Youth Visioning for Island Living

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Youth Visioningfor Island Living
60 minutes to convince
Coasts Small Islands SC/PSD/CSI
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Small Island Developing States (SIDS)

• 1994 - Global Conference on SIDS held in
  Barbados set out a specific Programme of Action.
  
  
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• January 2005 - Governments and civil society
  representatives met in Mauritius to evaluate
  progress and chart a way forward.
  
• Small Islands Voice (SIV) project and BSP/YOUTH
  started a process that has become known as Youth
  Visioning for Island Living.

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What is Youth Visioning?

• Youth Visioning is
• Young people envisioning how they would like to
  see their islands develop and change over the
  coming decade and
  
• Working to implement their proposals and plans on
  the ground.
  
• Youth Visioning seeks to
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• build capacity among island youth
• give youth a voice in sustainable development
  matters and
  
• make positive changes at the local and national
  level.
  
• Youth Visioning is composed of 3 Phases

Youth Visioning Cest moi!
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Phase 1 - Preparatory

• Beginning in 2003
• Regional meetings, poetry, essay and art
  competitions were held to share ideas about the
  issues that faced SIDS.
  
• 3 themes
• Life and love in islands All aspects of island
  culture
  
• My island home The environment
• Money in my pocket Youth employment

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Phase 2 YV Event

• 7-12 January 2005
• Meeting for youth representatives in Mauritius
  parallel to the main governmental meeting
  
• 94 youth from 37 small islands and territories
• Caribbean, Pacific and AIMS (Atlantic, Indian
  Ocean, Mediterranean, and South China Sea)
  regions
  
• 2 outcomes Youth Visioning Declaration
• Commitments for Follow-up action

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Phase 3 Project implementation

• Most important phase. Will provide indication of
  the success of the overall Youth Visioning
  initiative.
  
• What the participants had learnt at Mauritius,
  would now need to be put into practice!
  

So far 8 projects completed 7 in progress 5
starting in the next month
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Proposal process

• Project Leaders send us project proposals
•   We evaluate their proposals, offer feedback and
  then set up contracts
  
• Projects mainly funded by our partner, The
  Lighthouse Foundation
  
• Budgets range from US2000 - US4000
• Duration from 6-12 months

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Sample projects

• Sensitisation and clean up campaign in Gutter
  village
  
• Dominica, Marvo Didier
• Helping to create more employment through local
  investment, Seychelles, Sabrina Marie
  
• Young People Against HIV/AIDS,
• Cape Verde, Lourenço Andrade
• On the Spot MDGs Radio Program,
• Tonga, Lyndsey Fifita

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Palé Kwéyòl, Dominica

• Revive Kwéyòl language and culture

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Kwéyòl March
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Kwéyòl March
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Kwéyòl March
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Kwéyòl March
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Kwéyòl Extravaganza
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Kwéyòl Classes
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Kwéyòl Spelling B
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• www.youthvisioning.org