IUSY welcomes Delegates

IUSY warmly welcomes to Lisbon delegates from its member and partner organisations in Benin, Niger, Uganda, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Eriteria, Western Sahara, Germany, Moldova, Norway, Portugal, Spain and Zimbabwe.

Building Momentum for the Youth Summit

Over the next 24 hours almost 250 young people from countries all over Europe and Africa will arrive in Lisbon for the Youth Summit. With such diverse backgrounds, languages and experiences the summit looks to be an eventful ocassion full of debate, consensus building and partnership development amongst the participants. For IUSY, it will be an ocassion to 'pander our wares'and push for a progressive agenda especially in relation to trade, economic development issues and the decent work agenda.

IUSY will be chairing two working groups on the 6th. Buy your tickets now as IUSY will be co-chairing with the International Federation of Liberal Youth a working group on 'globalisation, trade and socio-economic development. All the ingredients for an interesting debate which will have participants hopefully on the edge of their seats. IUSY will also be co-chairing the working group on Decent Work for Young People on Thursday.

Africa-Europe : Setting a Partnership for Development

Following the adoption, in December 2005, of the EU Strategy for Africa and a number of EU-Africa high level meetings in 2006, there has been an increased consensus among European and African leaders regarding issues of peace and secruity, human rights and governance, trade and integration, and development. In the spirit of integration, solidarity and cooperation, it was decided to hold a Europe-Africa Youth Summit on the eve of the forthcoming 2nd EU-Africa Summitt being held on the 8-9 December 2007 in Lisbon.

The Lisbon Summit hopes to focus it's discussions on the fight against poverty, climate change, illegal migration, as well as new initiatives on education, health and peacekeeping.