Announcement: National Youth Forum on 'Green Solutions' , 5-6 November 2012 & Workshop on 'Green Economy for Mountain Youth: Beyond Rio+20', 6 November in Islamabad, Pakistan
The Asia Pacific Youth Task Force on Rio+20 (APYTF) with funding and technical support from the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) through its Asia Pacific Mountain Network (APMN) under the Youth for Sustainable Mountain Development (Y4SMD) initiative, and in coordination with the Peace and Development Organization (PDO), Pakistan, is organizing National Youth Forum on Green Solutions (Mountain Issues and Sustainable Actions), 5-6 November 2012 in the sideline of the South Asian youth Conference 2012 (SAYC) in Islamabad, Pakistan. Please submit your application using the form available online at http://www.pdopak.org/trainings.htm. Please note this event is exclusively prepared for the Pakistani youth (18-29 yrs).
Participants of the National Youth Forum will also attend a separate workshop entitled 'Green Economy for Mountain Youth- Beyond Rio+20', 6 November 2012, managed by the same organisers as part of the SAYC 2012.
ICIMOD values the potential role that young people can play in promoting sustainable mountain development. To inform, empower, and involve youth from the region in the development process, ICIMOD has implemented more than 48 major events dedicated to youth engagement since the launch of the Youth for Sustainable Mountain Development (Y4SMD) initiative in August 2009. Started in 2009, Y4SMD now has a network of around 4,000 youth from the Asia Pacific region and few more from other regions. A majority of them are from ICIMOD's regional member countries ? Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan. A dedicated ever-growing discussion list is joined by over 2000 enthusiasts(mostly youth) and our dedicated Facebook platform is liked by over 2650 members. List of ICIMOD youth activities can be accessed at http://www.icimod.org/?q=8248 (currently being updated). You can keep track of ICIMOD youth events/announcements by liking our Facebook pages (https://www.facebook.com/APY.Rioplus20, https://www.facebook.com/apmnicimod and https://www.facebook.com/icimod); following on twitter https://twitter.com/#!/apmnicimod or subscribing to Mountain Forum/APMN using online form available at http://www.mtnforum.org/en/users .
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