Transcript What is Water?

Programa de las Naciones Unidas por el
Ambiente PNUMA
UNEP
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Trabaja escencialmente con los gobiernos.
También con ONG, universidades, jóvenes y
niños y otras agencias de la ONU
 Trabajo con jóvenes a partir de 1985.
QUE ES TUNZA?
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TUNZA significa “to treat with
care or affection”
Niños menores de14 años,
jóvenes entre 15 y 24 años
Activities focus on:
– International Youth
Conference
– Global Youth Gatherings
– Awareness raising
– Social networking on facebook
and twitter, uniteforclimate
TUNZA ACTIVITIES
International Children’s conference
Tunza International Children’s Conference
in Nagoya, Japan
 Sensitizes children to environmental issues
e.g. climate change, biodiversity
 Outcome: Commitments,
regional action plans
 Junior Board- 6 children from
6 regions
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International Children’s Painting
Competition
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Held annually since 1991
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For children aged 14 and below.
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Has a different theme each year
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This year about 26,510 children
from 88 countries sent paintings
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Winners receive cash prizes and
fully paid trip to attend the
International Children’s
Conference.
TUNZA International Youth Conferences
Children and Youth
Conferences, August 2009.
The Conference brought together
700 participants. The theme of
the conference was Climate
Change - Our Challenge! The
Conference resulted in a
petition to world leaders and
an action plan for promoting
individual actions on climate
change.
TUNZA YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL
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Represent youth in 6 regions:
Africa, Asia and Pacific, Europe,
North America, Latin America
and the Caribbean, West Asia
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Advises UNEP on best ways of
involving youth
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It is made up of 14 advisors and
includes indigenous youth
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Elected at the International
Youth Conference
Other Related Issues
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United Nations declared 2010 to be the
International Year of Biodiversity
 Celebration of life on earth and of the value of
biodiversity for our lives
 International Biodiversity Day is on 22nd May
and we are inviting children and youth around
the world to participate in the activities
Plant for the Planet: The Billion
Tree Campaign
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Promote reforestation & encourage the
planting of more trees
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Children and youth in schools can
participate
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In Kenya, tree planting sessions are
organized in April and November
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The Billion Tree Campaign to date has
planted 10b trees in 172 countries
World Environment Day (WED)
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WED stimulates worldwide
awareness of the environment and
encourages political attention and
action
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Whatever you do, tell us about it.
We will post your activities on the
Tunza website and make it part of
the ‘Wide World of WED’ map.
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Rwanda is the host of WED 2010
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The link for WED is
http://www.unep.org/wed
TUNZA PUBLICATIONS
Tunza magazine
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Written by young people from all over the
world.
You can contribute to the magazine
quarterly
You can read the magazine on
www.unep.org/tunza/youth/Publications/
Children’s series
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UNEP has produced 7 series so far
Topics include forests, plastic, climate
change, pollution,
Mainly in 3 languages – English, French,
Spanish
TUNZA Global Youth Gathering
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Gathering takes place
every two years in
Nairobi
 Held during the
Governing Council
 For 50 youth to review
UNEP activities and
influence decisions
RESUMEN ACTIVIDADES ALC
Subregiones: Reuniones
-Caribe
-Mesoamérica
-Andino
-Mercosur
Listas: Lista Tunza y lista GEO
Oficinas: Oficina Regional para América Latina y Caribe ORPALC
Particularidades:
-Procesos Regionales, Subregionales y Nacionales de participación juvenil en
temas ambientales.
- Relación con la red GEO de ALC
- Relación con ORPALC
http://www.pnuma.org/tunza_talleres06-09/index.php
RESPONSABILIDADES TYAC
1) Asistir al PNUMA en mejores formas de comprometer a los jóvenes.
2) Promover el compromiso de los jóvenes con PNUMA.
3) Facilitar los inputs de los jóvenes en foros nivel local, nacional, regional e
internacional .
4) Contribuir al desarrollo de publicaciones de PNUMA.
5) Cumplido el mandato proveer resumen detallado a sucesores y consejos.
6) Establecer lineamientos para el cumplimiento de responsabilidades.
http://www.unep.org/tunza/youth/AdvisoryCouncil/tabid/3771/Default.aspx
CONTACTS
ALONSO:
[email protected]
@ajlizaraz
FLORENCIA
[email protected]
NETWORK
www.unep.org/tunza