public private partnership in peace building and community development
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Public-Private Partnership in Peace Building and
Community Development Target-Young people
pramod sharmafounder & coodinator, yuvsatta (youth for peace)
Peace-city Chandigarh, India.
We all know that peace is not mere absence of war Peace and sustainable development go hand in hand we cannot achieve peace, if hunger and malnutrition
persist in the world , if mothers continue to die during child birth, if environment continues to be assailed by man-made causes, if education is not provided to every child
Sustainable development goals are the very foundation of peace
Peace Building and Community Development therefore go hand in hand
Public-Private partnership in peace building and Community Development- Background
If countries are to succeed in achieving the SDGs, leaving no one behind along the way, governments must seek out an active and substantive engagement of young women and men from diverse backgrounds in national-level planning, implementation, and monitoring.
The overall success of the SDGs depends on youth engagement for these goals to be realized.
It is critical that all stakeholders, in particular, the young people be made part of the process right from the start. We have been able to drill this message to both Governments and private players through our Global Youth Peace Festival (GYPF)
Message to Young People : #Letsdomore
Over the past 11 years, the Global Youth Peace Festival has been pursuing the agenda of youth leadership and transformative change. It has also shown the way to build a global culture of volunteerism and service.
From the participation of one country 2006, GYPF 2016 saw the participation of 33 countries, the target is to involve 50 countries by 2017 and 197 countries by 2020.
At the GYPF, we actively involve the youth in decision making and implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals agenda.
We have involved the Government, corporate sector, academic institutions in peace building and our mission of man making
Case Study –Global Youth Peace Festival (GYPF)
Participation of 250 youth leaders and young change-makers from 50 nations of the world.
Involvement of over 10,000 local young people during GYPF 2017 Participation of government as well as private institutions committed and
wedded to peace building and community development. 2nd Indo-Pak Girls Peace Meet Fourth SAARC YOUTH LEADERSHIP SUMMIT Fourth Asia Level Regional Meeting on theme of ‘Stop Violence Against
Women’ Sustainability Thinking & Action Programmes Presentation of ‘Global Youth ICON Awards’ World Peace Parade at Indo-Pak Wagah Border, Amritsar One World International Music & Dance Panorama GYPF 2017 to happen in three major cities of Chandigarh, SAS Nagar and
Amritsar in north India. GYPF 2017 in India will be followed by a similar initiative in Pakistan with
greater objective of promoting peace and youth leadership in South-Asia.
GYPF 2017 – Major Highlights
Our theory of Change
At GYPF, we affirm that youth should effectively participate in implementing and achieving sustainable development goals and build actionable projects for transformative change.
We also affirm that we are all part of one family and we should develop an action plan to educate and train people to promote co-existence and tolerance. Enthused by the role played by young people in creating an alternative narrative revolving around peace, we plan to create/train young leaders to actively seek out and support their meaningful participation in cross-border peace building activities.
There is an urgent need to explore meaningful participation of young people in establishing the culture of peace by actively pursuing the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and connecting to the universal yearning for peace.
We invite public-private partnership in this global effort to build peace and develop sustainable, non-violent communities
Way Forward
ORGANIZERYuvsatta (youth for peace)
CO-ORGANIZERS Indian School of Business (ISB), SAS Nagar, Punjab Chandigarh Institute of Hotel Management Peoples Convention Centre, Chandigarh INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS African Youth Volunteers for Peace (AYVP), Uganda Ashram Gandhi Puri, Bali, Indonesia Global Peace Foundation (GPF)
International Youth Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Jagriti Child and Youth Concern, Nepal Justice, Aid and Development (JAD) Foundation, Pakistan Moscow Youth Multifunctional Centre, Moscow, Russia Peace International Foundation, Hong Kong United Network of Young Peacebuilders (UNOY), Hague, The Hague, The Netherlands Youth to Youth Initiative, Lithuania World Assembly of Youth (WAY), Malaysia
GYPF Partners
