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=CEESP Youth Network archive (2011 - 2013)=

The CEESP Youth Network was created in 2011. This page contains the news items for 2011-2013.

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=Events 2013=

**February 2013**
Check out the CEESP Youth Network Working Groups and stay in tune for the next Skype chat with the Youth Leadership Team.

**January 2013**
The CEESP Steering Committee met in San Francisco Janaury 22 to 25. Read the meeting notes here. Also, check out the new composition of the Steering Committee and find out who are your regional vice-chairs here!

=Events 2012=

**October 2012**
The CEESP Youth Network met October 17 to highlight experiences from Congress and invite CEESP members to contribute to CEESP Youth Network Working Groups. We look forward to your involvement!



Returning CEESP Chair Aroha Mead re-appointed Catie Burlando to the Commission's Steering Committee - congratulations, Catie. Thanks for your continued efforts convening the Youth Leadership Team!

October 2012
The Task Force on Intergenerational Partnership is hosting a Skype textchat meeting at 14:00-15:30 GMT, Thursday, October 11. Join our Task Force listserv for further information on how to join the meeting.

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CEESP Youth Network members attended Congress in full force and will soon provide an update on the various events. An issue that we'll be following are the protests by Gangjeong villagers against the naval base on Jeju island. Thanks to Melanie Zurba and Elaine Hsiao for organizing a space at the Just World Pavilion for young activists. Also congratulations to Caroline Seagle, who ran as regional councillor for the North America and the Caribbean region. Her experience has paved the way for future efforts by young professionals to run for regional councillor positions at the IUCN Council.

Please see Daniela Barguil's update on the **young fisherfolks know****ledge cafe** that was held at Congress here,as well as full report of discussions, other related documents and pictures of the event.

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We would also like to share with you our **Community Voices** booklet, which we produced for the World Conservation Congress. It features stories from CEESP Young Professionals who have been working towards strengthening the voices of community members in conservation through their work.



August 2012
We have been busy preparing for Congress! Please read about our exciting activities leading to Congress in the CEESP August newsletter at this link. The whole issue can be accessed[| here]. We are also in the process of discussing project ideas that can contribute to CEESP's mandate for 2013-2016. Please let us know if you are interested in contributing to this process!

**June 2012**
Read more about IUCN's position on Rio+20 here.

May 2012
The CEESP newsletter has been released. Read about the activities of our young CEESP Youth Network members and about ongoing preparations for the World Conservation Congress.

The IUCN Task Force for Intergenerational Partnership for Sustainability has launched a logo competition. Design a logo by 15 June to be used by the Task Force alongside all youth engagement and intergenerational efforts within and through the IUCN! The winning logo will be unveiled at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in South Korea this September. Learn more about how to participate here.

March 2012
The Youth Leadership Team will be involved in leading and coordinating a number of activities leading to the World Conservation Congress. More news and exciting projects will be announced separately soon, but for now, you can see the action list from our last meeting, held February 17, 2012.

**February 2012**
==== **// Supporting the participation of young leaders from Central America fishing communities in FAO´s civil society consultation //** ==== // A step closer to bringing youth voices from fishing communities to the World Conservation Congress, Jeju. South Korea //

Thanks to the efforts and initiative of the The International Collective of Fishworkers (ICSF), the Confederation of Artisanal Fishers of Central America (CONFEPESCA), CoopeSoliDar R.L., the artisanal fisherfolk cooperative- CoopeTárcoles R.L and the CEESP Youth Network, young fishers from Central America will participate in the upcoming Central American regional civil society consultation on FAO´s “Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries” that will take place in Nicaragua, on February 18, 2012.

The Guidelines support national, regional and international initiatives aimed at ensuring poverty alleviation and more equitable social and economic development, improving governance of fisheries, and promoting sustainable resource utilization. Fishers and fish workers worldwide fully support the process, and have pledged their participation and commitment through their civil society organizations—including the International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF), the World Forum of Fish workers and Fish Harvesters (WFF) and the World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP)—and with the support of the International Planning Committee on Food Sovereignty (IPC).

The consultation process is a follow up to national consultation process, and at this meeting will gather artisanal fishing organizations from Costa Rica, Panamá, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. Through the unique dedication and vision of the organizations involved, youth voices will also be represented to provide their perspectives on the role young fishers can play in marine conservation, responsible use of resources and community development. The discussions held at this meeting will pave the way towards the participation of youth at the World Conservation Congress that will be held in Jeju in September, 2012.

Funding for the participation of the young participants was provided by the Canada Research Chair in Community-based Resource Management (CRC) and Fauna and Flora International (FFI).

Young professionals and resource users will have several chances to meet and share ideas at the World Conservation Congress that will be held in Jeju, South Korea, in September 2012. We have created a special space in our wiki site so that you can browse through the different events ahead of time. Check out two events that the CEESP Youth Network has partnered with: 1. "Youth Engagement and Intergenerational Partnership for Sustainability: Toward a Cross-Commission Action Plan", Workshop organized by theTask Force on Intergenerational Partnership for Sustainability; and 2. “Dreaming of marine conservation and people of the sea. Ensuring equity: coastal communities and cultural and social resilience as potential for marine conservation and participatory governance”, Knowledge Café organized by CoopSoliDar R.L., CEESP and CEESP Youth Group, both of which are hosted here.
 * January 2012**

=Events 2011 =


 * November 2011**
 * 3rd CEESP Youth Leadership Team meeting:** On November 29th, 2011, the CEESP Youth Leadership Team (YLT) members met online for their third meeting. Since our second meeting, three enthusiastic new members have joined our team. Welcome Rebecca Koss from Australia, Mohammad Sajid Idrisi from India and Eduardo Jr. Arenas Hernandez from Mexico. Rebecca Koss compiled a summary of the meeting, where we discussed the November report from the CEESP Steering Committee meeting. Read the meeting minutes here:




 * Report for the CEESP Youth Network on the CEESP Steering Committee meeting **: CEESP Intergenerational Advisor, Catie Burlando, reports to the CEESP Youth Network on the CEESP Steering Committee meeting held in Delhi, November 9-11. The report presents a summary of ideas and opportunities for action in 2011-2012.

**CEESP Youth Network a partner to the National Conference on Environment and Biodiversity of India** (EBI2011) that will be held in New Delhi on December 30 and 31, 2011. EBI2011 is a platform for researchers, academicians, students, conservationists, environmentalists, foresters and policy makers to share their work and to gain knowledge about the recent trends in the field of environment and biodiversity research in India and around the world. EBI2011 is the first conference of the EBI series which will be organised every year. It is also part of the [|North East Centre for Environmental Education and Research, Imphal]’s preparation for a triennial International Conference series which will start in 2014. As a knowledge partner, the CEESP Youth Leadership Team will promote the activities of the CEESP Youth Network, and encourage dedicated young people to participate in CEESP Youth Regional events and activities.

The CEESP Youth Network participated in the Task Force on Intergenerational Partnership for Sustainability’s latest effort to carry out and compile the results of a "Cross-Commission survey on the draft IUCN Programme for 2013-2016". The report includes youth perspectives on the proposed IUCN program areas, and specific recommendations for fostering youth engagement and intergenerational partnerships within IUCN and IUCN Commissions. The report is available here.
 * October 2011**

**Preparing for the CEESP Steering Committee meeting:** Members of the Youth Leadership Team prepared a contribution for CEESP's Steering Committee meeting which will be held in Delhi, November 9-11, 2011: Contributions to CEESP’s Component Programme and draft Mandate for 2013-2016. Please let us know if you have suggestions for how the CEESP Youth Network could become actively involved within CEESP. Specifically,  we are looking at initiating and leading one specific programme related activity as a direct contribution to the Core Programme Area 2 of IUCN's draft programme: Sharing Nature's Benefits Fairly and Equitably. The full proposal will be developed by November 21, 2011.


 * September 2011**
 * 2nd CEESP Youth Leadership Team meeting:** On 28th September 2011, CEESP Youth Leadership Team (YLT) members met online for their second meeting. The meeting was facilitated by Catie Burlando and a summary of the meeting was compiled by Mahina-a-rangi Baker. Read more here:



The IUCN Council appointed CEESP youth member, Catie Burlando, to the CEESP Steering Committee as Youth Engagement and Intergenerational Partnership Advisor. This position will enable Catie to provide advice across the whole Commission with regards to the development of intergenerational partnerships, as well as to the broader aspects of the Commissions' work. Catie is expected to participate in the upcoming Executive Committee meeting in Delhi in November 2011.
 * CEESP new Youth Engagement and Intergenerational Partnership Advisor**

Young professionals from the CEC, CEESP, CEL, and WCPA Commissions of the IUCN have created a survey to collect input on the draft IUCN Program, the Union's policy framework document for 2013-2016. Commission members (and those interested in joining) of all ages are invited to take this survey, which emphasizes the cross-cutting themes of youth engagement and intergenerational partnership. Your voices will be synthesized in a report and submitted to the IUCN Council as part of the Program review process. Thank you for participating! Click here to take the survey by __21 September 2011__: []

**August 2011**
 * 1st CEESP Youth Leadership Team meeting:** On 23rd August 2011, CEESP Youth Leadership Team (YLT) members from Bangladesh, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, India and New Zealand met for the first online meeting. The meeting was facilitated by Catie Burlando, and brief notes were compiled by Mahina-a-rangi Baker. Read more here:



The Commission on Education and Communication's (CEC's) Young Professionals Leadership Team is supporting the promotion of intergenerational partnership within the Commission on Environmental, Economic, and Social Policy (CEESP). An article was published in CEESP's August newsletter with short term goals for the development of the Young CEESP Members and Friends Facebook Group, and possible ways to get involved. Read the full article at: "We're in this together".

A new facebook group was created for Young CEESP Members and Friends. Consider joining our group!
 * July 2011**