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The 48th session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD) will take place at the UN’s headquarter in New York February 3 – 12. The CSocD is one of the functional Commissiond of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and consists of 46 members elected by the ECOSOC. Is your country a member? Check the listContinue reading “Commission for Social Development just around the corner”

The International Coordination Meeting of Youth Organisations is approaching! You will find the background documents of the meeting in the dedicated page of this blog.

On 12 March the first preparation meeting for the International Coordination Meeting of Youth Organisations took place at the European Youth Centre in Strasbourg, France. This year the ICMYO will be hosted and co-organised by the Council of Europe between the 3rd and the 5th of June, in connection with the 5th Anniversary of theContinue reading “ICMYO 2009 – Preparations started”

You are warmly welcome to United Nations Commission for Social Development, 47th session Side-event hosted by Finland in co-operation with the European Youth Forum with active participation from the Youth NGOs participating in the International Coordination Meeting of Youth Organisations (ICMYO). Date and Time: February 6th, lunch time (13:00-14:30) Place: the Consulate General of Finland,Continue reading “Volunteering, Children and Youth the right to participate”

The European Youth Forum published a new and updated version of Development Needs Youth! This new version feature a foreword from the European Commissioner for Development, Mr. Louis Michel, and includes  projects from many European Youth Forum Member Organisations and from ICMYO partners on various areas of implementation of the World Programme of Action forContinue reading “Development Needs Youth! Available Online”

The European Youth Forum, in collaboration with other ICMYO partners and the help of a team of volunteers, is preparing a documentary on youth participation at the United Nations. Th film will be based on footage and interviews taken at the margins of the 63rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly. This is theContinue reading “Trailer online!”

In the letter to H.E UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon 25 Global Youth Organisations and Regional Youth Platforms requested a meeting with the Secretary General. As a response to that letter the organisations participating to the International Coordination Meeting of Youth Organisations which where present in New York during the General Assembly of the United Nations (European YouthContinue reading “Youth Organisations meeting with Assistant Secretary General of the UN on 10 October 2008”

7 Regional Youth Platforms and 18 International Non Governmental Youth Organisations participating to the International Coordination Meeting of Youth Organisations (ICMYO) submitted a statement in preparation of the 10th anniversary of 2001 International Year of Volunteering and in view of the current negotiations being held at the 63rd Session of the United Nations General AssemblyContinue reading “2001 + 10 What does volunteering represent for us?”