(Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir)15-19 February 2013

Syed Mehmood Kazmi Presents

Goals

Pakistan

300 Participants

30 Team Members

20 Guest Speakers/Facilitators

Positive Change in the Society

Intercultural & Interfaith harmony

Combat Challenges, Create Plans

Enhance Leadership Quality

Inculcate Responsibility

Social Action Projects

Act Locally, Impact Globally

Which type of event is National Youth Summit and

why?Because National Youth Summit enhanced

leadership capacity, build confidence, introduced the youth to the social challenges, inculcated

responsibility, ensured intercultural & interfaith harmony and provide an opportunity to network with the youth around the country. It’s a unique leadership development program that will bring together outstanding and focused young people

from around the country to build critical leadership skills in an inclusive and global context. Moreover, the summit will help in creating cultural harmony,

shall pool the young talent around the country, and evolve regional strategies to address issues of discrimination, unemployment, identity and

extremism.

Azad Kashmir remains an impoverished region, and the 2005 earthquake’s toll

continues to haunt the area. It is vital to develop

social bonding and community engagement with the various other regions of the country

due to the fact that lesser economic activities have developed lesser interest

of other regional population to visit AJK.

‘Let’s Visualize the Change together’

What and How?

• Create Plan for Joint Action in our respective areas

• Combat climate change

• Encourage Nature Friendly Activities

• Promote Diversity and Harmony

Sharing Ideas/ Skills Learning

• Trainings by National and International Speakers

• Success Stories• Group Work• Sharing Ideas• Dialogue• Presentations

Trainings/Workshops • Develop Network• Understand Ground

Realities• Accelerate Youth

Actions,• Peer Education• Social Action

Projects• Act Locally, Impact

Globally

Practicing/Actions

Added Value

Passion for Community Service

Exercising leadership

Responsibility Sharing

Appreciation of multi-culturalism

Awareness of social needs and issues

harmony and peace

Website: http://www.nys.com.pk

300 Young

Leaders

•300 Young Leaders from all across country

•Rural and Urban Youth Together

20 Speaker

s

•National and International Speakers

•Successful stories

Social Change

•Ideas to Action•Social Action Projects

•Commitment and passion

Agenda

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/National-Youth-Summit/267720986688653

National Youth Summit

lead to skill development and perspective building. J

Translate these learning into grassroots actionto give a flavor of local collective work. Sharing Ideas and Experiences and Join Hands

Participants are sensitized tolocal issues and given a choice for the Solutions

Peer Education and Partnership of the Youth with Stake Holders and Civic Engagement for the positive Change in the Society

Youth PartnershipsPeer Education

Recognizing natureActivities for Environment Development. Recognizing the International Days Plan Ideas to

Take ActionSustainability! Together we are more

Actual Actions. Involve, Inspire, Invigorate= CHANGE

Highlights

• Discuss our common issues and what we can do about them. Find Solutions of problems. • Share success stories of our own regions, areas• Listen to views of leaders of our region

• Skills like advocacy and conflict resolution by national and international facilitators• Processes and ways of different youth leaders• To collectively resolve issues through time-tested methods• Cultural nuances and of every area, province• Commonalities in our challenges and solutions

• Work with local Youth to get a flavor of social change• Create joint collaborative projects to execute them post summit• Build a collective declaration to lobby with governments• Organize workshops and plenary sessions for the Summit• Share learning with youth of home area/Community• Commit to individual plans of action and to bring the positive change in the Society

Yes! Youth Empowerment

Missing?

Lack of Confidence

No or Less Social Networking

No or Less Self Confidence

No or less sensitization for actionNo or less plans for the Social ActionNo or less Communication Skills

No or less Public Speaking Skills

Lack of Partnership

Community Involvement missing

No or less Civic Activism

Lack of Decision Making

Fear of Moving Forward

High Powered Learning/Study Skills

Peer Education

Diversity training

Engage youth in different projects

Conflict Mediation

Leadership Skills

Civic Engagement

Youth Activism

Youth as catalyst of change

Project Based Learning

Service Learning Projects

Community Service

Youth as Agent of Change

Public Speaking

Opportunities of the youth development

Capacity Built VS

Mission Accomplished!

OBJECTIVES ACHIEVED

The National Youth Summit served as an intellectual platform, bringing together the youth from different areas of Pakistan, creating an inductive space for dialogue and promote constructive actions to ensure beneficial future of youth. Additionally, the event has the potential to emerge area specific social action projects led by regional youth groups.

Some of the main objectives achieved include:

• Take personal responsibility for exercising leadership• Develop an awareness of social needs and issues• Improve interpersonal and group communication skills• Create self-esteem and groom their personalities • Exercise their leadership abilities in the communities where they live• Cultivate an understanding and appreciation of multi-cultural diversity• Install a passion for community service• Create harmony and peace through acceptance of cultural diversity and interfaith bonding

MADE AN IMPACT!

It provided an opportunity to display a positive image of various communities and regions within the boundary of Pakistan, but it also provide an opportunity to the young people to experience living in an environment which is their own, yet unrecognized. It was an opportunity to the young people nationally to show their skills, share best practices, enhance cooperation and advance intercultural and interfaith harmony.

Furthermore, social action projects would make up a possible scenario where the young people can mobilize communities, stand for their rights, work jointly on common interests and form partnerships to tackle the challenges of tomorrow.

It bring the positive change in the Youth. They are committed to use this Change in the Society!

Youth are well aware of their responsibility for fostering the change in the Society. Youth inherited the positive change within that will influence others and so on.

• “National Youth Summit change my life. I am not the Naina Khan, I was Before! I am a responsible global citizen. I am working for my project “Green Planet” now.Naina

Khan

• “Capacity Built, It’s time for the Action! I will reshape the lives of the people in my community. Wonderful Experience of my life! Made lot of Friends. Share ideas and Experiences!Ali Akbar

• “Thank you so much NYS! You all are great. I am very happy for this opportunity. NYS changed my life. I am a Young Leader now. Fulfilled learning of the NYS will change your life” My project “Equal Rights for all”

Misbah Kureshi

• “I am a CHANGE agent. NYS is a school of leadership which creates a leader inside you. I recommend Youth to learn from this great platform and excel in the community. Join now” My Project: YABC”

Zeeshan Haider

• “I am connected with the Youth of my country. After NYS, I am initiating a project for the poor children. Thanks NYS for being an inspiration for us. You all are awesome”

Zulqarnain Naqvi

http://tribune.com.pk/story/508835/nys-2013-declare-youth-emergency-in-pakistan-says-speakers/

Media Coverage NYS

http://pakobserver.net/201302/18/detailnews.asp?id=196532

http://dawn.com/2013/02/15/youth-summit-begins/

Some Links

Conclusion National Youth Summit became a unique platform that makes Youth a catalyst of the Positive Change. Youth became more responsible global citizens by working in their communities, initiating social action projects, reshaping lives, changing minds, clicking heart and promotion religious and cultural harmony & diversity. NYS creates Leaders of today and future.

NYS went viral on the social media like Facebook, Twitter, Google and LinkedIn. Because of that More than 1300 apps from all across Pakistan for the registration were received. Through competitive selection process, only 300 Young Leaders were invited to attend this summit. This is the power of Social Media.Moreover, NYS was covered by electronic and print Media all over Pakistan.

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