Consultation on Active Citizenship and Youth Development in India
India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India
March
3-4, 2009
ICP and Delhi-based NGO, Pravah, co-hosted a consultation addressing active citizenship and youth development in India. This consultation brought together nearly 100 practitioners, policymakers, researchers, university practitioners, young people and other stakeholders from throughout India and internationally to highlight the importance of investing in youth civic participation and to discuss existing challenges and opportunities for this investment.
For more information about the consultation, please see the following documents:
Press release following the ConsultationConsultation Recommendations
India Consultaton Reader
Table of Contents
1. Outreach and Engagement Terminology in Higher Education
2. Youth and the Demographic Dividend
3. Understanding Youth Issues in Selected Countries in the Asian and Pacific Region
4. Youth Service: A Strategy for Youth and National Development
5. A Framework for Integrating Youth Development in Community Development
6. "Making it Work" in What Works in Youth Participation: Case Studies from Around the World
7. Ladder of Participation
8. Working Document: Youth Development through Active Citizenship - Mapping Assets in South Asia
9. Selected works from Amita Rahmat, indiainteracts.com
Speech Transcripts
Speech by Secretary Sindhushree Khullar, Ministry of Youth Affairs, Government of India: Nurturing Active Citizenship among Youth in India: A Consultation, March 3, 2009
Speech by Eboo Patel, Founder and Executive Director of the Interfaith Youth Core (US): Nurturing Active Citizenship among Youth in India: A Consultation, March 3, 2009
Video Interviews with Conference Participants
1.
Gouran Lal, Founder and Board
Member, Pravah
2. Rita Mishra, Patang, Orissa
3. Sindhushree Khulla, Secretary, Ministry of Youth Affairs, Government of India
4. Lata Narayan, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
5. Robin Sitoula, Samriddhi, Nepal
6. Vartika Jaini, Program Officer, Youth and Civil Society Initiative, Sir Ratan Tata Trust
7. Manish Sabharwal, Student Partnerships Worldwide
8. Father Jerry Thomas, Bosco Institute of Social Work, Assam
2. Rita Mishra, Patang, Orissa
3. Sindhushree Khulla, Secretary, Ministry of Youth Affairs, Government of India
4. Lata Narayan, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
5. Robin Sitoula, Samriddhi, Nepal
6. Vartika Jaini, Program Officer, Youth and Civil Society Initiative, Sir Ratan Tata Trust
7. Manish Sabharwal, Student Partnerships Worldwide
8. Father Jerry Thomas, Bosco Institute of Social Work, Assam
9.
Sampson David, Association for
Indian Universities (AIU),
Delhi
10. Pooran C. Pandey, Times Foundation, Delhi
11. Santosh Shah, Publisher & Editor, Today's Youth Asia, Nepal
12. Youth Participants (1)
13. Youth Participants (2)
14. Youth Participants (3)
15. Youth Participants (4)
10. Pooran C. Pandey, Times Foundation, Delhi
11. Santosh Shah, Publisher & Editor, Today's Youth Asia, Nepal
12. Youth Participants (1)
13. Youth Participants (2)
14. Youth Participants (3)
15. Youth Participants (4)
Speaker's Presentations
1. CSE: Green Schools Programme,
Delhi
2. Robin Sitoula: Youth Development and Active Citizenship, Samriddhi, Nepal
3. Helene Perold: Approaches to building active citizenship among youth, VOSESA, South Africa
4. Matthew Mattam: Mobilizing Youth trough Campaigns and Festivals, CYDA, Mumbai
5. Father Jerry Thomas: Honest Citizens Nation Building, Bosco Institute of Social Work, Assam
6. Susan E. Stroud: AmeriCorps - USA, ICP, Washington, DC
7. Kavita Dasgupta: Media and Youth, Drishti, Ahmedabad
8. Pravah: Young People as Active Citizens, Delhi
9. Dr. Anita Patil Deshmukh: PUKAR, Mumbai
10. Gourang Raval: Projecting alternate perception through documentaries and short films, Drishti, Ahmedabad
2. Robin Sitoula: Youth Development and Active Citizenship, Samriddhi, Nepal
3. Helene Perold: Approaches to building active citizenship among youth, VOSESA, South Africa
4. Matthew Mattam: Mobilizing Youth trough Campaigns and Festivals, CYDA, Mumbai
5. Father Jerry Thomas: Honest Citizens Nation Building, Bosco Institute of Social Work, Assam
6. Susan E. Stroud: AmeriCorps - USA, ICP, Washington, DC
7. Kavita Dasgupta: Media and Youth, Drishti, Ahmedabad
8. Pravah: Young People as Active Citizens, Delhi
9. Dr. Anita Patil Deshmukh: PUKAR, Mumbai
10. Gourang Raval: Projecting alternate perception through documentaries and short films, Drishti, Ahmedabad