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Search Database Keyword : | Advanced Search Social Development - Youth ON-GOING PROJECTS 1) 2nd ASEAN Student Leaders' Summit and Cultural Festival   Project No. 094   Implementing Agency: Angeles University Foundation, Philippines   The project is anchored on a development perspective that new breed of leaders could emerge from academic institutions. It aims to guide the participants with a clear Vision of the future in order to respond dynamically to the changing realities thus, making them not just as catalyst but as agents in addressing global conflicts in order to promote increased cooperation among nations. To reach that end, it will work to revolutionize the role of young people in society by : changing attitudes, and strengthening relationships among youth, and between young people and adults; preparing young people to be leaders and decision makers in all aspects of their lives; ensuring that policies, practices and law reflect young people's role as full and valued members of their communities.     2) ASEAN Awareness Survey   Project No. 107   Implementing Agency: Eric Thompson   The purpose of this survey is to assess the current state of knowledge and orientation toward ASEAN among tertiary students at leading universities in the 10 ASEAN member nations.     3) Phase II of the Youth@ASEAN Website   Project No. 097   Implementing Agency: National Youth Council, Singapore   The Youth@ASEAN website was proposed during the 15th ASEAN Sub-Committee on Youth meeting held in Brunei in April 1999. Phase I involved the setting up of a regional homepage with hyperlinks to the existing sites of ASEAN youth focal point member countries. The Youth@ASEAN website was subsequently launched at the Third ASEAN Ministerial Meeting Yangon, Myanmar in November 2000. The website provides a regional overview of ASEAN cooperation in youth matters, as well as information on existing resources, programmes and activities pertaining to youth, caried out by the member countries. The URL of the Youth@ASEAN website is located at http://www.aseanyouth.org     COMPLETED PROJECTS 1) Seminar on Urban Youth Work II   Project No. 035   Implementing Agency: National Youth Council, Singapore   ASEAN youth today are in the period of transition. Problem facing them are multi-faceted and multiple in nature. The advent of modern technological developments has resulted in our youth being more sophisticated, better informed and more street smart. However, smaller, nuclear dual career families, global media influences, more divorces and negative peer pressure often work to undermine the discipline, work ethic and moral values of our youth. The confined conditions of urban living, the increased socio-economic mobility of people living in cities and the competitive existence in thriving economy have contributed to changes in the lifestyles and values of the people, especially youth.     2) Regional Training on Self-Employment for Out-of School Youth.   Project No. 024   Implementing Agency: National Committee on Youth of Vietnam (CYDECO)   The Youth of ASEAN region, which one-fifth of the region's total population, comprises a major element of region human resources and significant contributor to the national product. However, a majority of the region's youth population is out of school youth (OSY) either successfully completed formal education and entered labour force or dropped out of the formal education stream. The unemployment rate among the OSY is approximately double that of the labour force as a whole, major reasons for that are the absence of economic opportunities, lack of skills both vocational and life skills of the OSY themselves, information or access to capital.     3) ASEAN Student Leader's Summit and Cultural Festival 2002   Project No. 049   Implementing Agency: Angeles University   The project is anchored on a development perspective that new breed of leaders could emerge from academic institution. it aims to guide the participants with a clear vision of the future in order to respond dynamically to the changing realities thus, making them not just as catalyst but as agents in addressing global conflict in order to promote increased cooperation among nations. As. participants from each country showcase cultural performance that is uniquely their own, cultural understanding will begin through a common language of music and dance as it underscores the role of leadership in bringing peace and harmony among ASEAN nations.     [ Back ]

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