youth engagement and intergenerational partnership in the union: achievements and aspirations
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Youth Engagement and Intergenerational Partnership in the Union: Achievements and Aspirations. Dominic Stucker Co-Convener, IUCN Task Force on Intergenerational Partnership for Sustainability Member, IUCN CEC Steering Committee. Commission Achievements Since Barcelona. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Youth Engagement and Intergenerational Partnership in the Union:
Achievements and Aspirations
Dominic StuckerCo-Convener, IUCN Task Force on Intergenerational Partnership for SustainabilityMember, IUCN CEC Steering Committee
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Commission AchievementsSince Barcelona
• Building on Resolution 4.098 on Intergenerational Partnership…
• Established active young professionals networks across Commissions
• Increased the numbers of young Commission members
• Engaged young members in collaborating across generations to support the work of the Commissions
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Commission Achievements- Policy
• CEC, CEESP, and WCPA, appointed young Steering Committee members
• successfully lobbied Council to appoint a young Councilor, Grace Mwaura of Kenya
• supported the design, dissemination, and selection process for new youth-related award (CEC) and dissemination of existing awards (CEL and WCPA)
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Commission Achievements- Strategic Events
• organized and led on-the-ground capacity building and action-oriented conservation workshops in Nigeria, India, and Estonia
• actively contributed to international workshops including WILD9 in Mexico; Convention on Biological Diversity conference in Japan, CEESP’s Sharing Power Conference in New Zealand, the World Scout Jamboree in Sweden
• volunteered on the Technical Review Panel and raised funds to bring several young professionals and community leaders to Jeju Congress
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Commission Achievements- Publications
• Intergenerational Partnership for Sustainability, Soka Gakkai International Quarterly Magazine (2009)
• We’re in This Together: Five reasons why young people are needed to solve the climate crisis, Monday Developments magazine (2011)
• Moments that Speak: Stories and Images of Connection, KIT Publishers (2012)
• Community Voices: Toward a Just World, CEESP Young Professionals Network (2012)
• published numerous pieces for Commission blogs and newsletters, in addition to academic journals
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Commissions Achievements- Social Networking
• created open-source Intergenerational Wikispace, with pages dedicated to Commission young professionals networks
• created Facebook groups for Commission young professionals networks
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Task Force Achievements- Policy
• Since September 2011…• offered input into IUCN draft Programme based on
250-person, cross-Commission survey• encouraged young people to run for Council, with
Caroline Seagle of North America and the Caribbean securing a nomination
• co-drafted and co-sponsored Motion 008 on Increasing Youth Engagement and Intergenerational Partnership Across and Through the Union
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Task Force Achievements- Strategic Events
• highlighted Youth and Intergenerational Journey for Congress participants
• led workshop on Action Planning for youth engagement and intergenerational partnership at Congress
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Task Force Achievements- Publications
• IUCN draft Programme input report• report on survey of all Commission Chairs on
current and potential youth engagement and intergenerational partnership in their
• coordinated a competition for and selected an the IUCN-wide intergenerational logo
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Gratitudes
• Volunteer efforts from young people and senior counterparts across Commissions
• Support from Commission Chairs• Commission staff support from Secretariat
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Vision
• Intergenerational exchange, learning, and collaboration are appreciated and integral parts of how the IUCN delivers on its vision of “a just world that values and conserves nature.”
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Aspirations at Jeju and Beyond
• Motion 008 gets adopted, the Task Force is formalized, and there is a diversity of generations on this and all future Councils and Commission Steering Committees
• Caroline Seagle gets elected to Council• Our workshop (#746) collects innovative
project and program ideas for a youth and intergenerational Action Plan, 2013-2016
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Levers for Change
• Improve engagement of Commissions’ members
• Support Member Organizations and States in engaging youth and collaborating across generations for biodiversity outcomes
• Have a dedicated staff person in the Secretariat, plus an Intergenerational Fund, to support and expand out network and actions
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Your Action Ideas
• Our plan now is to collect your vision, goals, and action ideas for 2013-2016
• We will use the following in English, French, Spanish:– roving microphones– Twitter to #Forum0981– written comments submitted into box at Just World
Pavilion• Three questions with a moment for reflection, small
group discussion, and sharing
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Vision #Forum0981
• What is your vision for youth engaging in the work of the Union - and the Union engaging youth - to help fulfill the mission of biodiversity conservation?
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Goals #Forum0981
• To fulfill these visions, what goals should youth and the IUCN set for the period 2013-2016?
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Action Ideas#Forum0981
• What specific programs, projects, and actions can help us achieve these goals in the next 4 years?