UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: Youth is our future

Posted on 18/02/2012 by Michael Klampfl

“We must help young people to build the future they want. This should be in our hearts and on top of every agenda” said the United Nations Secretary-General Mr. Ban Ki-Moon on his visit in Vienna on Thursday, February 16th, during a lecture on “Empowering People in a Changing World”. He pointed out the importance of young people and their role in society today: “The priorities of young people should be just as prominent in our halls as they are on the streets and squares. They should be just as present in our meeting space as they are in cyberspace.”

He continued that 50 percent of todays world population is under the age of 25. The challenges that come along with that fact are: education (67 million children without primary education), employment (due to growth of world population, 600 million new jobs are needed within the next ten years) and rights (freedom and democracy, especially pointing out the role of youth in the Arab Spring). The Secretary-General also said that he is not satisfied with the current work regarding youth and for that reason he will appoint a new UN-Special Advisor on Youth.

Let us support the UN Secretary General on that issue to raise awareness for the role of youth in society.

The remarks of the event can be found here: UNIS/SGSM/319

A Chalkboard Note from the Media Workshop

Posted on 17/02/2012 by Daniel Hardegger

Media Workshop Chalkboard It was a long, inspiring weekend we had at the Media Workshop in Basel and Zurich, hosted by UNYA Switzerland in November 2011. This inspiration did not end with after the official program in the afternoon was over. Discovering Basel in the night together, sharing ideas and looking back at the last view days, some participants were so motivated to express their motivation and feelings on a chalkboard. See for yourself!

UNYA Germany – Study trip to Bonn

Posted on 08/02/2012 by Tjalke

The Working Group “Education” (AG Bildung) of UNYA Germany warmly invites you to participate in our study tour to Bonn! From 3rd to 6th May, you will enjoy a weekend on the subject of: Food Security: Distribution, Speculation and Conflicts

During the weekend you will have discussions and guest speakers on the subject of food security. Furthermore you will get to know Bonn, its history and the German UN-headquarters! And you will also be able to get to know other students interested in the UN-system and international politics.

The study trip will take place in Bonn, starting on Thursday 3^rd May at 6 pm and finishing on 6^th May at 3 pm. Applications will be accepted until 11^th March following this link.

A maximum of 40 people will be invited and a fee (10€) will be due the day you receive the confirmation of your participation. If you have questions about the study trip, feel free to ask our contact representatives Jasmin and Björn (studytour@junges-uno-netzwerk.de).

Youth Project and Cooperation Seminar (YPCS) September 2012 in Izmir, Turkey

Posted on 06/02/2012 by Daniel Hardegger

After two very successful Youth Projects and Cooperation Seminars in Oslo (2010) and Vienna (2011), we are glad to announce that the third edition, together with the General Assembly of UNYANET, will be held in September 2012 in Izmir hosted and supported by the UNA Turkey – Youth Section. We will publish soon more information regarding the content, program and registration.

Take a look at the report from the last YPCS or send us a mail if you have any questions.

Register now for GöMUN 2012!

Posted on 03/02/2012 by Tjalke

The Registration for GöMUN 2012 is OPEN!

We warmly invite you to come to the heart of Germany to participate in the 4th Göttingen Model United Nations from 1st to 4th June. Therefore you can apply from now on. You find the application form on our homepage. We are looking forward to seeing you soon.

Public Relations Workshop Executive Summary available

Posted on 02/02/2012 by Maciek Lekowski

The Executive Summary of the project Public Relations Workshop is now available and can be downloaded here.

The workshop is planned to be held 5-8 July in Helsinki, Finland. It aims to offer each UNYANET member organization a basic set of public relations skills in order to create visible and strong UNYAs capable of promoting themselves, UNYANET and the UN. The program includes lectures held by PR experts, as well as interactive workshops, best-practice-sharing and individual trainings.

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Gallery Update: Oslo, Media Workshop and Headers

Posted on 29/01/2012 by Daniel Hardegger

It has taken some time, but we are glad to inform you that the Gallery is now up to date with all the past events. We uploaded some pictures of our last event, the Media Workshop in Basel and Zurich, hostet by UNYA Switzerland (JUNES). Furthermore, we added the photos from the first Youth Cooperation and Projects Seminar in Oslo, November 2010, when many of the current members if UNYANET met for the first time. Finally, we added two new header images and if you want to look at all the header images on our webpage, we created an own gallery with all the header images for you convinience.

You are missing a picture or do you have a question? Just let us know by sending a mail to: info@unyanet.org

F.A.Q. is online

Posted on 23/01/2012 by Daniel Hardegger

We are glad to inform you that the F.A.Q. is online now, mainly written by Maciek Lekowski from Poland and from the UNYANET advice team. You can find the link on the head of the webpage or directly over http://www.unyanet.org/f-a-q. The F.A.Q. shall answer the most important questions about UNYANET and the idea of the network. If you miss a question, please let us know by sending a mail to info@unyanet.org

2011: End of Year Message

Posted on 31/12/2011 by Daniel Hardegger

Dear Members and Friends of UNYANET,

A very successful year for international young volunteers has come to an end. After several months of development and discussions, representatives from 11 associations met August 2011 in Vienna to establish UNYANET. Since then, all at this event established working groups are planning several projects. Regular online meetings were organised to share news and knowledge among the member associations and together with UNYA-Switzerland, UNYANET has successfully held its first event, a Media Worshop in November. Furthermore we managed to get some stong partners; Besides UNIS Geneva and UNIS Vienna, Adobe is supporting UNYANET with a conference server and we are in close contact with other supporters for the upcoming projects.

For 2012, we are planing quite a lot of smaller and bigger projects and the YPCS/GA 2012 has to be planed as well. Information will be published as soon as they are available. Meanwhile, we wish all of you a good start into the new year.

Daniel & Michael

UNYA Germany – elbMUN 2012 Is Looking For Chairs

Posted on 21/12/2011 by Daniel Hardegger

In spring 2012, Dresden, the capital city of Saxony, is again going to host elbMUN, its own version of the Model United Nations. For the third time, approximately 200 students from Germany, Europe, and all over the world are spending April 17^thto 21^st 2012 in Dresden, gathering in the State Parliament of Saxony to participate in this simulation.
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