CYP Pan-Commonwealth News

Intercom – March 2008 edition
Released: 26 March 2008
Intercom is the newsletter of the Diploma of Youth in Development Work
CYP to host meeting on mainstreaming
Released: 20 March 2008
The Commonwealth Youth Programme (CYP) is hosting a half-day Stakeholders Meeting on Youth Mainstreaming, on 3 April 2008 at Marlborough House, headquarters of the Commonwealth Secretariat in London
Interview with Andrew Simmons
Released: 11 March 2008
Former Deputy-Director of CYP pays courtesy visit to Commonwealth Secretariat
World Youth Foundation seeks partnership with CYP
Released: 4 March 2008
Varsha Ajmera, former recipient of the CYP Diploma in Youth Development and now Chief Operations Officer of the World Youth Foundation contacts CYP about the possibility of collaboration
CYP learns more about 'Young People We Care'
Released: 7 February 2008
CYP’s Diane Mensah-Bonsu caught up with Michael Boampong, founder of Young People We Care (YPWC) to find out more about the organisation and how young people from across the Commonwealth can get involved in the their activities
Design a logo for the 2008 Youth Ministers Meeting
Released: 6 February 2008
Drawing Competition to select the Logo and Commemorative Stamps for Seventh Commonwealth Youth Ministers Meeting
Young people seen as an important constituency for inter-cultural and inter-religious dialogue
Released: 4 February 2008
The UN Alliance of Civilizations Secretariat in New York has decided to actively work with international youth organisations including the CYP to ensure active and meaningful participation of youth people for the promotion of inter-cultural and inter-religious dialogue
CYP Regional Youth Caucus representative is appointed an MP
Released: 24 January 2008
On 20 January, Ahmed Mahloof, the CYP Asia Regional Youth Caucus (RYC) representative was appointed a Member of Parliament in the Republic of Maldives by President Maumoon Abdhul Gayoom
The Diary of an Election Observer
Released: 23 January 2008
Barbara Soetan, CYP intern, was in Kenya from 18 Dec to 1 Jan on the Commonwealth Election Observation mission to Kenya. She shares her diary as the Commonwealth youth representative to the mission
UK youth challenge world leaders at Commonwealth Summit
Released: 23 January 2008
Sixty young people came together to role-play as Commonwealth Heads of Governments in the majestic surroundings of the Commonwealth headquarters at Marlborough House