Proposed Outcomes
The Summit will serve to highlight the issues in each of the theme areas and, more importantly, generate outcomes and actions to be implemented after the Summit's conclusion. The Summit will also produce recommendations for adoption by governments, corporations and community sector organisations to support the broader application of these action plans.
Specific proposed outcomes can be divided in to four main activities: (1) dissemination of the IYPS 2001 Resolutions, (2) implementation of Summit-developed and/or endorsed initiatives, (3) facilitation of ongoing intercommunication between young professionals, and (4) further development and refinement of the IYPS framework. The specifics of these activities are outlined below.
(1) Dissemination of the IYPS 2001 Resolutions
- presentation of the International Young Professionals Summit Resolutions, incorporating key recommendations and action plans, to CHOGM2001
- engagement with other relevant events timed to coincide with CHOGM to find opportunities for collaboration on post-Summit actions (e.g. Commonwealth People's Festival, Oxfam Community Aid Abroad national conference, COMMACT, Commonwealth Youth Forum)
- presentation of the International Young Professionals Summit Resolutions to other international and national forums and organisations (Youth Employment Summit, World Summit on Sustainable Development; Institution of Engineers, Australia; and other government agencies, NGOs, and professional bodies)
- local and international media coverage of Summit issues and proposed solutions as well as Summit outcomes
- facilitating development of international, regional and local action plans by delegates through the agenda and program for implementation following the Summit, including processes for monitoring, supporting, and reporting on the effectiveness of Summit generated initiatives
- directly linking the social problems that are the focus of the Summit with people who have the willingness and potential to provide solutions through the Summit itself, the online forums and the website
- awarding of seeding grants to regional level action plans and projects generated from the Summit that are endorsed by delegates from that region and have scope for broad participation of young professionals (one from each of the six major continental regions, e.g. South America, Asia, Oceania)
- creation of new, and enhancement of existing, networks of young professionals around the globe to support and facilitate the achievement of Summit regional and local action plans and to inspire future collaboration on new projects
- development of an on-line resource (website) and infrastructure (online forums, e-mail and contact detail lists) that links young professionals worldwide, provides an ongoing information resource relevant to the goals and aims of the Summit, profiles successful Summit projects and action plans, as well as production of a quarterly hard copy publication for those without access to Internet-based technology
- development of a framework for ongoing gatherings of young professionals at future CHOGMs and other international forums
- development of a network/organisation to achieve the outcomes detailed above (e.g. monitoring and support of projects, communication)
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