• Population and Urbani-

zation (Presenter: Bhushan

Tuladhar. Commentators:

Girija Prasad Gorkhali, Yo-

gendra Gurung)

• Population Policy

(Presenters: Bhanubhakta

Niraula, Ram Hari Aryal.

Commentators: Shyam

Thapa, Bal Gopal Vaidya)

• Statistical System of

Nepal (Presenters: Uttam

Narayan Malla, Devendra

Bahadur Chhetry. Commen-

tator: Prithvi Raj Ligal)

Population Division, Ministry

of Health and Population

(MoHP), Nepal and Associa-

tion of Youth Organizations

Nepal (AYON) in coordination

with the United Nations

Population Fund (UNFPA),

Nepal organizec a series of de-

bates on emerging population

issues of Nepal and gather na-

tional and regional perspectives

on the issues among key stake-

holders during the year 201. The

underlying purpose of the de-

bates is to advocate for better

policy alignment of population

issues with the national develop-

ment agenda and poverty reduc-

tion goals towards attainment of

ICPD goals by 2014 and MDGs

by 2015.

Altogether five debates on fol-

lowing topics were held:

• “Population and Eco-

nomic

Growth” (Presenters Ja-

gadish Chandra Pokharell,

Ganesh Gurung & Bhawani

Rana. Commentator:

Rameshwor Khanal)

• "Investing on Young

People: Are we doing

enough?" (Presenters:

Sushil Jung Rana, Rajendra

Bhadra. Commentators:

Sriram Pant, Ram Kumari

Jhakri, Deependra Chaula-

gain, B.D Chataut, Khem

Karki, Pushpa Lata Pandey)

World at 7 Billion!!! AYON with MoHP

I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

IDDR Celebra-

tion

2

Youth Leader-

ship& Investment

2

LGCDP Assess-

ment from Youth

Perspective

3

Capacity Building

of AYON& Y-

3

LGCDP Assess-

ment from

“Youth Perspec-

tive”

4

Youth Friendly

Football Match

5

SPECIAL EDITION!!! A Y O N E - N E W S L E T T E R SPEC IAL

PO INTS OF

INTEREST :

• Government

of Nepal,

Ministry of

Health &

Population

has recently

endorsed a

long term

Population

Perspective

Plan– PPP

(2010-2031)

• National

Population

Debates 2011

introduced to

stimulate

contemporary

debate on

emerging

Population

issues of Ne-

pal

6th AYON Annual General Meeting Association of

Youth Organiza-

tions (AYON) held

it’s annual general

meeting (AGM) at

Local Development

Training Center,

Jawlakhel. AYON’s

previous 73 Mem-

ber Organizations

along with 13 new

Member Organiza-

tions were invited to attend the

meeting. The meeting reflected

on AYON’s programs, financial

records and program strategies

to be adopted in coming year by

Organizations. Also

a report on Annual

Report, Financial

report, Youth

Age report, and

Communication

Guidelines were

also presented and

approved by AYON

Board Members and

representatives on

behalf of AYON

member organizations. Minister

of Youth & Sports, Ms. Kamala

Rokka was the Chief Guest for

the event.

J A N U A R Y 1 9 , 2 0 1 1

Participants of AYON 6th

AGM from Member Organiza-

tions striking a pose for group

picture

P A G E 2

IDDR-Day 2011 -

"Step Up for Dis-

aster Risk Reduc-

tion!" making

CHILDREN and

YOUNG PEOPLE

partners in DRR

Step Up for Disaster Risk Reduction! To promote the slogan of

IDDR-Day 2011 - "Step Up for

Disaster Risk Reduction!" mak-

ing CHILDREN and YOUNG

PEOPLE partners in DRR,

AYON, DP-NET and Paschim

Paila together carried out

various activities to com-

memorate IDDR Day on 13th

October with the

participation of

youths and chil-

dren.

Following activities

were held to cele-

brate IDDR:

• National Sym-

posium on

'Importance of

Participation of

Youths and

Children in

DRR' at

World Trade

Centre

• Painting on

Canvas by

Street Children

• Demonstration of Painting

to the public and sympo-

sium participants at

Dasharath Ranga Shala

• Balloon Flying by youths

• Mobile Exhibition in Kat-

mandu, Bhaktapur and

Lalitpur Districts (9.00 am

Onwards) - demonstrat-

ing IEC materials for dis-

aster risk reduction with

the initiatives for disaster

risk reduction made by

different agencies.

• Signature Campaign the

signature sheet will be

handover to the con-

cerned government au-

thority Awareness rally by

school children and child

club members of KMC

12,15,19 & 20 (starting

from Shanti Nikunja

School, Ward No 20,

Kathmandu at 10 am) - to

aware the community

people about disaster and

its risk reduction meas-

ures to commemorate

IDDR day

• Radio Programs

• Sathi Sanga Man ka Kura

• Citizen FM , Kathmandu

• Lok Do-

hori Program

focusing on

creating

awareness for

DRR practices

with

• Youths

and children

at Lagankhel

Chowk, Lalit-

pur

• Submis-

sion of youths

and children

Declaration

to the con-

cerned gov-

ernmental

authority

• Interaction Program and

Debate Program in Ko-

halpur, Banke

• Rally and Public Speech

Program in Bensisahar,

Lamjung

S P E C I A L E D I T I O N ! ! !

Youth Leadership & Investment Panel Discussion on “Youth Lead-

ership and Investment on Youth”

was held at Local Development

Training Center. Representatives

on behalf of AYON’s member

organizations and AYON Board

members attended the discus-

sion where the key-speakers for

the event were former AYON

President and Founder, Mr. Ra-

jendra Mulmi, Mr. Deependra

Chaulagain, Ms. Lily Thapa

, Assistant Country Repre-

sentative Mr. Bijay Thapa,

NPC Member Badrinath

Koirala, Mr. Bhusan Tuladhar

and Bharat Nepali.

Youths flying balloons

on the occasion of IDDR

Celebration

Participants and painters of IDDR Celebration exhibit-

ing their painting on Disaster Reduction & Awareness

LGCDP Assessment by Youth for the 1st time!!

P A G E 3 A Y O N E - N E W S L E T T E R

AYON conducted an

‘Assessment of the Local Gov-

ernance and Community De-

velopment Programme

(LGCDP) and Processes from a

Youth Perspective’. The study

has covered 4 districts (Field

work) (Siraha, Kavre, Surkhet

and Kapilbastu) and question-

naire was filled up in other 12

working districts. The main

objective of the assessment was

to assess the empowerment of

the marginalized youth popula-

tion for active engagement with

local governments, inquire if the

local bodies (DDCs, Municipalities

and VDCs) allot parts of the block

grants for youth led local development and

evaluate if there is any specific policy sup-

port for decentralization, local governance

and assess the process in terms of gender

sensitivity and social inclusion practices.

Broadly, the assessment is based on:

• Comprehensive review of documents

• Open and structured discussions with

key stakeholders at district levels.

• Focus Group Discussions with LGCDP

stakeholders in selected 4 districts.

• In-depth interviews with representatives

from government LBs, LGCDP imple-

menting partner NGOs, Social Mobilizers

(SM), Youths (15-29) from economically

and socially disadvantaged communities

including Dalits, Janajatis, Madhesi, Mus-

lim, differently-abled, internally displaced,

and DAG in 4 districts.

• Data collection through LGCDP Review

Questionnaires from the LGCDP stake-

holders in 8 districts.

Capacity Building of AYON & Y-PEER Members As a part of capacity building training,

AYON and Y-PEER jointly organized

national level training program for

AYON Member Organizations and Y-

PEER members from all across the

nation. The training was residential

conducted by Samajik Bikas Consul-

tancy Kendra (SBCK). The pro-

gramme aimed to enhance the partici-

pants’ knowledge and skills on project

management, proposal writing and

report writing.

Specifically, objective of the training

programme were to:

• Develop conceptual understand-

ing on project development, planning,

implementing, staffing, monitoring &

management;

• Develop the participants’ skills for

developing, planning and developing

major tools for overall management of

project.

• Introduce the participants to the fun-

damental principles of professional pro-

posal and report writing in the develop-

ment sector;

• Know key consideration for effective

proposal and report writing;

• Enhance participant’s understanding of

the various components of a proposal

and a report;

• Develop the participants’ skills for

writing proposal and report

(through practical exercise).

• Support for the sustainability of

youth organizations and visions of

Youth.

The first training on “Proposal and Re-

port Writing” was held at Kakani from

28th Nov- 2nd Dec. 2011. There were a

total of 30 participants participating in the

training. The 2nd training was also held on

“Proposal and Report Writing” at Chit-

wan from 12th Dec.-16th Dec. 2011 where

38 youth organizations representatives

were participated. The final training on

Project Cycle Management was held at

Nagarkot from 18 Dec. - 22 Dec. 2011.

35 participants have participated in this

program.

The training was a great platform for

representatives of both Y-PEER and

AYON to share each other’s experiences

and learn from each other.

LGCDP Team Member, Ms. Babuna Pakhali

(right-most) conducting FGD in Kapilvastu

Participants attending the Proposal Writing

Training program held in Chitwan

P A G E 4

Unity in Diversity: Football Match Association of Youth Organiza-

tions Nepal (AYON), Youth

Action Nepal (YOAC), Hridaya

Group & Nepalfootball.com

together organized a “Youth

Friendly Football Match”

where Youth from diverse fields

and various walks of life were

brought together within one

platform of Pulchowk Engineer-

ing Campus football ground and

enabled to have a joyous time

through a game of friendly foot-

ball match amongst them.

The main objective of the Foot-

ball Match was to build an envi-

ronment/platform for Youth

from diverse sectors to form a network, liaison, bond,

and solidarity within themselves and share their ideas,

information for collaboration, overall en-

hancement of youth, their empowerment

and development.

There were

altogether 8

teams partici-

pating in the

match. Team

Janakpur was

announced the

winners after

their victory

over Team

Dhaulagiri.

S P E C I A L E D I T I O N ! ! !

Regional level Debate Workshops Based on the 1st and 2nd population debate

video, 3 Regional level workshops on Population

Debate were conducted in Hetauda, Biratnagar

and Nepalgunj where the videos of the National

Population Debates were screened amongst the

youth, stakeholders and respective medical pro-

fessionals followed by consultation and discus-

sion on it.

46 participants in

Biratnagar, 45 par-

ticipants in Nepal-

gunj and 40 partici-

pants in Hetauda

confirmed their par-

ticipation in the

workshops.

“Build an envi-

ronment/platform

for Youth from

diverse sectors to

form a network,

liaison, bond, and

solidarity within

themselves and

share their ideas,

information for

collaboration,

overall enhance-

ment of youth,

their empower-

ment”

Participant of the Youth Friendly Football Match from

Team Makalu taking lead with football

Team

Lumbini

posing for

a group

picture

after se-

curing the

second

spot in

the match

Participants

engaged in

Group-work &

discussion

during the

workshop

P A G E 5

Inform, aware and

sensitize the

present participants

on the mechanisms

of ICPD/WPAY and

LGCDP programs,

how is it

implemented in

districts, the target

groups and the

objectives of the

aforementioned

state sponsored

initiatives

Dissemination Event: ICPD & LGCDP

S P E C I A L E D I T I O N ! ! !

AYON organized a factsheet

dissemination program based on

AYON’s monitoring report for

2010 and 2011 ICPD program and

recommendation of LGCPD on

28 December 2011. Mr. Bijay Raj

Poudel, treasurer AYON, pre-

sented the factsheet and Mr. Na-

baraj Gautam, Vice-president of

AYON, presented the summary

and recommendation of LGCPD

report. The chief guest of the

dissemination program was Yu-

baraj Poudel, Under-secretary,

Ministry of Youth and Sports

(MoYS).

The findings shed light on the

efficiency of ICPD/WPAY and

LGCDP programs from a youth

perspective and presented with a

set of recommendations to con-

cerned authorities to better and

improve such programs.

“Leading with a Story”: Dr. Pukar Malla Association of youth organizations

Nepal (AYON) with support from

“Nepal ko Yuwa” organized a talk

program on 'Real Leadership' and

workshop on ' Leading with A Story'

by Dr. Pukar Malla on December, 03,

2011at DECC Hall, World Trade Cen-

ter.

This program was mainly designed for

emerging youth leaders and young

entrepreneurs of Nepal. It engaged

youth participants in exercises to make

them look for the values, motivation

and voices within themselves and their

team, prompt them to connect their

drive with that of the people who

intend to work with and to then call

their team and community to action in

facing the real challenges with concrete

actions.

Dr. Pukar Malla believes in the col-

laborative and creative power of

global Nepali youth to bring the

much-needed change in Nepal. He

co-founded Nepal Ko Yuwa, a global

Nepali youth movement, in 2008

and serves as its Secretary General.

He is a Senior Innovation Policy

Consultant at the World Bank Insti-

tute and is leading inclusive innova-

tion programs in India and China,

and a global inclusive innovation

summit at Harvard University.

Apart from the aforementioned

programs, following are the other

remaining programs conducted dur-

ing September– December 2011by

AYON.

• Documentary Show on

“White Elephant” followed

by discussion organized by AYON, Docskool & Film

South Asia on 27th Decem-

ber, 2011

• Consultation meeting with

Youth and Youth Organiza-

tions on “Current Youth

Issues in Global and Local

Scenarios” at AYON at

23rd October, 2011.

• Dissemination of the Nepal

Adolescent and Youth Sur-

vey with Ministry of Health

and Population (MoHP) Ne-

pal at 28th December, 2011.

Mr. Bijay Raj

Poudel, Treas-

urer, AYON

giving his

presentation

on ICPD dur-

ing the dis-

semination

Mr. Nabaraj

Gautam,

Team-leader

of LGCDP

Assessment

Team giving

his presenta-

tion on

42– Danphe Marga

Babarmahal

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E-mail: ayon@ayon.org

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known as AYON, is a non-political, non-religious,

non-governmental, not-for-profit, autonomous net-

work of Youth Organization and as such, a platform

for collaboration, co-operation, joint action and col-

lective endeavor between Youth Organizations in

Nepal. So far, 86 Youth Organizations in Nepal have

registered with AYON. Established in 2005 AD,

AYON acts as an umbrella organization of youth

organizations in Nepal. AYON calls for collabora-

tion, network, support and cooperation from the

government, non-government, business institutions

and young people for collaborative actions for youth

programs and policies.

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Nepal

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