework

Increase youth engagement and contribution to APEC summits and thesolution to regional issues.

Increase dialogue and connectivity between youth and policy makersacross the Asia-Pacific.

Promote a sense of APEC community through increased connectivityamongst youth leaders.

Promote awareness of host countrys agenda amongst APEC youthleaders.

Program Vision

Make the APEC Youth Summit a permanent platform for youthengagement in future APEC summits

Establish a commitment of the APEC Secretariat and host countrysgovernment in bringing top officials to Pre-Summit briefing sessions in

order to increase legitimacy, attractiveness and impact of the program


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Overview:

Stage 1

Both APYO and JCI will use their networks to market and recruit delegates for

AYS. Delegates will have strong policy knowledge and a track record ofinvolvement in leadership roles in their communities. AYS Delegates will be

assigned policy topics assigned in liaison with the APEC Host Country priorities

and will conduct research and consultation process in their home countries with

the objective of bringing policy recommendations and a presentation on their

assigned topic to other AYS Delegates.

Stage 2

APYO and JCI Delegates will come together to form the 2013 APEC Youth

Summit. AYS Delegates will come together in Indonesia for a 6-day program.

For the first 3 days Delegates will be based in Jogjakarta and will go through arange of Policy Discussion Sessions as well as social and cultural events related

to Indonesia.

Stage 3

APYO and JCI will endeavor to facilitate direct engagement between APEC

stakeholders in the CEO Summit, BAC meeting and sideline meetings in Bali.

AYS delegates will present their policy and implementation ideas to stakeholders

and receive feedback on challenges and opportunities associated to the

recommendation. A joint statement with 21 recommendations and challenges

highlighted by APEC Leaders will be delivered to APEC heads of state and theAPEC Secretary General.


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Delegates

There will be 42 Youth delegates to the AYS. The Asia-Pacific Youth

Organization will source half of these delegates from specialized policy

backgrounds. Junior Chamber International will nominate JCI National

Presidents from all 21 APEC Member economies as AYS Delegates. As result,there will be two delegates representing each one of the 21 APEC member

economies. The intention is to have a balance between policy and practically

focused delegates that will enrich the final recommendations and declaration to

the APEC Summit. Additional delegates from the other youth organization of

Indonesia will be given access to the Jogjakarta meetings as observes based on

an agreement by heads of JCII and APYO.

Delegates and organizing committees of APYO and JCI will have same access

as delegates in order to provide logistical support.

Recommendation Development Process

Introduction

AYS is established to serve as a platform for young leaders to influence policy-

makers with their ideas. These ideas will take shape of recommendations on key

policy areas related to APEC.

Ten key APEC topics1will be selected by the APYO and JCI in liaison with the

APEC host country. AYS delegates will be asked to produce 21

1At ABAC 4, Indonesia took over as Chair of ABAC in 2013 and outlined the ABAC 2013

theme: Partnership, Resilience and Bridges to Growth with four overall priorities: (i) Deepening regional

economic integration; (ii) Promoting infrastructure and sustainable development; (iii) Fostering SMMEdevelopment & entrepreneurship; (iv) Fostering the development and integration of financial markets. See

more at: http://www.apec.org/Groups/Other-Groups/APEC-Business-Advisory-Council.aspx


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recommendations on these topics that represent the views of the 21 APEC

member economies. The process will be initiated by delegate own research

prior to the conference. These recommendations will then be fully developed at

the AYS through expert presentations, policy discussions amongst peers and

consultation with business and government leaders at the APEC Summit in Bali.

This process ensures meaningful youth contribution to the future of the Asia-Pacific region and that future leaders attain deep understanding of pressing

regional issues and ways to address these.

Policy Discussion Sessions

At the heart of the AYS lie ten Policy Discussion Sessions (PDS) covering each

of the key topics. Each PDS starts with a short presentation by an expert on the

policy field and is followed by four 10-minute presentations by AYS delegates

from 2 APEC member countries where delegates are asked to present and

explain the most important policy recommendation they would make. AYSDelegates will then moderate a discussion session by all 42 young leaders in

order to improve their final recommendation and add a regional dimension to it.

This process will foster critical thinking, sharing of ideas and collaboration

amongst AYS delegates on key regional issues and will result in an improved

policy recommendation. This process also ensures AYS delegates get a chance

to develop communication, leadership, research and collaboration skills as well

as ensuring delegates are exposed the different perspectives of key regional

issues.

Sample Policy Discussion Session Format:

Policy Topic: Trans-Pacific Partnership: Leading to a regional FTA?

2 AYS Delegates from New Zealand

2 AYS Delegates from Japan

Sample Schedule:

Expert Presenter: Jonathan Fritz, Economic Counselor, US Department of State,

(20 min)

Japanese Delegates Present x2 (10 min each)

NZ Delegates Present x2 (10 min each)

Discussion Session (30 min)

Total PDS time: 90 minutes


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At the APEC Summit: Direct Stakeholder Engagement

After their PDS session the AYS delegates will be expected to summarize the

main conclusions reached at the PDS and incorporate that into a unified policy

recommendation representing their home country. The 21 recommendations will

be brought to the APEC Summit meeting in Bali, where AYS Delegates will have

a chance to interact with key policy-makers and business leaders and present

their ideas and receive feedback.

AYS Delegates will present their recommendations to APEC business andgovernment leaders relevant to the topic proposed. The main objective will be to

get high-level advice in identifying challenges and opportunities associated to

the implementation of these recommendations put forward by AYS Delegates.

After interaction with APEC leaders, delegates will summarize main points raised

by APEC leaders related to their recommendation and include this feedback in

the final document delivered to the APEC Secretary-General and heads of state.

This process will raise awareness amongst youth of practical obstacles in policy

implementation without diluting the strength of youth ideas. Furthermore, advice

received by APEC leaders will function as a springboard for continued youth

dialogue after the APEC Summit.

Once the final document is finalized, the JCI President and the APYO CEO will

deliver the 21 recommendations and the APEC Youth Declaration to leaders of

APEC member economies at a head of state meeting facilitated by the

Indonesian Ministry of Youth and MOFA. They will also deliver the same

recommendations to the APEC Secretary General at the final Gala Dinner Event.

AYS Recommendations and Declaration document (ARD)

The ARD is the key output from AYS. This is a document contains a APEC

Youth Declaration, the 21 Policy recommendations developed through AYS,feedback received by AYS Delegates recommendations from APEC Leaders as


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well policy research done by Delegates in the development of

recommendations. The document will be formally delivered to APEC heads of

state and the APEC Secretary General. The ARD will be published on APYO and

JCI website and spread amongst both organizations networks

Beyond the Summit:

Both APYO and JCI will endeavor, through their respective programs to ensure

there is continued dialogue on issues discussed in the 2013 AYS (and embodied

in the ARD) through their grassroots networks in regional university campuses

and communities.


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Program

Morning Afternoon Evening Day

APYO/JCI Team

arrive, meet and

greet, 9am-1pm

Staff Joint lunch and

ice breakers. Final

rundown of events.1pm-7pm

Social Night and visit

to local city highlights

8pm-10pm

Day 0 (Yogyakarta)

October 1, 2013

Delegate Registration

and Meet and Greet

session, UGM

Campus tour

9am-1pm

Policy Discussion

Session topics 1-2:

2pm-3:30pm-5pm,

Elevator Pitch 5-7pm

Opening Ceremony

and dinner

(Indonesian Ministry

of Youth) 7pm-9pm

Day 1 (Yogyakarta)

October 2, 2013

Policy Discussion

Session topics 3-4-5

8:30am-10am-

11:30am-1pm

Policy Discussion

Session topic 6: 2pm-

3:30pm. Field Trips

(Economic, Political,

Social options), 4-

7pm

Cultural Night (Trade

Minister/Local host

city Governor

Speech, Gadjah

Mada University

Chancellor speech

and Students

Performance,)

7pm-10pm

Day 2 (Yogyakarta)

October 3, 2013

Policy Discussion

Session topics 7-8-9

8:30am-10am-

11:30am-1pm

Policy Discussion

Session

topics 10

2pm-3:30pm.

Delegates to finalize

and submit

recommendations

3:30pm-7pm

Bali Flight transit Day 3 (Yogyakarta),

October 4, 2013

Protocol Training,

Sideline Stakeholder

Meetings, Work on

recommendations on

spare time


Meetings, Work on

recommendations on

spare time

Bali Dinner: Foreign

/Trade Minister

Speech

Day 4 (Bali) October

5, 2013

CEO Summit

Attendance,2

CEO Summit

Attendance and


Meetings

Head of State Speech

and Sideline

Stakeholder Meetings

Day 5 (Bali) October

6, 2013

Delegates to

summarizes main

feedback from APECLeaders and Final

editing of declaration,

Youth Speech to

APEC, Sideline

Stakeholder meetings

Gala Dinner and Bali

Social Night,

Secretary GeneralSpeech and

presentation of

recommendations.

Day 6 (Bali)

October 7, 20133

2CEO Summit Day 2, see full program at http://www.apec2013ceosummit.com/program.html

$Need to confirm when head of state meeting will happen with MOFA, have confirmed 1-2 October forconcluding SOM meeting; 4-5 October 25

thAPEC Ministerial meeting; 7-8 October APEC Economic Leaders

meeting (which one has access to that).


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Program Highlights:

Elevator Pitch Experienced Business Consultants will provide a workshop onhow to pitch their ideas to their target audience, including other youth,

government and business leaders.

Field Trips Delegates will be given three options to more closely experienceIndonesia. Three field trips will be made available; a political (visit to the

governors residence and local assembly), economic (visit to local greenindustry); and social (visit to a local community project run by an NGO).

Cultural Night There will be a range of performances highlighting traditionalIndonesian culture, history, cuisine and society provided by students from Gajah

Mada University.

Protocol TrainingAYS Delegates will be given a short workshop on summitprotocol by an current diplomat.

Gala Dinner & Bali Night Black tie event that marks the official closing of the2013 AYS. Recommendations will be delivered to APEC Secretary General. The

Gala dinner will be followed by a final social outing by AYS Delegates to enjoy

Balis nightlife.

CEO and BAC Summit Meetings:AYS Delegates will get admittance to the

regions most exclusive summit meeting where APEC business, government,

and NGO leaders gather to present their ideas on the regions most pressing

issues.

Sideline Meetings:AYS Delegates and organizers will endeavor to set up short

meeting with middle and high level officials from APEC delegations to discusspolicy recommendations prepared by AYS Delegates.


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Funding

APYO Delegates (Travel, Accommodation costs): To be funded by homeuniversity in liaison with APYO

JCI Delegates (Travel, Accommodation costs): To be funded in part or infull by the Indonesian ministry of Youth

APYO Staff Members (Travel, Accommodation costs): Funded by theAustralian National University (ANU)

JCI Staff members (Travel, Accommodation costs): To be funded by theIndonesian Ministry of Youth

Conference Event Funding (Items described in clause 9 of JCI-APYOMOU): to be shared between APYO and JCI through possible funding

from the following bodies: and Australian Corporate sponsors, Gadjah

Mada University, Local city/province Government, Indonesian Ministry of

Youth.

MOFA Commitments to AYS:

Guarantee access to the CEO Summit and BAC meetings by all AYSDelegates and APYO and JCI Supporting staff (60-65 people).

Provide JCI and APYO with a letter of endorsement from the Minister ofForeign Affairs to facilitate meetings with high-level stakeholders at APEC

Summit

Exert all efforts to secure a 4-minute speech by the CEO of APYO andNP of JCI Indonesia to the APEC head of state meeting.

Contact and request the presence of Secretary General of APEC at thefinal Gala Dinner for a 20-minute speech and delivery of finalrecommendations and declaration.

Exert all efforts to ensure Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs canaddress the AYS Delegates at a time of his convenience during APEC

Summit.

Provide APYO and JCI with a letter from the Minister of Foreign Affairs forsponsorships purposes. The letter shall state that MOFA is working with

the two organizations for the delivery of the AYS.


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Contact Details:

Mr. Alexander Tio

2013 National President

Junior Chamber International (Indonesia)

[email protected]

+62 811610881

Mr. Conrad Guimaraes

Chief Executive OfficerAsia-Pacific Youth Organisation

[email protected]

+61 0406155590


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Agreed and endorsed by parties inJuly 2013 by:

Conrado Guimaraes

Chief Executive Officer

Asia-Pacific Youth Organisation

Alexander Tio

2013 National President

Junior Chamber International (Indonesia)

Mr. Kama Pradipta

Deputy Director APEC Section

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia

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