ICYO- Youth Information
(E-Newsletter from network of youth organizations in India)
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ICYO - Platform of 411 Youth Organizations in India.
ICYO - India's largest network of urban and rural youth.
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SAPA Workshop Series

Empowering South Asian Youth in Peace Activism

Workshop Partners:

QPSW, Ekta Parishad, HMI and Indian committee of Youth Organizations (ICYO)



Feb 4-9, 2012, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha (India)



Peace building in South Asia is a challenge for youth. Youth from South Asia do
not have much access to non violent conflict transformation training. Moving
from a national to a South Asian identity is an important step for strengthening
grassroots democracies.



South Asia Peace Alliance (SAPA) works on nonviolence and peace issues in South
Asia. There is an identified need for youth from South Asia to learn about peace
activism, facilitation skills and social engagement



To this end, SAPA plans a series of 5 day Training in India for Youth from
selected youth from organizations from across South Asia.



This workshop is happening at a time when historic Jan Satyagraha Campaign
2011-2012 (of SAPA partner organization Ekta Parishad, Year long Gandhian action
In India.) is in progress. This gives opportunity to be part of this process as
a part of non-violent training.



Participants Targeted: 25 from South Asian countries

Programme content

Youth will learn the practicalities of non-violent action and thus gain
confidence to be able see demonstration of putting theory into action by taking
part in on-going nonviolent campaign in India. It will provide empowerment
through dialogue and provide a toolkit for future action.



In this workshop the "Turning the Tide" tools for Nonviolent power for Social
change.



Ekta Parishad module on Pedagogy of Nonviolent action and an Introduction to the
Basic Facilitation skills for youth to work with community will be shared.



For Whom?

This is programme is open to those who believe practicing nonviolence by
applying at the community level. Those desiring to become facilitators in the
process at the grassroot level. We prefer senior youth (Above 25) working with
voluntary organizations, Institutes, Civil Society groups, Committed
individuals.



Registration

There is token registration fees is Rs.1000.for a 5 days workshop. Those part of
the workshop can opt for optional exposure programme.to be with Shri
P.VRajagopal, noted Gandhian, peace activist and leader of Jan-Satyagraha
Campaign, for 3 days. For more details http://js2012.wordpress.com/



Travel

Participants will have travel on their own or get sponsorship for individuals or
representing organizations.



Last Date for applying Jan 20, 2012, application form enclosed.



For any further details write to secretariat.sapa@...



Contact Person

Vijay Bharatiya & Rita Roy

Mobile: 91-9427700762



SAPA Website: http://southasiapeacealliance.weebly.com/index.html



SAPA Regional Secretariat

2/3 A, Block-A, Jungpura,

New Delhi-110014 (INDIA)



Our Trainers

Gerald Conyngham

Gerald is a Quaker who is deeply committed to peace building Gerald Conyngham,
took over responsibility of the South Asia programme from Stuart Morton in
October 2011. He has been associated with the activities of Ekta Parishad and
come to India before. He attended the 2007 Janadesh (People Verdict) march by
25000 marginalsied communities for their livelihood rights in India.



Gerald Conyngham is a Resource. Person and has Facilitating skills for Turning
the Tide (Quaker Peace & Social Witness (QPSW) programme Nonviolence for social
change)

Gerald Conyngham has given talks about the Quaker way of protesting actively,
and non-violently and organized events for Ekta Parishad and others for dialogue
about peace work. He has also part of delegation, Gerald Conyngham of Quaker
Central Committee.



T. Thayaparan, Sri Lanka

T.Thayaparan has been involved with peace building, conflict transformation and
reconciliation work since the last 11 years with his organization, the Peace and
Community Action which is a national organization committed to peace work in
Srilanka. One of the founders of this organization, his belief and understanding
about peace is to see it as a process of understanding and transformation of
relationships and to deal and address the factors which are influencing human
beings to be violent or nonviolent. The war in Srilanka has affected the
relationship between communities. Unless people are aware about the implications
of the judgments which they make about other communities building peace and
relationships will be very difficult in Srilanka. He believes that nonviolence
is a process in which people try to understand each others' needs and are
willing to listen and support others. He and his organization are trying to
raise awareness on these issues. They are trying hard to work on nonviolent
processes in all our activities and it is become our core process now.



Thayaparan is the SAPA regional trainer and has conducted workshop on Breaking
the Cycle of Violence and also on Facilitation Skills



Ramesh. P

Ramesh Prakashvelu works with Henry Martyn Institute, Hyderabad which is an
International Centre for Research, Interfaith Relations and Reconciliation,
committed to building capacities of individuals, organizations and groups for
transforming relationships and conflicts. He has been working as a peace-builder
since 1999, and much of his work is related to strengthening peace constituency
and capacities in the North Eastern states of India i.e. Manipur, Nagaland and
Assam to work for peace with justice.



He believes in non-violent approaches to bringing about personal,
organizational, social, cultural, economic and political transformations and for
the last 11 years has been working with women, youth, human rights activists,
church elders, leaders of socio-cultural organizations and indigenous groups to
strengthen capacities, build bridges across divides and creating spaces for
intra and inter-group peace building work.



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Indian Committee of Youth Organizations (ICYO) is a registered non-profit,
non-governmental network organization, committed in developing areas of mutual
cooperation and understanding among different youth voluntary agencies, youth
groups, clubs and individuals working in the field of youth welfare in India.

ICYO functions as an umbrella organization of youth NGOs in India. It's family
consists of
over 389 organizations spread in 124 districts of 26 states from different
corners of India.
Our goal:
To improve and extend the youth work and services through Youth Organizations;
To enhance and demonstrate youth work in the society;
To promote effective youth programmme;
To organize network of civil society organizations working towards the
development of youth work;
To organize seminars, conferences, workshops, trainings;
To maintain international relation with organizations promoting young people in
their programme and activities
Affiliation:
Consultative (Roster) Status with ECOSOC, United Nations;
Consultative Status with Commission on Sustainable Development;
Full Member of World Assembly of Youth (WAY); Asian Youth Council (AYC);
Member of CRIN;
Member of South Asia Youth Environment Network (SAYEN);
Affiliate with ECPAT International, Thailand;
Member of ATSECE-DELHI;
Working relation with International Medical Parliamentarians Organizations
(IMPO);
Working relation with Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and
Development (AFPPD).


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