Youth Forum 2009

IFCW WorldForum 2009 will hear from the children and young people of the world. A total of sixty young adults have been invited to participate in the forum. They will take part in the seminars, debate during break-out sessions, participate in roleplaying sessions and showcase their creative presentations. At the end of the forum, the youth are expected to make a petition which will be declared to the world. The participation of the youth is hoped to provide this forum with the important perspective of the Child. The petition will be presented to the WorldForum 2009 participants and an invited audience on the Saturday morning session, 24 October 2009, in commemorating United Nations Day.
General Information

Date : October 21 - 24, 2009

Venue : Millennium Hotel Jakarta - Indonesia

Theme : My World, My Dream...

Topics :
Five primary sub-topics will be discussed by the youth in this forum:
Effective Future Community Leadership in developing a Safer and Better World
Child’s Rights and MDGs (7 & 8)
Changing Environmental Threats into Opportunities for a Better World
Strengthening Family and Community Empowerment
Media as a Partner in Promoting and Protecting Child Rights


How Can I Help This Noble Cause?

The IFCW opens its doors to young bright minds that have the smarts and the heart to change the present and make a better and brighter future. By participating in this event, we hope to enhance your dreams and capabilities for a brighter future. Participants will be able to enjoy talks from highly established speakers as well as the company and minds of their fellow participants. We hope that with this, participants will be motivated to act as agents of change within their home communities.

There will be a total of 60 seats available for the youth aged 15 – 18 years old.

How Can I Apply?

The applicant will need to fill out the registration form and meet the following requirements:

Selection Process for IFCW Participants
1. Essay
Submit a short essay on one of the five topics given. In the essay, the topic must be correlated to the overall theme of “my world, my dream”. It should explain, for example, reality of leadership in your environment (which is your ‘world’), as well as what you think leadership ought to be like, and why (i.e. your ‘dream’). It is highly recommended that participants use both illustration, facts as well as arguments to substantiate their essay. Essays must be no less than 700 words but no longer than 1500 words, font Times New Roman size 12, 1.5 spacing, on an A4 format. With 1.25 inches for left and bottom margins, and a 1 inch margin for top and right.

2. Creative presentation
This second article is meant to allow you to be as creative and experimental as you want. You will be allowed to use whatever means possible to present your illustration of “my world, my dream”, based on one of the five given topics, given that it is not the same as the topic for the essay. (For example, you can present by making posters, doing a short play, singing your own composed song, making a video, and so on.) A soft copy of that media (picture, video, slides, etc) must be submitted to the committee, as well as a video/audio record of the presentation. Pictures must be in the form of JPEG/GIF files, while videos zipped and in MP4 or WMV format. The overall presentation should take between 5 and 7 minutes.


Email your submission including all relevant documents and participant’s biodata to youthforum.ifcw2009@gmail.com BEFORE July 20th 2009.

Applicants that pass the selection process will be announced through www.worldforum-2009.org on
August 1st 2009.

Do I Have to Pay?

The registration fee for The International Forum for Child Welfare is US$ 300.00, to be paid when the applicant’s participation in IFCW has been confirmed.

Facilities

The registration fee is required to provide participants with the following facilities:

Participants will stay in the 4-star Millennium Hotel Jakarta in a twin sharing room for the length of the World Forum from October 21st – 24th 2009. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner is included in the registration fee and will be provided. Additional expenses such as phone calls, internet usage, mini bar, laundry, etc. will be billed to your personal account.

Notes:

Youth forum activities are limited to only participants. Parents may accompany the youth to the program at their own expense (transportation, accommodation, meals, etc will not be provided by the committee).