Thursday, March 25, 2010
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
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Friday, March 19, 2010
Youth Participation at the 5th Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health, Parma part VIII
WHO CEHAPE Youth Network
in front of the Parma Conference Venue
"Young people: a vital investment in the environment and health process", - WHO website
Youth Participation at the 5th Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health, Parma part VII
The 12th of March was the Closure of the 5th Ministerial Conferenceof Environment and Health.The Parma Declaration and Parma Youth Declaration were presented.
"Delegates agreed that ensuring the full participation of young people in policy development adds a dimension of sustainability and legitimacy to the environment and health process", -WHO website.
Youth Participation at the 5th Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health, Parma part VI
The 11th of March was the big day for the whole youth network, because we had the opportunity to participate in panel session and to ask questions from ministers. Also after the success of the 10th with the side event, on the 11th we took part in another side event with World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and Cefic (chemical industry). In the morning sessions on CEHAPE started at 8:30 with the announcement of the winners of CEHAPE Best Practice Awards. After this NGOs and the youth had the chance to ask questions directly to the ministers who signed up for this session, so we asked about mobility in Austria, health care in Norway and education. The stakeholder session aimed to point out how collaboration between civil society, NGOs and the business sector can be strengthened. There was a roundtable discussion with all the relevant stakeholders and we had the possibility to participate there as well. All these sessions went really well, and all of the four international youth delegates were extremely proud of the group and the people who participated. Later that afternoon we had another young person participating in a roundtable discussion, just before the side event with WBCSD. The side event was attended mostly by young people and some NGOs who were interested in the opinion of the business sector on some relevant topics. Our youth representative there was very powerful and expert in the topic so we were very proud to have her there.
Youth Participation at the 5th Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health, Parma part V
In the morning of 11th of March there were CEHAPE Awards.Our Network is proud of Irina Fedorenko and Evgeniya Soboleva from Vladivostok, Russia.
Their Organization "Green Light" won a prize of 1000 euro in the nomination of Youth Participation.
Our congratulations and best wishes for future work!
more information can be found here
Youth Participation at the 5th Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health, Parma part IV
In the afternoon of the 10th of March 2010 the official opening ceremony of the 5th Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health was happened.
Provisional programme for the Conference can be found here
Youth Participation at the 5th Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health, Parma part III
WHO/DG SANCO physical activity workshop went extraordinary well in the morning of 10th of March. We had 2 very nice facilitators from Oxford University, UK. First we had to work individually with a sheet of paper collecting as many good and bad experiences connected to physical activity. Then we had to form groups and we had teamwork. We got a piece of paper with a description of a possible project and the group had to make it youth friendly somehow and had to create a project plan according to it. Just to give you some examples we had to create projects for disabled young people, for people living in the city centre with limited accessibility to green areas, for young people living in the suburbs etc. After reading all project plans with all the advantages and disadvantages we had a discussion on all of them to conclude the session. In the presentation Paul Kelly assured us that further consultations will take place before they publish the blueprint on physical activity, so we gave him our e-mails and we’ll be consulted after they summarize the results from the workshop. All in all it was a very successful event because all the participants were active and they enjoyed it a lot.
Youth Participation at the 5th Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health, Parma part II
Genon Jensen (Executive Director, HEAL) and Jovana Dodos (Serbia, International CEHAPE Youth Delegate)
It was a brilliant side-event with fantastic presentations and good questions!
Youth Participation at the 5th Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health, Parma part I
This group of young people considered to be a strong group of WHO CEHAPE Youth Network.
Young people were excited and full of energy.
On the 9th of March 2010 all young people met in the Eco-sustainable building for final preparations at the 5th Ministerial Conference.
Parma Youth Declaration was finalized, the communication strategy was discussed, the role of young people at the Parma Conference was the main topic of the discussions.
During the preparations young people met with journalists and shared their opinions about environment and health.
In the late afternoon WHO CEHAPE Youth Network met the WHY Network where they shared the role of youth participation at the conference.
Snow didnt have a chance to stop young peope to reach a Conference Venue!
Never never never give up! - Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill
Monday, March 8, 2010
Thursday, March 4, 2010
France prepares for Parma
decision-maker conference on health and environment in the National
Assembly in Paris on Thursday 26 February in preparation for the
Parma conference.
Martin Rieussec and Pascal Conges of the Collectif Appel de la
Jeunesse have been part of the Europe-wide development of a
declaration that will be signed in Parma by the ministers of health
and environment present at the meeting.
The five associations which make up the Appel de la Jeunesse
collective include an association for osteopath students (Regards
Croises) who recently organised a conference on the causes of cancer
following the death of one of their fellow students. They discovered
that the causes of the illness were inked to an industrialised food
chain, intensive agriculture, pollution, different types of ionising
radiation and so on.
The collectif aims to bring together student organisations and young
people interested in health and environment and encourage lifestyles
and consumerism that is respectful of health, societies and ecosystems.
Martin Rieussec, President of the Collectif Appel de la Jeunesse and
founder of Regards Croises told the meeting: "We do not think that
our generation et those to come can be in good health on a sick planet."
Contact: Martin Rieussec, President, martinrieussec@gmail.com
http://www.appeldelajeunesse.org/
Monday, March 1, 2010
Invitation to the Symposium "Youth Participation in CEHAPE RPGs in countries" at the 5th Ministerial Conference on Environment & Health, 10 March 2010
Dear participants of the 5th Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health in Parma 10-12 March 2010,
HEAL and WHO CEHAPE Youth Network is pleased to invite you to the Symposium "Youth Participation in CEHAPE RPGs in countries". Please read the information below. We look forward to meet you there.
Symposium organized by
Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) and the WHO CEHAPE Youth Network
Youth Participation in CEHAPE RPGs in countries
Wednesday, March 10, 10:30-12:00
The side event aims to highlight how youth have been involved in children’s environmental health issues and CEHAPE implementation throughout the WHO European Region. The organisers will briefly present their contribution, the development of the WHO CEHAPE Youth Network, and HEAL’s educational and advocacy materials for young people.
A series of lively presentations and videos from young people across the region will showcase concrete examples of how youth can significantly contribute to awareness raising and action on environment and health at local and national level.
OPENING
Genon K. Jensen, Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) Executive Director
Jovana Dodos, CEHAPE International Youth Delegate
· Olivia Heller (Switzerland) from European Child Alliance, who will have presentation about “Youth on injury prevention – how do we make a difference”
· Lydia Etzlstorfer (Austria) who will have 7 minutes movie about CEHAPE projects in Austria by youth - highlighting the best priorities on 4 RPGs.
· Gulnara Zhenishbekova (Kyrgystan) who will prepare presentation about Youth Parliaments Work on environment and health issues in Kyrgystan behalf of "Central Asian Alliance for Water" and "Youth Independent Republics"
· Alexandros Karyolaimos (Greece) who will present the CEHAPE Pilot project “Healthy schools” (experience from Greece)
· Jovana Dodos (Serbia) who will present work with National Focal Points - youth involvement in creating national CEHAPE projects
· Martin Rieussec (France) from the Appel de Jeunnesse will present their school and university project on environment and health .
GENERAL DISCUSSION - PANEL WITH ALL THE SPEAKERS
CONCLUDING/CLOSURE REMARKS