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About Us
Who is the IYPF?
The IYPF
is an Australian organisation, founded by 5 Australian young professionals,
with an international membership and an international vision and
mission. The IYPF celebrated its 5th birthday in October 2006 and
has almost 1000 members and associate members in almost a hundred
countries.
Our vision
is a global community of Young Professionals creating a better world
for current and future generations through local and global action.
Our mission
is informing, inspiring and equipping young professionals as sustainability
practitioners and social change agents.
Young Professionals
are people in developing and developed countries with a professional
attitude and a capacity through their skills, knowledge and emerging
careers, to effect positive global change.
The IYPF is
run by volunteers with funding for activities coming from membership
fees, grants for specific initiatives, investment from individuals,
and profits on events.
Read more about
us at our website,
our
TIG profile, and join
our group on Facebook.
We build and
resource a global network of young professionals who are creating
a better world for current and future generations through local
and global action. We do this through 5 key activities:
- Facilitating
conversations and information sharing between young professionals
that informs and inspires them to take action on important local
and global issues through online
communities, newsletters,
blogs,
publications,
and presentations
- Running
projects that facilitate youth and young professional led social
change, e.g. the Blueprint
Project to nurture youth entrepreneurship; the otherWISE
project to develop young sustainability leaders
- Assisting
young professionals to start and run successful community
projects and local events
- Convening
regular international summits of young professionals
- Growing and
managing a Member Activities Fund to support young professional
led projects, events and organisations and assist young professionals
in their development as community leaders (starting in 2007)
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Why Do We Organise Summits?
Aim One -
To inspire and equip young professionals to lead and
contribute to a better world for current and future generations
- Delegates obtain a greater awareness of the need for, and benefits of,
young professional engagement
Delegates are equipped to return to their communities and run skills
development and capacity building workshops for other young
professionals
- Each delegate leaves the Summit having gained or polished a vital
skill for their career and gained insight as to how they can contribute
to a better world
- Each delegate is better versed on the important issues highlighted by
the themes of the Summit, aware of the diverse opinions of other
delegates from around the world, and knowledgeable about how they and
others can become more involved in projects and activities in these
areas
Aim Two - The creation and enhancement of young professional networks
across the world
- There is ongoing collaboration between organisations represented at
the IYPS
- Networks of young professionals from geographic regions are formed
- Delegates engage in existing and new projects in collaboration with
others from the Summit
Aim Three - Provide an avenue for the engagement of Young Professionals
in the IYPF.
- The Summits generate a greater awareness in delegates, speakers and
- IYPF staff members of the work done by the IYPF and its partner organisations
- The Summits generate new IYPF Full and Associate members and a greater
network of interested young professionals
- There is an increased recognition of the IYPF within each of the
delegates' communities and organisations
- Delegates review and celebrate the significant achievements of IYPF
between the Summits
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