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Act Now on 2015 is a civil society campaign in Ireland led by over 60 NGOs (including NYCI) to cement the Irish Government’s commitment to spend 0.7% of GNI on overseas development aid by 2015. This means just 70 cent in every €100 of the Irish government’s budget should be spent on Official Development Assistance (ODA) which goes to the world’s poorest. Overseas aid represents less than 1% of government expenditure.

NYCI is running a series of regional development education sessions during September 2010. The one-day sessions will take place in Dublin (9 September), Galway (16 September) and Waterford (21 September).

Each of the regional sessions will look at the theme for this year's One World Week "Images and Messages in Development" in the context of cultural competency and our own perspectives.

NYCI recently launched new research exploring the attitudes and awareness of young people and adults involved in youth work towards development and global justice issues in the Emmaus Centre, Swords.

Download Standpoints Here (Accessible PDF - 718 KB)

The research entitled "Standpoints; Attitudes of Young People & Youth Workers to Development & Global Justice Issues” was written by Maurice Devlin and Hilary Tierney at NUI Maynooth and found that youth work plays an essential and important role in educating and involving young people in global issues that affect others across the globe.

Below are a list of trainings taking place in the coming weeks. Places on all training are limited so early booking is recommended. For a full list of NYCI trainings you can download the Training brochure here

The Africa Centre (Dublin) is hosting a conference at Dublin Castle on 'The Use of Images and Messages - a Human Rights Issue!' The conference opens with a session from 6pm - 9pm on Wednesday 14th July, and continues on Thursday 15th July from 9.30am - 5pm.

The use of Images and Messages is a very relevant issue given the Dochas Code of Conduct on that, and the theme for NYCI's One World Week in 2010.

The conference promises to develop a lively discussion looking at issues related to human rights, the Code of Conduct and it's implementation as well as including a strong perspective from the Global South. Inputs will be made from key stakeholders including NGOs, Ambassadors, academics and journalists. Creative methods will be used to explore the topic including a drama piece and song on the opening evening. To register please contact the Africa Centre, education@africacentre.ie or go to their site: www.africacentre.ie .

The 2010 NYCI training brochure is now available, highlighting the range of trainings on offer from the various work areas of the organisation. Tailor made training is also available on request. For more information on the upcoming Development Education trainings, click here .

This is a HETAC level 8 certificate comprising of one 10 credit assessed module. This experiential training course explores the role of art in development settings as well as exploring creative methodologies and approaches to exploring development and global justice issues.

The course is aimed at anyone working, volunteering or interested in developing skills to work in the community, youth, arts or education sector.

The IACI (integration of African Children in Ireland) is a Dublin-based organisation which promotes youth interaction and activities between young people from different ethnic and cultural backgrounds in Ireland. IACI organises an annual youth for integration conference, an annual international food fair, and 2010 is the second year of IACI's latest action; the Multicultural Young People's Awards (MYPA). Nominations for the 2010 MYPA are now open until the deadline of October 1st, 2010.

Youth for the Future Learning to Change our World

ECO-UNESCO Youth for Sustainable Development Conference 2010

When? Wednesday 22nd September 2010
Where? ECO-UNESCO, The Greenhouse, 17 St Andrew Street, Dublin 2
Who should attend? A conference for youth workers, youth leaders, teachers and community educators. Young people aged 15 – 18 are also warmly invited to attend with their adult support workers.

For more information, please consult the ECO-UNESCO site here .

Almost 50 young people aged 18-30 participated in the NYCI seminar ‘Engaging with Youth and the World: From Policy to Practice. The seminar took place in the Emmaus Centre in Swords, Co. Dublin on Thursday 29th and Friday 30th April 2010.