Central Asian Youth Forum on Water

Vision the Youth Central Asia

We believe that involving more young professionalsin the water sector can increase the access to safedrinking water, sanitation and hygiene in CentralAsia.

We, the Youth, commit to provide our communitieswith a better understanding of water and sanitationissues. We will actively educate each other, shareour knowledge and experiences with others.

We request more Governments attention to thepilot projects that are being implemented by youngpeople to make their involvement valuable.

Mission

• Empower young water professionals in CA in offeringknowledge based solutions oriented to respond to needsof business, decision makers and civil society at local,national and regional levels of water management;

• Create an opportunity for young professionals for furtherprofessional development via participation in existingsenior water professional’s networks; (with CAMP4ASBproject);

• Conduct youth advocacy to ensure youth recognition asan important stakeholder in the decision-making for watersector and to raise youth awareness about water issues.

Development plan

• CAYFWater concept development for 3 years

• CAYFWater structure development

• Implementation of national projects

• CAYFWater members participation in regional andnational water events

• Collaboration with regional and national ecologicalorganizations and government structures

• Webportal development and youth informationcoverage.

Activities - Student contest and Water Day Kyrgyzstan

Student contest and Water Day Tajikistan

Student contest and Water Day Afghanistan

Student contest and Water Day Kazakhstan

Summer Camp Issyk-kul Lake, Kyrgyzstan

The future projects in Central Asia

• Afghanistan – “Water day and Student colloquium”

• Kazakhstan – “Water is the source of life”

• Kyrgyzstan – “Increase awareness of the youth of Kyrgyzstan by creating brochures about water resources”

The future projects in Central Asia

• Tajikistan – “Development the capacity building of young professionals by accessing the youth to hydropower stations Nurek and Baygazinsky”

• Turkmenistan - “Increase awareness of the children by using illustrate brochures about water resources”

• Uzbekistan – “Clean the Bozsu river for the future”

Online cover

• Collaboration for development webpage

• Website www.cayfwater.org

• Link to World Youth Parliament for Water web page

• Link to national and regional ecological NGO webpages

• Facebook

• Twitter