9th Global Conference
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The Global Conference provides a
unique opportunity for professionals in the
youth civic engagement field to learn from
colleagues about experiences, resources, and
innovative practices that welcome young people
as engaged participants in society and teach
essential skills for future workplace and
community success. Given the dearth of
international institutions and conventions in
the field of youth civic engagement, the IANYS
Conference is an unparalleled opportunity to
take a global pulse on issues critical to
building stable, prosperous societies and
advance youth civic engagement as a strategy.
Participants will include professionals in the
field of youth civic engagement from across the
Middle East/North Africa (MENA) region and from
around the world, along with youth participants
from high quality and diverse service programs
who will contribute to and be integrated into
the conference in substantive
ways.
The Global Conference will take place over the course of three days and will include a special multi-session track on the connection between youth service and employability; a track for policymakers and others interested in National Youth Service policy development; and sessions to explore other theoretical and practical themes of service, such as peace building and post-conflict reconstruction, service and technology, impact evaluation, private sector funding for youth service, and more.
The location for the IANYS 9th Global Conference will be at the renewed Bibliotheca Alexandrina, a state of the art establishment in Alexandria, Egypt with a library that holds millions of books, four museums, four art galleries, a planetarium, nine permanent exhibitions, eight academic research centers, and more! The Library of Alexandria's prominence and its mission to be "a center of excellence for the production and dissemination of knowledge and a place of dialogue and understanding between cultures and peoples" makes it the perfect location to raise the profile of youth service and facilitate dialogue and the exchange of ideas and practices among stakeholders from all attending countries. The city of Alexandria, known as "the Pearl of the Mediterranean", is equally captivating, with its abundant historical landmarks, multi-periodic architecture, limitless antiquities, and stunning Mediterranean Sea coastline.
REGISTER NOW!
Click here to go to our online registration system.
Registration rates are
as follows:
NGOs/nonprofit organizations:
$375
Government or Corporate/private sector:
$500
For more information on the IANYS 9th Global Conference including the preliminary conference agenda (recently updated!), workshop topics, and presenters, please continue to check us out here in the coming days, as well as at our new social networking site,www.ianys-icp.ning.com!
Arranging your hotel accommodations in Alexandria: A reduced hotel rate is available through the Library of Alexandria at the selected conference hotel, the Mediterranean Azur Hotel. Rates for this 5-Star hotel are $95/night for a double room or $85/night for a single room.
Transportation between the hotel and the Library will be available. Payment information is required when booking a room. To share a room with another attendee, please provide both attendees' information to the Library staff listed below. To book a room at Azur at the conference rate, you MUST contact the Library of Alexandria staff listed below and provide your registration confirmation number. DO NOT contact the hotel directly.
Ms. Perihan Amin
email: Perihan.Amin@bibalex.org
Tel: 203 483 9999
Ext:5103
Ms. Noha Fahiem
Email: noha.fahiem@bibalex.org
Tel: +201 013
2633
Transportation from the Cairo airport: IANYS will provide a limited number of shuttle buses both to and from the Cairo airport. To utilize the buses, you MUST send your arrival and departure information to the Library staff listed above.
Flying directly to Alexandria: Depending on your point of departure and airline, you may be able to fly directly into the Borg El Arab Airport (HBE), which is located approximately 40km (25 miles) from Alexandria.
PLEASE NOTE: The Alexandria International Airport (ALY), also known as El Nouzha Airport, will be closing. Do NOT book flights to the Alexandria International Airport.
Engaging
with
IANYS
Civic engagement is
becoming more widely acknowledged as an
integral strategy for youth development and
meeting critical local and national needs, and
ICP realizes how important it is to keep the
surging momentum for service going
strong. We can do this not only by
continuing efforts to promote and create youth
civic engagement programs and policy, but also
by participating in IANYS, the only global
youth service network of its kind, in
order to further the sharing of models,
ideas and good practice.
This is
why we would like you to get
involved! For starters, we ask
that past participants of the IANYS Global
Conference share their experiences with
us on our Ning Discussion Forum located here and
that those interested in attending this year
let us know what insights you look forward to
gaining at the Conference.
Our hope is that this
new interactive space for the promotion of the
IANYS 9th Global Conference will also serve as
a learning community and networking medium, so
that all of our members may learn about and
engage in the important work that IANYS and all
of you are involved in worldwide.
The Library of Alexandria: A Treasure House of Knowledge Rises Again
Click here to read more about a recent article featured in the Carnegie Reporter.
Global Conference on National Youth Service Offers a Unique Opportunity for Youth Service Practitioners and Policymakers Worldwide
Click here to read The New Service blog.
Thank you to our partners for helping spread the word out the 9th Global Conference!
Association Tanmia.ma
E-CIVICUS
International Association for Volunteer Effort (IAVE)
One World Youth Project
Paradigm Initiative Nigeria
Volunteer and Service Enquiry Southern Africa (VOSESA)
To read more about Ms. Benjamin, click here.
Questions for participants of the 8th Global Conference in Paris in 2008
ICP thanks you for your continued interest in national youth service and all the great work you continue to carry out for the future of youth civic engagement. We hope to see you all in Alexandria!