For more information please contact: Michael Warren, mwarren@dangermines.ca.
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Contents:
1. International Youth Symposium: Call for Nominations
2. International Youth Symposium: Facilitators Wanted
3. Call for Submissions: Resource Manual
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1. International Youth Symposium: Call for Nominations
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Mines Action Canada (MAC), the Youth Mine Action Ambassador Program (YMAAP), and the ICBL invite you to nominate youth to attend In Our Lifetime: The 2004 International Youth Symposium on Landmines, in Nairobi, Kenya. This event is part of MAC/YMAAP’s Youth Leadership, Education and Action Program (Youth LEAP), made possible in part through contributions from the Government of Canada. The symposium will run from November 25 to December 3 and include up to 35 youth between the ages of 18 and 26.
a. All organizations wishing to nominate youth for the symposium must submit the nomination letter.
b. Nominated youth must also submit an application form.
c. Organizations that nominate youth for the symposium are responsible for securing funding to cover delegate travel, accommodation, and food for the duration of the conference. YMAAP has prepared a guide for organizations that require assistance in securing funding.
The guide includes a sample budget for use in funding proposals, which can be requested from YMAAP at mwarren@dangermines.ca. The ICBL campaign kit also contains a booklet on fundraising that may be useful.
Please direct questions regarding the International Youth Symposium, any of these documents, the application process, or how to obtain funding to Michael Warren, YMAAP International Program Officer, at
mwarren@dangermines.ca.
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2. International Youth Symposium: Facilitators Wanted
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In conjunction with the Nairobi Summit on a Mine Free World, Mines Action Canada (MAC) and the Youth Mine Action Ambassador Program (YMAAP), in partnership with the ICBL, are organizing In Our Lifetime: The 2004 International Youth Symposium on Landmines. MAC and YMAAP are looking for a
few inspirational and dynamic facilitators from the mine action community to engage youth in this unique international event!
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a. What will facilitators do?
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Facilitators will join a team including MAC/YMAAP staff and volunteers that will manage the International Youth Symposium (IYS) and deliver workshops for youth delegates. Major responsibilities will include:
- Submitting a workshop outline, talking points, and handouts two weeks in advance of arrival in Nairobi
- Arriving in Nairobi no later than November 23, 2004, and participating in facilitation team briefing
- In the period November 25-28 2004, attending and supporting daytime youth symposium sessions
- In the period December 2-3, supporting daytime youth symposium sessions (as per availability vis-à-vis Review Conference commitments)
- Supporting the delivery and evaluation of December 3 open space forum (as per availability vis-à-vis Review Conference commitments)
- Providing some one-on-one support and/or mentoring for youth delegates, as determined in conjunction with the symposium facilitation team and Symposium
Coordinator
- Contributing to the overall supervision and management of the youth symposium;
- Making himself/herself available in emergency situations at the request of the Symposium Coordinator.
Each facilitator will be asked to design and deliver at least one 2.5-hour symposium workshop, and to support the delivery of at least one other workshop. In consultation with MAC/YMAAP staff, facilitators will be expected to submit an outline and talking points and any handouts for their workshop in advance. MAC/YMAAP is looking for facilitators with expertise in the following areas:
- Demining
- Survivor assistance
- Mine risk education
- Landmine Monitor process
- Campaigning and advocacy
- Facilitation skills
- Media outreach
- Fundraising and financial management
- Project management
- Organizing major events
- Using information technology in mine action
- Other areas
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b. How will MAC/ YMAAP support facilitators?
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Facilitators will be expected to arrive in Nairobi on November 23. From November 23-28 (6 days), MAC/YMAAP will cover the costs of shared hotel accommodation for all facilitators, and provide a per diem equivalent to that provided to sponsored ICBL participants. If facilitators are regularly sponsored ICBL delegates, MAC/YMAAP will share the costs with the ICBL of accommodation and per diem until December 4. If facilitators are not sponsored ICBL delegates, MAC/YMAAP will cover the costs of shared hotel accommodation and provide a per diem equivalent to that provided to sponsored ICBL participants until December 4.
For those facilitators requiring assistance with international travel, MAC/YMAAP will subsidize airfare to Nairobi. For ICBL sponsored facilitators, MAC/YMAAP will share the travel costs with the ICBL. Facilitators that are not sponsored ICBL delegates will be provided with a travel subsidy if required.
At the end of the IYS, MAC/YMAAP will provide a CAD$500 honorarium to each facilitator in recognition of their efforts.
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c. How to apply
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Interested in sharing your experience and training the next generation of anti-landmine campaigners? Please send us your CV along with a message outlining your area of expertise, what session(s) you would be interested in developing and facilitating, experience working with youth, experience with the ICBL, and your contact information (including citizenship).
Applications should be received at iys@dangermines.ca or by fax +1 613 244 3410 by 17 September.
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3. Call for Submissions: Resource Manual
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Does your organization involve youth in advocacy work around landmines? Do you want to see your work and experience published? Mines Action Canada (MAC) and the Youth Mine Action Ambassador Program (YMAAP) are calling on ICBL national campaigns with experience in working with youth to contribute to the development of a unique international resource!
To complement and sustain the ICBL’s broader international youth programming, MAC and YMAAP are assembling the Youth In Mine Action Resource Manual, a reference for mine action campaigners working with youth.
Our goal is to create a dynamic, user-friendly resource packed with tested approaches to youth engagement from the mine action organizations that have done it best. Success stories, lessons learned, template documents, and practical advice will be offered by campaigners working in a variety of
political and cultural contexts. Content will focus on how to engage young people as contributing actors rather than as just targets of mine action, and the manual will be shared with all national campaigns as a means of strengthening the ICBL’s overall capacity to involve young people.
YMAAP is the focal point for collecting case studies, stories, and resource materials from ICBL partners interested in contributing to the project. YMAAP will also manage the editing and publication of the final package, and its translation from English into French, Spanish, Russian and Arabic.
Mine action campaigns that have successfully incorporated youth into any aspect of their programming will have their ideas and accomplishments documented and recognized, and disseminated to national campaigns around the world. We hope to launch the Youth in Mine Action Resource Manual this November at the Nairobi Summit on a Mine-Free World.
We invite your mine action organization to submit contributions for this unique, leading-edge resource as soon as possible. (See below for examples of how organizations might contribute).
Your comments and suggestions are welcome, and YMAAP invites interested parties to contact Michael Warren, Program Officer, at manual@dangermines.ca.
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a. What can your mine action organization contribute?
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- Case studies of how you have incorporated youth in the past—both successfully and unsuccessfully
- Youth program overviews and evaluations
- Anecdotes, stories, photos
- Document templates used when working with youth
- Resources related to youth engagement
- Lessons learned
- Best practices
- Educational and training materials
- Website addresses
- Testimonials from youth involved in mine action
- Biographies of youth involved in mine action
- Reflections on youth engagement by staff or volunteers
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b. How to submit contributions
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Contributions should be received by August 31.
- By email at manual@dangermines.ca
- By fax at +1 613 244 3410
- By mail c/o YMAAP Suite 1502, 1 rue Nicholas St. Ottawa ON K1N 7B7 Canada
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