5th World Youth Congress Turkiye 2010 Official Web Site

Monitoring & Evaluating Youth-Led Development An Invitation to Advance The Field

Dear Friends,

As you may be aware, the 5th World Youth Congress on Youth and Development will take place in Istanbul,

Turkiye in August this year. Once again, young people and their development initiatives will be placed

at the centre of attention of not only their peers, but of various international organisations, development

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Son Başvuru tarihi: 1 Mayıs 2010

5.Dünya Gençlik Kongresi, 31 Temmuz- 13 Ağustos 2010 tarihleri arasında, dünyanın dört bir yanından 1000 kadar genci biraraya getirecek. Bu özel etkinlikte çeşitli kültürlerden gelen gençler hem birbirleriyle bir hayat boyu sürecek dostluklar kuracak, hem de hepimizi ilgilendiren güncel konular hakkında fikirlerini ortaya koyup, bu konularda karar verme hakkı olan insanları etkilemeye çalışacak. Doğal olarak bu kongrenin en önemli bileşeni de genç katılımcıları. Kongre içinde etkili bir haberleşme ve yardımlaşma ağı kurabilmek için bu 1000 katılımcıyı, 20’şer kişilik toplam 50 gruba yani “aileye” bölmeyi planlıyoruz. Bu ailelere liderlik edecek olan “büyükannelerimizi” ve “büyükbabalarımızı” da kongremize bekliyoruz.

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CALL FOR CONTENT PARTNERS

Deadline: April 16^th, 2010

With only five years until the 2015 deadline to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, the 5th World Youth Congress (WYC) will take place in Turkey with “Imece - Joint Action” theme.

The World Youth Congress series is, by any measure, one of the best examples of cooperation between local, national and international government, and civil society organizations and one of the biggest and most popular youth-led global youth gatherings. In the 5^th edition of this series, Turkiye will welcome 1000 young people from around the world to meet during Istanbul’s year as the European Capital of Culture.

Apart from 1000 young people, many journalists, academicians, development experts, politicians, educators, and diplomats are expected to attend.

During the 12 days of the congress, there will be thematic and skills workshops, action projects, seminars, roundtable discussions, cultural events, exhibitions and several other side activities. The organizers, e-genclik Association, Peace Child International and the Ministry of National Education, are seeking to cooperate with all sorts of national and international NGOs, international organizations, governmental institutions, businesses, informal youth groups, and student clubs from high schools or universities in all congress activities in the above-mentioned fields. Our vision is to involve organizations and groups as diverse and multi-cultural as possible, to ensure that this WYC makes a lasting impact on many people in this world. In order to deliver this impact, we need YOU!

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31 Ocak 2010 itibariyle uluslararası katılımcılarımız için Dünya Gençlik Kongresi başvuruları kapanmış bulunmaktadır. Bu önemli çalışma ile ilgilenen herkese çok teşekkür ediyoruz. Ayrıca başvuran tüm delegelerimize de süreçte bol şans diliyoruz. Formunu bu tarihe kadar bize yollamış katılımcılara sonuçlar 1 Mart 2010’dan itibaren duyurulmaya başlanacaktır.

TURKIYE WELCOMES YOU!

to the 5th World Youth Congress in

Turkiye, 31 July - 13 August 2010

We are delighted that the 5th in this great series of World Youth Congresses on Youth and Development will be held in Istanbul, Turkiye in 2010 !

Turkiye will welcome 1000 young people from around the world to meet during Istanbul's year as the European Capital of Culture. You will have the chance to learn a lot about Turkish culture, about Turkish people, and the history of one of the oldest civilizations of the world - which is now the 2nd fastest growing modern economy in the world after China.

Also, just as in Hawaii, you learned about the word 'Aloha' - and in Canada - you learned the meaning of 'Regeneration,' in Turkiye, we hope you will discover the meaning of the word: "imece" - a Turkish word which doesn't have exact definition in English. It refers to an ancient tradition of solidarity – working collectively for the common good. But it carries with it - not the connotation of effort or duty - but the fun of collaboration: it is a festival where we work and achieve things together while enjoying ourselves.

We hope that this is how young people around the world will see youth-led development: the effort to make poverty history in our lifetimes - and create peace, human rights, democracy, trust, volunteerism and a prosperous green economy that will bring sustainable happiness to every race and nation on the earth - this is imece! And it will be the greatest source of joy and fun for us all to take part in this effort.

Istanbul is at the crossroads of civilisations - a meeting point of two great continents. Join us in Istanbul, and help us write another chapter in the history of this fascinating city: one in which the young people of the world and their governments learn to work together in 'imece' to eliminate the scourge of poverty from our world.