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Helping the world communicate
Youth Programme
First Meeting of the
Internet Governance Forum
Youth Session
Athens 2006
ITU/BDT/HRD
International
Telecommunication
Union
Helping the world communicate
Youth Programme Background and Purpose:
 In accordance with the Resolution 38 of
the Word Telecommunication Development
Conference WTDC 2002 (Istanbul) and
reviewed in 2006 (Doha), and recognising
that the young people are the best
promoters of ICTs and contributors in the
world Information Society,
 BDT created a dedicated Youth Programme
integrating children and youth issues in
the framework of its activities.
 The Youth Programme is committed to
widening ICT opportunities for children
and young people, as key contributors to
building an inclusive Information Society.
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Youth Programme Goals:
To develop and strengthen actions to make
ICTs accessible to children and young
people,particularly the disadvantaged and
marginalized, thereby bridging the digital
divide;
To support the development of ICT
capabilities of children and the youth;
To increase the interest of children and
youth in ICT;
To integrate “children and youth” into the
various BDT programmes and ITU activities
To involve children and youth in the
promotion and dissemination of ICTs.
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Youth Programme Activities:
1. Create initiatives with emphasis on capacity
building, education and work experience in
ICTs, aiming at supporting young people,
mainly from developing countries and those
in transition to increase their knowledge on
information and communication
technologies;
2. Assure the follow-up of the Youth Forums
through Actions and Projects that identify
the needs related to the promotion of the
ICTs among the youth in a particular region
or worldwide;
3. Develop and support actions and projects
that promote access, use and knowledge of
ICT for children and youth.
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Youth Programme Activities
1.
Develop initiatives with emphasis on capacity building,
education and work experience in ICTs to ensure the Junior
professionals in ICT, better access to employment
opportunities in this sector.
1.1-YOUTH INCENTIVE SCHEME
Internship initiatives aiming at responding to
the young people’s need to integrate into the
ICT’s working area and to encourage and
support the first job opportunities.
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In partnership with ITU Regional Offices (AFR, AMS, ARB ASP and
EUR) the Youth Programme offers selected jr. professionals in ICT
to achieve an internship for a period of 6 months, with the ITU
Regional Office of their origin.
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Several Sector Members joined this Youth Programme initiative and
offered internship opportunities with their companies.
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Youth Programme Activities:
1.2-“YES” - YOUTH EDUCATION SCHEME
Scholarship initiative aiming at supporting young people from
LDCs or developing countries to complete their tertiary
education in the telecommunication and related fields.
 YES awards yearly scholarships amounting to
a maximum of US$ 10,000 per student to cover
tuition only.
 To apply for YES the candidate must :
 Be between 20 and 30 years of age;
 Provide a very good school curriculum
(preferably top 10 of their class);
 Provide written recommendations (preferably from
professors) bear witness to the student motivation in
pursuing her/his career in telecommunication or related
fields;
 To date, YES initiative has awarded fifty (50) scholarships to
future leaders in telecommunication and related field.
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Youth Programme Activities
2. ITU-TELECOM YOUTH FORUM - FOLLOW-UP PROJECTS
Youth Programme implements after each
ITU-Telecom Youth Forum, a follow-up project targeting the
priorities and needs related to ICT development, expressed
by the young participants in the Forum, in their Declaration
and Action Plan.
 Youth Forum - Asia TELECOM 2002, Hong Kong
Follow up Project of Digital Bridge Youth Forum - Youth Forum World TELECOM 2003, Geneva
Follow-up Project Young Leaders in ICTs Network;
 Youth Forum - Africa TELECOM 2004, Cairo
Follow-up Project –Enabling Internet Access
in local languages (e.g Swahili);
 Youth Forum - Asia TELECOM 2004, Bussan
Follow-up Project in ICT Emergency;
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Youth Programme Activities :
3. ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS THAT PROMOTE AND FACILITATE
THE ACCESS, USE AND KNOWLEDGE OF ICT FOR CHILDREN
AND YOUNG PEOPLE.
 Through the Operation Plan of the ITU-BDT;
 “PTC 2004 Youth Panel” held in Hawaii -leading constructive exchange
in ICT development for youth through the Internet, in ASP region - 2004;
 “Partnership for young people and women through the ICTs in ASP
Region” - 2004;
 Support “Child Helpline International (CHI)” to contribute in assuring
ICT infrastructure including Internet access for children and young
people from LDCs – 2004;
 “Entertainment Education” support and rise awareness of the youth of
the importance of computers, Internet and ICTs training – 2005;
 “ICT Training for Young Refugees in Liberia” enable development of an
efficient and sustainable education in ICT including the Internet area2005;
 “ICT training centre for young refugees in Burundi” to assist returning
refugees from asylum countries acquire ICT skills – 2006;
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Youth Programme Activities:
3. ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS THAT PROMOTE AND FACILITATE
THE ACCESS, USE AND KNOWLEDGE OF ICT FOR CHILDREN
AND YOUNG PEOPLE.
 Through donations from Administrations or Sector Members
for a specific activity or project.
 Youth Education Scheme (yearly since 2003);
 Development of the “Global Portal for Children” – 2006;
 Development of “Basic PC and Internet for young people of
school-going age” Kenya – 2006.
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Youth Programme in the Implementation of WSIS:
 All the activities and projects developed within the
framework of the Youth Programme are aligned with the
WSIS statements highlighted in the Geneva Plan of Action
and particularly in the Tunis Commitment Articles 24 and 25.
 Youth Programme:
 “recognises the role of ICTs in the protection of children and
enhancing the development of children […].”
 “reaffirms our commitment to empowering young people as key
contributors to building an inclusive Information Society. We will
actively engage youth in innovative ICT-based development
programmes and widen opportunities for youth to be involved in
e-strategy processes. ”
 Youth Programme in partnership with WSIS Youth Caucus
and recognizing their leading role for the young people
integration into the World Information Society achieved a
common Declaration and Action Plan to be taken into account
for future projects related to the youth and ICT worldwide.
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With the Youth Programme:
 The young people are the key contributors in building the
Information Society. In responding to their needs and
supporting their projects we can bridge the Digital Divide
faster and contribute to the development of the
telecommunication sector as a whole.
 The Youth Programme can bring the young people voices
and make them be heard by the ITU Member States and
Sector Members, who represent the world decisionmakers in the ICTs.
TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
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