Youth in the 21st Century: Debating and Producing Media is a regional series of workshops that will be held during the summer and early autumn of 2010 throughout the world.
Youth throughout the world increasingly are not only consumers of media information, but also producers of it. Through newly accessible tools of new media such as blogs and open source software to edit video, audio and visual information, youth can communicate their ideas to the outside world in ways never dreamt of only 15 or 20 years ago. Yet these new tools do not come without complications. Accessibility may lead to information saturation and actually make it more difficult to use new media effectively. The responsible usage of media is made more difficult when people producing information that does not adhere to traditional journalistic standards. Furthermore, each young person consuming or producing media is embedded in a society and regional context that may have unique notions of how the media and citizens interact.
The purpose of Youth in the 21st Century: Debating and Producing Media is for youth to come together with other youth from their country and region to learn about these issues, debate them, and produce media projects about the relationship between media and society. Participants will debate issues relating to how the media and youth do and should interact. To provide a background for debates, participants will conduct background research and have the chance to interact with local and regional experts in the journalism field. Finally, participants will improve their skills in actually producing new media by learning from instructors and making their own media project.
Southeast Asia
For youth aged 18-29:
July 5-18, 2010
Chaing Mai, Thailand
By Rachel Harvey
BBC News, Mae Sot, Thailand
http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8518137.stm?ad=1
This year looks set to be a crucial one for Burma.
The military government plans to stage the first elections for 20 years and international attention is likely to be focused on the detained pro democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
But there is another group working to bring about change in Burma whose methods are less conventional.
Generation Wave is a group of hip hop-loving, young Burmese, dedicated to overthrowing the military government.
Their campaigns are run inside Burma, but the group has a safe house in the town of Mae Sot, just across the border in Thailand.
9KT has a mischievous grin, a warm handshake and an unmistakable aura of cool.
He is 27 years old and, clearly, 9KT is not his real name.
The members of Generation Wave never use their real names in public.
“หากคุณเชื่อ ตลาดประกอบฝัน5พร้อมสนับสนุนความเชื่อของคุณ”
“โครงการตลาดประกอบฝัน 5” (Youth innovation Marketplace 5) โอกาสสำหรับคนรุ่นใหม่ ที่มีความเชื่อในการพัฒนาสังคมให้ดีขึ้น ได้มีโอกาสนำความเชื่อของตนเองมาลงมือทำเป็นโครงการจริง เพื่อพัฒนาสังคมในด้านต่าง ๆ โดยตลาดประกอบฝัน 5 จะสนับสนุนพี่เลี้ยง งบประมาณ ทรัพยากรด้านอื่นๆ รวมทั้งกระบวนการพัฒนาศักยภาพ เพื่อให้โครงการที่สร้างสรรค์บนความเชื่อของคนรุ่นใหม่ได้ดำเนินการและสร้าง ผลกระทบที่ดีต่อสังคมร่วมกันไปกับเรา
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AAYF (Asian-African Youth ) 2010 – http://www.aayf2010.indoyouthcenter.org/
Bandung, Indonesia, 23rd-27th August 2010
AAYF (Asian-African Youth ) 2010 is a forum that invites youth from all countries of Asia and Africa and the world to formulate a declaration that is blown into the world to demonstrate the existence of the youth of Asia and Africa to the world. This forum brought a number of prominent and competent speakers to fill the show in this forum. AAYF 2010 commemorates the Asian-African Conference held in 1955 in Bandung. This forum is held on the basis of a desire to continue the expectations of our predecessors is to form strategic cooperation among Asian and African Countries. In addition to sharing experiences, participants can enjoy a beautiful and comfortable city of Bandung, capital of West Java Province. You will find the experience will never be forgotten there
Bandung, the capital of West Java province, Indonesia to witness the conference the countries in Asia and Africa in 1955 and 2005. The conference’s two major significance for human civilization to create freedom and peace to human welfare. At the conference 2005 all 106 countries, 73% of the world’s population, succeeded in formulating BANDUNG DECLARATION as a form of mutual understanding to build a strategic partnership.The Declaration must be followed up by concrete through the organization of the youth meeting in the Asia-Africa. Youth are the future hope of reviving the spirit of Bandung Conference in 1955, maintaining the consistency of solidarity and cooperation between the countries of Asia and Africa. In this context the implementation of the Asian-African Youth Forum to find relevance.
To map the issues, ideas and problems of youth in the area, the Millennium Declaration can be used as a source of ideas to be studied more deeply. Declaration, signed in New York by representatives of 189 developed and developing countries in September 2000, identified eight global issue that must be achieved in 2015. This is in line with the latest facts and the determination of the nations of Asia and Africa to achieve social progress and economic progress in following up on a lot politically, apart from the shackles of colonialism.
http://developmentprofessionals.org/groups/youth-rights-youth-development/forum/
“Organizations working on promotion of youth rights and advocating for the proper development of youths are invited to join this group.”
UN-HABITAT’s Youth Fund for NGOs and CBOs
http://www.fundsforngos.org/latest-funds-for-ngos/un-habitats-youth-fund-for-ngos-and-cbos/
UN-HABITAT adopted a resolution in 2007 to establish the UN-HABITAT Youth Fund to mobilize young people for advocating for youth-related policy formulation; support governmental and non-governmental agencies to respond to youth concerns; support youth information networks; implement new ideas on employment, governance, adequate shelter and secure tenure; share best practices; promote vocation training for entrepreneurship and employment; and promote gender mainstreaming in all urban youth matters. The Fund was officially launched as the Opportunities Fund for Urban Youth-Led Development on 4 November 2008 at the fourth sessions of the World Urban Youth Forum in Nanjing, China.
NGOs and community-based nonprofit organizations led by young people aged 15-32 years in developing countries can apply for this Fund (This can also mean that if the governing or management board of an NGO has an active representation of one or more young persons between 15-32 years, it can still apply for this Fund – partnerships between adults and young persons are also encouraged). Applicant organizations should be based in cities or towns with more than 10,000 inhabitants and they must be legally registered for at least one year and should have a valid bank account. If small applicant organizations do not have legal registration but still fulfill the eligibility criteria, they can apply in partnership with another legally registered organization which can facilitate the grantmaking process.
Proposals can be submitted in English, French or Spanish. The application form can be downloaded from the UN-HABITAT website. Supporting documents need to be submitted along with the completed application form. Submissions can be made by email. However, there are different emails for different regions. Budgetary limitations have been specified: small projects can request up to $5000 while larger projects can receive grants of up to $25,000. Proposed projects should schedule the starting date of implementation six months after the submission deadline and should last for less than 12 months.
Applications will be evaluated thoroughly and objectively and the judges’ decision on the rating will be final. The winners will be notified by email and projects receiving support will also be listed on UN-HABITAT’s website. The selection process can take up to 5 months after the deadline. The last date to submit applications is 15 April 2010. For more information, visit this link.
ASEAN Youth Forum participants got together in Vientiane, Lao PDR on Feb 16 to exchange about their work experiences and catch up with friends. Bennett, Sombath, Rita, Kita, Yurt ate dinner together before sending Bennett on the bus to Savannakhet. Ole also joined in with everyone the evening before for some dinner and late night fun!
The Lao Youth Network has been very busy organizing workshops for young NGOs and organizers, with the Lao Youth Action for AIDS Programme (LYAP) working with groups all over the country. Rita and Sombath have been traveling to Pakse and Vang Vieng for trainings on AIDS prevention campaigns and education. It was inspiring to hear their stories from working with other young people and trying to make society a better place. Kita, who is a volunteer with the Participatory Development Training Center (PADETC), will be finishing university soon and then starting community development work in Savannakhet province. Ole is planning to work on environmental consulting with a dam project in central Lao PDR.
We look forward to hearing more from our Lao friends!
Student-activist groups gathered together on Feb 12 to protest the privatization of Khon Kaen University. One of the main student organizers, DauDin, also hosted the Esan Common Rights Festival earlier this winter. Your reporter joined with the protesters and spoke with several of the group’s leaders. As the school continues to accept students “outside of the system” for extra tuition and makes public plans to privatize the school, students are increasingly concerned about the double standards and inaccessibility such development would inevitably create. The student groups worked together to develop a letter to the Dean of the university and expressed their opinions in a very public space – the front of “complex” a popular place for students to eat food or go shopping. With banners and loudspeakers, the students got the attention of many students and even some professors joined in with them. ASEAN Youth Movement will continue to follow any developments around privatization at KKU.
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… ก่อนค่ำวันก่อน ประตูห้องสองบานเปิดกว้าง พัดลมเพดานทุกตัวยังคงหมุน แอร์คอนดินชั่นสองเครื่องยังคง กระหึ่ม ไอเย็นแผ่ซ่านเจือจานออกมานอกห้อง ไฟทุกดวงสว่างไสว เก้าอี้ทุกตัวว่างเปล่า พื้นห้องเกลื่อนด้วยกล่องนม ถุงขนม ถ้วยพลาสติก ทิชชู กระป๋องน้ำอัดลม อาจารย์และนักศึกษาละทิ้งห้องเรียน ไปนานแล้ว แต่ทุกอย่างข้างในห้องยังคงดำรง อยู่ในสภาพเช่นนั้น และนี่ไม่ใช่ครั้งแรก และไม่มีทางเป็นครั้งสุดท้าย |
China Trade Deal Offers Much To ASEAN Countries: ASEAN Chief
http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsworld.php?id=475927
JAKARTA, Feb 17 (Bernama) — The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Secretary General Dr. Surin Pitsuwan said that the ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement will benefit member countries on trade and investment pact, China’s Xinhua news agency cited a local daily as saying on Wednesday.
Surin said that the ASEAN member countries would benefit from more trade and investment under the pact, and could gain even more if they can insert themselves into “supply lines”to Chinese factories.
Surin did, however, acknowledge that some countries would likely encounter “difficulties” in implementing the agreement, which was signed in 2004 and took effect on Jan 1 this year.
Interview with Vietnamese ambassador to Thailand Nguyen Duy Hun
20/02/2010 – http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/33198/vietnam-takes-the-helm
Q:WHAT ARE VIETNAM’S PRIORITIES AS THE ASEAN CHAIR?
Ambassador Nguyen Duy Hung
A: Our theme, “Towards an Asean Community: From Vision to Action”, will see concrete action to accelerate implementation of the three blueprints (The Asean community consists of three pillars: the Asean Political-Security Community, the Asean Economic Community and the Asean Socio-Cultural Community), strengthen Asean’s ability to overcome the consequences of the financial crisis, deal effectively with transnational problems such as climate change, disaster and other pandemic issues, and build on the momentum Asean has gained with our dialogue partners to support our development goal and maintain Asean’s centrality within regional frameworks.
Q:VIETNAM WILL BE BUSY THIS YEAR WITH TWO CONCURRENT CELEBRATIONS: THE 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF VIETNAM JOINING ASEAN AND THE 1,000-YEAR HANOI COMMEMORATION.
A: Yes, both occasions have special meaning for Vietnam – a milestone for the officially united nation and our entry into a new life within the Southeast Asia region.
From Maryland Public Radio:
U.S. citizen Kyaw Zaw Lwin was arrested on his way into his native country of Burma on September 3rd, 2009. He’s been in prison there since then. Last Wednesday he was sentenced to three years of hard labor; the next day he was moved to a remote, rural prison. We bring you an update on his case.
http://mdmorn.wordpress.com/2010/02/16/217102-marylander-in-a-burmese-jail-three-years-hard-labor/
Rights Group Takes Nyi Nyi Aung Case to UN
By LALIT K. JHA – February 17, 2010
The Washington-based organization Freedom Now has asked the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to investigate the case of the Burmese-American Nyi Nyi Aung, who was sentenced by a Rangoon court last week to three years imprisonment.
A 17-page petition was submitted to the UN panel on behalf of Nyi Nyi Aung’s fiancée, Wa Wa Kyaw, who said: “I hope that the United Nations will help the junta to see that they cannot continue to imprison people for their political actions.”
Freedom Now President Jared Genser said: “We are deeply concerned about Nyi Nyi’s health and welfare both because his three-year sentence includes hard labor and because the junta has arbitrarily and permanently denied him family visits; the primary way prisoners in Burma receive food, vitamins, and medicine.”
