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//This page was dedicated to organizing events for and by young people and across generations leading up to and beyond the World Parks Congress. WCPA Young Professionals, in collaboration with IUCN IPS, CEC and Parks Canada, led the "Inspiring a New Generation" Stream of the Congress. Watch this space for further reporting on the event.//


 * November** **2014**

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 * Our Pact for Parks, People and Planet**

This video, created by young people at the WPC, conveys the spirit of "Our Pact for Parks, People and Planet" supported by No Walls, Young Peoples Media Coalition, Conservamos por Naturaleza, Coalition Wild, IUCN Task Force on Intergenerational Partnership for Sustainability and IUCN WCPA Young Professionals. Read and sign the Pact!

This IUCN WCPA Young Professionals website provides a global mapping of projects, organizations and people related to Pact commitments. Join the platform to add your own projects!

...are doing an fantastic job presenting their amazing change stories, inspiring seniors, getting empowered through a variety of events and activities, and overall, having fun. To know what is happening when, follow these hashtags and links:
 * Young Professionals at the World Parks Congress**

Facebook: [|Inspiring a New Generation] Twitter handle: Always mention [|@WPCING] Twitter Hashtags: #WPCNEWGEN

We encourage you to participate in the IUCN World Parks Congress 2014 iAct Dialogues for Sustainability series - youth to elders are all welcome! The next webinar is a hybrid event on 14 Nov at 23:00 UTC that is integrated with the in-person workshop on "Intergenerational Dialogue for Protected Areas Management" taking place in Sydney. This event offers those who can't attend the Congress a unique glimpse at the action. See the full agenda, plus presenter and facilitator bios here:
 * iAct Hybrid Event on 14 Nov at 23:00 UTC**



The iAct Dialogues are interactive, global webinars that inspire intergenerational discussion and collaboration on sustainable planetary futures.

Link to live webinars: www.tinyurl.com/iActWebinar Link to English flyer: www.tinyurl.com/iActFlyer

These webinars are made possible through a GEF grant (secured through the WCPA Young Professionals) and in-kind support from the iAct Working Group. Webinars are organized by Sustainability Leaders Network, Earth Charter International and the IUCN Task Force on Intergenerational Partnership for Sustainability.

It's all happening now at the Sydney Olympic Park - the World Parks Congress! From the opening plenary, the role and need for an inspired generation of people to lead conservation work has been emphasized. Listen to the plenary sessions [|here]
 * World Parks Congress 2014 Happening!**

If you missed the Livestream, several young professionals' inspiring stories have been covered on the WPC website, you can read about some of them here: [|WPC Inspiring A New Generation] Be on the look out as we shall keep posting more stories on the website.

Today we host the Intergenerational Dialogues at 1030Hrs at the Hall 2 North Pod inviting people at the Congress from across generations to more deeply engage in a dialogue on how intergenerational knowledge transfer might aid conservation of parks and protected areas. We have an amazing list of speakers, and group facilitators lined up- see the document below for more information. An simultaneous online session for those not at the Congress is also being facilitated by Dominic Stucker (see above for a link to the webinar).



Over the last month, Crista Valentino (CoalitionWILD), Ashley Mittion (No Walls), and Tom Weiricoch (Young Peoples Media Coalition) have been gathering young peoples’ biographies and have launched the “Who Is Inspiring A New Generation?” site! The site is an interactive map that highlights over 70 youth who are protecting parks, people, and planet.
 * October 2014**
 * Who Is Inspiring A New Generation?**

Also, CoalitionWILD has chosen 10 exceptional youth who will be highlighted leading up to the Congress. A new young person will be featured every Wednesday and Saturday.

We need your help in sharing these stories and ask you post the easy to use interactive map over your social media channels. In addition, keep checking back to the projects page, as CoalitionWILD will be highlighting a new project every few days. Also please feel free to upload your story and biography. Lets increase the number of pins across this map!

Who Is Inspiring A New Generation Interactive Map - @http://coalitionwild.org/world-parks-congress/ Young People At The World Parks Congress - @http://coalitionwild.org/projects/young-people-world-parks-congress/

The iAct Working Group encourages you to participate in the IUCN World Parks Congress 2014 iAct Dialogues for Sustainability series! Youth to elders are all welcome! The iAct Dialogues are interactive, global webinars that inspire intergenerational discussion and collaboration on sustainable planetary futures. Events are being held 16 Oct, 14/15 Nov and 11 Dec 2014.
 * September 2014**

Find links to live webinars here: www.tinyurl.com/iActWebinar Find our high resolution flyer here: www.tinyurl.com/iActFlyer Join our Facebook Group: www.tinyurl.com/iActFacebook

These webinars are made possible through a GEF grant and lots of in-kind support from the iAct Working Group. Webinars are organized by Sustainability Leaders Network, Earth Charter International and the IUCN Task Force on Intergenerational Partnership for Sustainability.

Please share the flyer through your networks and neighborhood! Looking forward to seeing you online!

The lead up to the 2014 Congress has been a buzz of activity for Young Professionals (YPs). This Congress will see the highest level of YP activities and initiatives designed, delivered and facilitated by YPs including (but not limited to):
 * September 2014**
 * Young Professional Sessions at the 2014 World Parks Congress**
 * iAct webinars and Intergenerational Dialogues planned and in action.
 * A successful Pushing Boundaries Challenge.
 * A successful call to attend the Pre-Congress YP Capacity Development Workshop.
 * Formalisation of the Young Peoples Social Media Coalition and the increased social media activity associated with YP activities.
 * Initiation of a YP internship framework (to be renamed) that will be included in the Young Peoples Pact for People, Parks and Planet.
 * Inclusion of YPs in all plenary sessions for Stream 8 and to be key messengers for key note speakers.
 * A strong and actioned marine YP cross cutting theme.
 * A busy Congress program of YP sessions.
 * A busy program for the Pre-Congress Capacity Development Workshop.
 * YP Representation at all Stream 8 Executive and Programming meetings.

2014 Congress sessions designed, delivered and facilitated by YPs are listed in the PDF below. If you are attending Congress, please join us for open and shared dialogue. You will meet other dynamic and forward thinking YPs!

  Call for all Young Professionals to submit their application for the 2014 Pre-World Parks Congress Workshop in Australia! Due 19 September. Apply here.
 * August 2014**

We're delighted to share the good news that a workshop series organized by a group of CEESP​ Emerging Leaders on "Implementing Conservation Justice" was accepted into the program content of the World Parks Congress in Sydney as a scheduled event. Please see below the accepted proposal.
 * July 2013**

We'd like to thank those of you who offered valuable comments on earlier versions of the proposal -- your feedback was incredibly helpful! We'd also like to call you on board for the preparations ahead of us. In the coming months we will be busy working on a more detailed event program/proposal and appealing for supporting funds (ideas are welcome!). We are putting together a Working Group -- please let us know if you are interested in joining it. In the meantime, we are open to any ideas or reflections you might have, and look forward to working with many of you who are initiating similar workshops and projects at Congress this year. For more information or to get involved contact Melanie (umzurba2@umanitoba.ca)

Recently, Stream 8: Inspiring a New Generation, co-organized by WCPA Young Professionals, the IPS Task Force, CEC, and Parks Canada was featured on the [|new CEC Blog].
 * May 2014**

Please note that the Call for Program Content submissions to the World Parks Congress streams is open until March 15, 2014.
 * February 2014**

See a summary of projects being organized by young people:
 * January 2014**



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Learn more at the official WPC website.