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Compact Seminar II: Empowering Young Entrepreneurs with Export-led Economic Growth,14 December 2007 at Tanzania Global Development Learning Center
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The Compact Seminar on Development is the program established by Tanzania Development Forum for Youth aim at bridging the gap between young entrepreneurs and the stakeholders of the economy.

This time around,the compact seminar on development were aimed at empowering young entrepreneurs with export led economic growth.This event features the videoconference session where Tanzanians in the Diaspora were connected with their fellow in dar es salaam and they discussed how better they can boost up their countries' export.

The report for the proceedings of the meeting will be shared with you and you may take what apply to your environment as the best practices from Tanzania.

"African People Are Not Poor,But they Are Low Income Earners"-Thomas David Maqway


December 18, 2007 | 6:15 AM Comments  0 comments

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The Video Conference: “Climate Change: The Impact on Corporate Strategy” – 9th October, 2007 (17:45 – 20:30 EAT)
Related to country: Tanzania


The Video Conference: “Climate Change: The Impact on Corporate Strategy” – 9th October, 2007 (17:45 – 20:30 EAT)

Introduction

On October 8-10, 2007, WBI and its partner InWEnt, Capacity Building International, are jointly organizing and hosting the 12th International Business Forum on Business and the Millennium Development Goals in Washington, D.C. This annual event will include keynote speeches and presentations by the World Bank President Robert Zoellick, MTV Brazil, Transparency International, Volkswagen, Citibank, CEMEX, Fluor, United Nations Environment Programme, and many others. The Forum will take a close look at the global issues faced by firms where they can find themselves as rule breakers, rule takers or rule makers, running ahead of legislation in order to manage their risks effectively.

In order to make sure that input & voices from young people and future leaders are heard, consultations will be conducted with students from around the world on the key themes of the Forum. These consultations will take place via e discussions and a videoconference and will connect multiple locations at once for a lively, cross-cultural discussion. The objective of each of these consultations is to provide concrete recommendations to the Forum participants on the Forum’s key themes. By allowing students to intervene in a real world, high-level policy discussion with concrete recommendations and their own experiences, these e-discussions and videoconferences will create a new kind of bottom-up feedback opportunity into development initiatives.

About the Videoconference: Youth from around the world will discuss and debate on Climate Change: The Impact on Corporate Strategy:

Why participate? The outcomes of the Videoconference discussions from Tanzania will be shared as recommendations for the international business leaders who are convening at the International Business Forum at the World Bank in October 2007.

Participants: All youth are invited to join. Students from high schools, colleges, universities, and young professionals.

Format: This videoconference will link Tanzania, Senegal, Morocco, Wharton School, Pennsylvania USA, Macedonia and World Bank Institute. Participants will discuss two key questions posed at the International Business Forum and provide two Recommendations that will be reported to business leaders after the 12th International Business Forum in October 2007 at the World Bank Headquarters.

Venue: Tanzania Global Development Learning Centre, IFM Building, 7th Floor, Shaaban Robert Street

Date: 9th October, 2007, Time: 17:15 – 20:30 EAT

For more details visit http://businessandmdgs.net

Registration Contacts:

The Director
Tanzania Global Development Learning Centre
IFM Building, 7th Floor
Phone: 222123705, Fax: 2123702
Email: tanzania_dlc@gdlnmail.org,
Website : www.tgdlc.go.tz

October 8, 2007 | 10:11 AM Comments  0 comments

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THE EAC YOUTH SUMMIT, 02nd &3rd NOVEMBER 2007,AICC, ARUSHA-TANZANIA
Related to country: Tanzania



THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY YOUTH ORGANISATION TANZANIA CHAPTER (EAC YOUTH -Tanzania)

THE EAC YOUTH SUMMIT. 02ND AND 03RD NOVEMBER 2007,AICC, ARUSHA-TANZANIA.

ANNOUNCEMENT FOR APPLICATIONS

This is to announce to the Non Governmental Organizations and the General public that 170 chances of participation to the November 2nd and 3rd East African Community Youth Summit are available. Fifty vacancies (50) have been allocated for Tanzanian participants, fifty (50) for Kenyans, fifty (50) for Ugandans, ten (10) for Burundians and the other ten (10) for Rwandese.
The summit will be officiated by the Minister for East African Cooperation of the United Republic of Tanzania Hon. Dr. Ibrahim Msabah (MP); and will be closed by the Secretary General of the East African Community Ambassador Juma Volter Mwapachu.

Objectives of the Summit
The Summit has the following objectives:
i) To approve a two years tentative strategic planning of the Organization.
ii) To analyze and identify young peoples roles and networking in the realization of the East African Community.
iii) To identify Regional challenges and to propose solution from young peoples contribution and perspective therefore.
iv) To get Regional leadership.
v) To launch the East African Community Youth Organization.

East African Community Youth Organization has the following key objectives among others;

ORGANISATION’S KEY OBJECTIVES

i) To sensitize and educate youth from all EAC Partner states on the objectives, current programmes and activities of the East African Community and its importance/benefits to the members;

ii) To gather support and popular will for the regional integration among the youth and other civil society organizations in the partner states.

iii) To create networks and promote information sharing among the youth in order to raise awareness regarding the EAC and its progress.

iv) To articulate youth interests from a professional point of view for consideration in the policies of the East African Political Federation

v) To advocate for the creation of the people centered and people driven East African federation.


About the Organization

East African Community Youth Organization came into existence in February 2006 as an initiative of students from Tanzania Institute of Accountancy Arusha in collaboration with other young leaders from the rest of the country. 31 young people founded it, with the spirit of seeing a successful EAC.

East African Community Youth Organization – Tanzania Chapter (hereinafter referred to as (EACYO - TC) is a non-governmental, non-profit making Organization intending to create young peoples engagement in realization of the goals and objectives of the East African Community secretariat, which among others is, to create a people driven East African Federation.

EACYO - TC is young people’s initiative intending to initiate young people’s involvement towards realization of the East African Community and exploitation of shared opportunities for the benefit of the East African dwellers. EACYO - TC is anticipated to work with and in support of the East African Community Organs.

Criteria for participation:-

1. Age; 18 – 35 years.
2. Community activist; informed and current in global affairs particularly East African issues for this case.
3. Write a brief motivation letter/letter of interest of not more than 150 words as a response to
why you think you are the right candidate to attend the summit
what is your role to the enhancement of the prospective East African Federation


4. Submit your CV concentrating on;
a. Personal profile
b. Leadership experience
c. Training attended
d. Conferences attended
e. Level of Education
f. Personal contacts and Region of residence

NB; Transport to and fro, meal and accommodation will be provided for the qualified participants.

Please inform the RECRUITMENT TEAM any serious current health concerns to allow efficient organization
 Disabilities
 Allergies
 Special meals e.g. vegetarians or
 Any other serious current medical problem.

Note; the organizing committee doesn’t mean to make a laboratory/ clinical check up but rather a casual report of the health status

Submit your applications through the e-mail address; eacsummit2007@yahoo.com

DEADLINE: THURSDAY, 11TH OCTOBER, 2007 at 1600 hours

Incase you need further information; don’t hesitate to call the Participants recruitment team for Tanzania through the following numbers: +255 713 873 520, +255 787 000 950

Or

The Conference and Summit Coordinator (For Participants from Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya and Uganda) through +255 732 995 013 or +255 754 867 721



Khalid Mlanga

Conference and Summit Coordinator
khmlanga@yahoo.com

Mobile:+255 754 867 721


October 4, 2007 | 6:50 AM Comments  1 comments

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The Researchers Alliance for Development http://www.radnetwork.org/

The Researchers Alliance for Development an informal, action-oriented, multidisciplinary network of researchers and academics that provides a platform for dialogue and exchange of ideas on international development.

Objectives:
1. Facilitating interaction between the academic community and the World Bank;

2. Mobilizing the academic and student community on development issues and curricula, facilitating mutual flow of knowledge.


The activities of the RAD are coordinated by the Steering Committee composed of 10 researchers.

The RAD Secretariat is located at the World Bank Paris Office and is coordinated by the Development Policy Dialogue Team.

Need to know much?Need to join the Network?Kindly visit http://www.radnetwork.org/

September 27, 2007 | 5:40 AM Comments  0 comments

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INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY IN TANZANIA
Translations available in: English (original) | French | Dutch | Arabic | Swedish | Spanish | Portuguese | Russian

The General Assembly of United Nations (UN) on 17 December 1999 in its resolution 54/120 endorsed the recommendation made by the Council of Ministers’ conference (Lisbon, 8-12 August 1998) that 12 August be declared International Youth Day.

The Assembly recommended that public information activities be organized to support the Day to promote better awareness of the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond, adopted by the General Assembly in 1995 (resolution 50/81). The Programme identified ten priorities for member states of UN to deal with on improving well being and livelihood of young people. These are; education, employment, hunger and poverty, health, environment, drug abuse, juvenile delinquency, leisure, improving the situation of girls and young women, and the full and effective participation of youth in the life of society and in decision making process.

International Youth Day, therefore, is the day of promoting better awareness of World Programme of Action for Youth and assessing how far the ten priorities of the Programme have been implemented in our land thereby drawing lessons learnt to improve its progress. The very latest report assessing the situation of youth is the 2007 World Development Report: Development and the Next Generation disseminated by the World Bank.

The report presents an overview of the global situation of young people, citing the impact of globalization on young women and men; the use and access to ICTs; the impact of HIV/AIDS on young people; the active involvement of young people in armed conflict, both as victims and as perpetrators; and the increased importance of addressing intergenerational issues in an ageing society. Again it insists on investing in the next generation. This report, however, is yet to be known by many Tanzanian young people.

In Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Development Forum for Youth (TDFY) in Collaboration with Tanzania Youth Vision Association (TYVA) and Tanzania Development Information Center (TDIC) convened a roundtable discussion towards commemoration of International Youth Day with a theme “Be heard, Be seen, Youth participation in Development” by revisiting the youth situation in Tanzania.

The discussion was aimed at giving an avenue for the young people to access the country’s implementation of the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and beyond, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1995 (resolution 50/81).

The Issues discussed among others include; The 2007 World Development Report (WDR) Development and Next Generation, Review: Youth Situation in Tanzania (National Youth Policy, National Youth Council) and lastly UTUME WA VIJANA-Youth Participation in Decision Making Bodies.

The session begun by giving the participants an opportunity to watch the half an hour film on 2007 World Development Report that gave an overview of the global situation of the young people.

In his introductory note, the TDFY National Chairperson, Mr. Thomas D. Maqway brought to participants attention the effort of the World Bank, especially for re-inventing itself by considering young people as the important stakeholders in poverty alleviation and therefore spearheading the preparation and dissemination of the 2007 World Development Report WDR with a theme “Development and the Next Generation” that focused itself on the investing in young people.

He further emphasized on 2007 WDR as an important tool that young people can and could use it at all levels to redefine their strategies in poverty alleviation and to effect decision at higher level of influence.

The TYVA Vice-Chairperson Mr. Deus Valentine gave the short presentation on the overview of the International Youth Day (IYD). In that regard he highlighted why, when and the how of the International Youth Day IYD since the ministers’ conference responsible for young people held in (Lisbon, 8-12 August 1998) where 12 August each year was declared International Youth Day to date.

The second presentation on the Review: Youth Situation in Tanzania (National Youth Policy, National Youth Council) was given by Mr. Daniel Welwel: the former TYVA National Chairperson
In presentation Daniel made a brief account of the history of the young people’s struggle in Tanzania after independence.

It began with the youth being under the umbrella of the youth wing of the only political party, Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM). Thereafter, soon after 1992 the country went back to political pluralism and CCM young wing could no longer claim to be the body of all young people irrespective of their political alignment.

Political pluralism necessitated a need to have national youth council. Understanding this need, the Government adopted the first National Youth Policy in 1996. That policy however did not last long, four years later we started the process of reviewing it. For more than seven years, the review has been on and off. It is only this year that the new policy has come out. Even so, we still have not seen it.

The process of forming national youth council has also faced the similar slow speed and lack of commitment on the part of Government. Despite continued pressures and advocacy from the youth organizations, the council is yet to be formed. This year, for the first time, the Government has set aside fund in the Ministry’s budget to finance the process of National Youth Council. It is hoped that this commitment coupled with the signing of the African Youth Charter will accelerate the process of forming National Youth Council.

Daniel finished his paper by urging youth organizations to keep the struggle on and pressure for the National Youth Policy and the Council to come together. This way, he submitted, the efforts of youth will be coordinated and hence youth development enhanced.

That was followed by questions asked to the presenter to which he replied. The summary of questions and answers is provided below:
QN
-What criteria, procedures used for the participation of the young people in the review of the NYP and formation of the NYC?

ANS
The criteria are somewhat unclear, because there was no logical or clear geographical representation of the young people. The only advantage organizations like TYVA had, in the process, was their continued persistence and pro-activeness to participate. Irrespective of criteria

I will think it crucial for youth organizations to continue looking for information, demand for participation and take charge of the issues of concern to them. Otherwise we may blame but that will not help solving our problems.

QN
What steps were taken to make young people understand the whole concept of the NYP and NYC? Which organizations were involved?

ANS
This is an ongoing process; no specific organization can claim ownership of the process. But I understand some youth organizations like the defunct NYF, TYVA and YUNA were in the forefront in the campaign for NYP and NYC. Many other have now picked the idea and I think every youth organization should be involved. This way we can be sure of reaching far and taking as many young people on board as possible.

QN
Draft for the NYP is ready!!! How was it that? And who was involved?

ANS
As I said before, the participation has never been consistent and inclusive. It is perhaps the most disjointed type of participation. All the same, the issue now is to see the final version of the policy and examine the extent with it addresses youth problems.

QN
Before the introduction of multiparty system in Tanzania, during TANU error and later CCM, young people were under UVCCM. Why then government fear to put in places NYC?

ANS
I understand that young people form the potential voting population. They constitute the majority in terms of working force. This is a strong group for its number and potentials. There are therefore worries of letting them be organized. Especially because they are unhappy with the way political system takes care of their problem. But, my take in the issue would be, let them get organized because this will even help the government in searching for the solutions to their problems.

The third presentation on the review: UTUME WA VIJANA-Youth Participation in Decision Making Bodies was given by Alex Mayunga, the former Treasurer of TYVA
Alex discussed the concept of youth participation in which he said. Youth are claimed to be involved but the involvement is more of manipulation. For youth to be effectively involved they should

1. Be involve them in responsible and challenging tasks
2. Their actions should meet genuine needs to develop societies
3. They should get involved in planning, reviews and implementations
4. They should be able to influence decisions

Most of the times young people are involved as decoration or rubber stamps
Challenges facing youth participation

1. Majority of Young people are not well informed on issues of their concern. Their arguments, seldom, hold water.

2. Stereotyped mindset of other age groups that young people can never do anything that can bring serious impact on their community.

3. Some young people’s organizations do not have specific cause that they serve. They are as good as entrepreneurs searching for whatever opportunity.

4. Government lacks confidence on young initiatives

5. Young people are suffering from "political phobia". They do not support young people who are in politics

6. Absence of National Youth Council denies young people a chance to have a common bond in addressing their issues.

Closing Ceremony:
At the end the discussion was summed up and participants were thanked for their participation. The facilitator closed the session. The organizers thanked the support they received from the TDIC and the WB.



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