[challenge:future] national youth summit 2013
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(Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir)15-19 February 2013
Syed Mehmood Kazmi Presents
Goals
Pakistan
300 Participants
30 Team Members
20 Guest Speakers/Facilitators
Positive Change in the Society
Intercultural & Interfaith harmony
Combat Challenges, Create Plans
Enhance Leadership Quality
Inculcate Responsibility
Social Action Projects
Act Locally, Impact Globally
Which type of event is National Youth Summit and
why?Because National Youth Summit enhanced
leadership capacity, build confidence, introduced the youth to the social challenges, inculcated
responsibility, ensured intercultural & interfaith harmony and provide an opportunity to network with the youth around the country. It’s a unique leadership development program that will bring together outstanding and focused young people
from around the country to build critical leadership skills in an inclusive and global context. Moreover, the summit will help in creating cultural harmony,
shall pool the young talent around the country, and evolve regional strategies to address issues of discrimination, unemployment, identity and
extremism.
Azad Kashmir remains an impoverished region, and the 2005 earthquake’s toll
continues to haunt the area. It is vital to develop
social bonding and community engagement with the various other regions of the country
due to the fact that lesser economic activities have developed lesser interest
of other regional population to visit AJK.
‘Let’s Visualize the Change together’
What and How?
• Create Plan for Joint Action in our respective areas
• Combat climate change
• Encourage Nature Friendly Activities
• Promote Diversity and Harmony
Sharing Ideas/ Skills Learning
• Trainings by National and International Speakers
• Success Stories• Group Work• Sharing Ideas• Dialogue• Presentations
Trainings/Workshops • Develop Network• Understand Ground
Realities• Accelerate Youth
Actions,• Peer Education• Social Action
Projects• Act Locally, Impact
Globally
Practicing/Actions
Added Value
Passion for Community Service
Exercising leadership
Responsibility Sharing
Appreciation of multi-culturalism
Awareness of social needs and issues
harmony and peace
Website: http://www.nys.com.pk
300 Young
Leaders
•300 Young Leaders from all across country
•Rural and Urban Youth Together
20 Speaker
s
•National and International Speakers
•Successful stories
Social Change
•Ideas to Action•Social Action Projects
•Commitment and passion
Agenda
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/National-Youth-Summit/267720986688653
National Youth Summit
lead to skill development and perspective building. J
Translate these learning into grassroots actionto give a flavor of local collective work. Sharing Ideas and Experiences and Join Hands
Participants are sensitized tolocal issues and given a choice for the Solutions
Peer Education and Partnership of the Youth with Stake Holders and Civic Engagement for the positive Change in the Society
Youth PartnershipsPeer Education
Recognizing natureActivities for Environment Development. Recognizing the International Days Plan Ideas to
Take ActionSustainability! Together we are more
Actual Actions. Involve, Inspire, Invigorate= CHANGE
Highlights
• Discuss our common issues and what we can do about them. Find Solutions of problems. • Share success stories of our own regions, areas• Listen to views of leaders of our region
• Skills like advocacy and conflict resolution by national and international facilitators• Processes and ways of different youth leaders• To collectively resolve issues through time-tested methods• Cultural nuances and of every area, province• Commonalities in our challenges and solutions
• Work with local Youth to get a flavor of social change• Create joint collaborative projects to execute them post summit• Build a collective declaration to lobby with governments• Organize workshops and plenary sessions for the Summit• Share learning with youth of home area/Community• Commit to individual plans of action and to bring the positive change in the Society
Yes! Youth Empowerment
Missing?
Lack of Confidence
No or Less Social Networking
No or Less Self Confidence
No or less sensitization for actionNo or less plans for the Social ActionNo or less Communication Skills
No or less Public Speaking Skills
Lack of Partnership
Community Involvement missing
No or less Civic Activism
Lack of Decision Making
Fear of Moving Forward
High Powered Learning/Study Skills
Peer Education
Diversity training
Engage youth in different projects
Conflict Mediation
Leadership Skills
Civic Engagement
Youth Activism
Youth as catalyst of change
Project Based Learning
Service Learning Projects
Community Service
Youth as Agent of Change
Public Speaking
Opportunities of the youth development
Capacity Built VS
Mission Accomplished!
OBJECTIVES ACHIEVED
The National Youth Summit served as an intellectual platform, bringing together the youth from different areas of Pakistan, creating an inductive space for dialogue and promote constructive actions to ensure beneficial future of youth. Additionally, the event has the potential to emerge area specific social action projects led by regional youth groups.
Some of the main objectives achieved include:
• Take personal responsibility for exercising leadership• Develop an awareness of social needs and issues• Improve interpersonal and group communication skills• Create self-esteem and groom their personalities • Exercise their leadership abilities in the communities where they live• Cultivate an understanding and appreciation of multi-cultural diversity• Install a passion for community service• Create harmony and peace through acceptance of cultural diversity and interfaith bonding
MADE AN IMPACT!
It provided an opportunity to display a positive image of various communities and regions within the boundary of Pakistan, but it also provide an opportunity to the young people to experience living in an environment which is their own, yet unrecognized. It was an opportunity to the young people nationally to show their skills, share best practices, enhance cooperation and advance intercultural and interfaith harmony.
Furthermore, social action projects would make up a possible scenario where the young people can mobilize communities, stand for their rights, work jointly on common interests and form partnerships to tackle the challenges of tomorrow.
It bring the positive change in the Youth. They are committed to use this Change in the Society!
Youth are well aware of their responsibility for fostering the change in the Society. Youth inherited the positive change within that will influence others and so on.
• “National Youth Summit change my life. I am not the Naina Khan, I was Before! I am a responsible global citizen. I am working for my project “Green Planet” now.Naina
Khan
• “Capacity Built, It’s time for the Action! I will reshape the lives of the people in my community. Wonderful Experience of my life! Made lot of Friends. Share ideas and Experiences!Ali Akbar
• “Thank you so much NYS! You all are great. I am very happy for this opportunity. NYS changed my life. I am a Young Leader now. Fulfilled learning of the NYS will change your life” My project “Equal Rights for all”
Misbah Kureshi
• “I am a CHANGE agent. NYS is a school of leadership which creates a leader inside you. I recommend Youth to learn from this great platform and excel in the community. Join now” My Project: YABC”
Zeeshan Haider
• “I am connected with the Youth of my country. After NYS, I am initiating a project for the poor children. Thanks NYS for being an inspiration for us. You all are awesome”
Zulqarnain Naqvi
http://tribune.com.pk/story/508835/nys-2013-declare-youth-emergency-in-pakistan-says-speakers/
Media Coverage NYS
http://pakobserver.net/201302/18/detailnews.asp?id=196532
http://dawn.com/2013/02/15/youth-summit-begins/
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Conclusion National Youth Summit became a unique platform that makes Youth a catalyst of the Positive Change. Youth became more responsible global citizens by working in their communities, initiating social action projects, reshaping lives, changing minds, clicking heart and promotion religious and cultural harmony & diversity. NYS creates Leaders of today and future.
NYS went viral on the social media like Facebook, Twitter, Google and LinkedIn. Because of that More than 1300 apps from all across Pakistan for the registration were received. Through competitive selection process, only 300 Young Leaders were invited to attend this summit. This is the power of Social Media.Moreover, NYS was covered by electronic and print Media all over Pakistan.
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