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YUVA Sustainable Development Goals: Mauritius Youth Parliament, Session 4
YUVA is organising a forum on the “Sustainable Development Goals – 12 Goals to Transform Mauritius” with YUVANs, secondary school students, university students, government officials, NGO representatives and personalities from the corporate sector as participants. In this context, YUVA invites you and officials of your organisation as participants on Friday 26 February 2016, from 09:00hr to noon at…
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International Day of Commemoration in Memory of Victims of Holocaust
The theme for the Holocaust remembrance and education activities in 2016, including the Holocaust Memorial Ceremony, is “The Holocaust and Human Dignity”. The theme links Holocaust remembrance with the founding principles of the United Nations and reaffirms faith in the dignity and worth of every person that is highlighted in the United Nations Charter, as…
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150 Young Leaders for World Village Conference 2016 – Indonesia
150 selected international young leaders are invited to participate in the World Village Conference in Purwakarta, Indonesia. WVC 2016 is an event to celebrate village ecosystem, packed with inspiring speakers, skill-building programme and a variety of exciting opportunities. The participants will get involved in workshops and discussion with international prominent speakers, home-stay and knowledge sharing…
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Krishna Athal: My New Year Message to Our Youth
Leaving 2015 behind, we are given the chance to start with a clean(er) slate this year. Now is the time for every single person deemed to be a ‘youth’ to stand up and be present in the present. The future is for the youth, yes, but more importantly the present is just as much for…
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20 December: International Human Solidarity Day
This year’s celebration of Human Solidarity Day comes after leaders of the world adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which is a new, inclusive development agenda — succeeding the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) — to eradicate poverty, protect the planet and ensure dignity for all. The new SDGs agenda is centred on people & planet, underpinned…
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Clothes Distribution to 50 Children in Baie Du Tombeau
In line with its anti-poverty mission, YUVA Baie du Tombeau, in collaboration of YUVA District of Pamplemousses, proceeded with the distribution of clothes to 50 children between 4 to 12 years old, who attended a “Talk on Behaviour and Road Safety Issues”, organised by the Mauritius Police Force at the Youth Centre Cite Florida at Baie du…
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Raaghnie Autar: Evaluating Five Arguments of the Mauritius Youth Parliament Session 3
Good Governance by Marie Valérie Uppiah (Faculty member University of Mauritius) Simply put: taking actions, making decisions and allocating resources for the good of society. Policy makers and decision makers come together to try to find solutions for the good of everyone. Different types of governance: 1.Economic and financial development 2.Environmental governance 3.Corporate governance 4.Marine…
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Raaghnie Autar: A critical review of ”Athal,K. 2015. Ramrajya: Chapter 7: Good Governance
Micro level good governance Good governance gets more and more publicity on international and national level, but usually stays on such high levels. As a delegate from The Netherlands I came to Mauritius to learn more on the subject during the International Forum for Good Governance. When speaking about good governance on micro level I…
