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Enews8final English Newsletter / N°8 / January 2010 P&V in the Statutory Meetings 2009 Contents P&V in the Statutory Meetings page 1-3 Our National Societies in action page 4-5 General Assembly Our Secretariat IFRC Secretary General report in action The written report highlighted Youth as Agents of Behavioural Change (YABC) and page 6-7 the network of 25 National Societies working on the global strategy on violence prevention, mitigation and response. Some extracts: External materials “The secretariat’s “Youth as agents of behavioural change” process has had a and development measurable impact during the reporting period. Training was provided for youth representatives from 23 National Societies worldwide in Spain in Page 8 advance of the 3rd World Youth Meeting in Solferino, Italy, in June. At this event, young people in the YABC network were trained to act as peer educators and conduct five principles and values workshops at the youth meeting. This event, and the other humanitarian activities that were held in Solferino to mark the 150th anniversary of the Movement, were a great success and culminated in the creation of a Youth Declaration, which was later presented to decision-makers in Geneva.” The oral report explained that meeting changing patterns of vulnerabilities will require changing the attitudes and mindsets that drive our ways of living and demand renewed commitment of our network to tackling gender-based violence. Youth Commission report emphasises YABC About 250 youth volunteers have been trained during the world youth meeting in Solferino on humanitarian values, respect for diversity and non- discrimination, through the non-cognitive methodology “youth as agents of behavioural change” developed by the principles and values department at the Geneva office of the IFRC. Other youth leaders have been trained, at different stages, as trainers before Solferino event to facilitate the workshops. The toolkit includes the promotion of harmony and positive attitude, renounce violence and promote a culture of peace. The youth “call to action” is clearly included in the Youth Declaration “Solferino 2009” stating: Live our principles, celebrate our diversity, change our community. The Youth Commission consider relevant the effective promotion of the seven Fundamental Principles among young volunteers in order to have a better understanding and positively influence the quality of the Red Cross and Red Crescent daily activities. P&V in the Statutory Meetings January 2010 Principles and values Gener al Assembly (ctd) GA Decision on Youth Commission’s report Violence & YABC Side event highlights YABC: Diversity, energy and commitment. This characterised the highest attended side event in the GA organised by “recalls the development of toolkits tested and the P&V department in Geneva, the Youth Commission, disseminated to promote humanitarian values among Secretariat’s youth focal point and numerous National young people (i.e. Youth as agents of behavioural Societies world-wide. Facilitators, speakers, YABC youth change) and request further dissemination and peer educators reflected diversity in terms of age, gender support at all levels, encourages National Societies and geographic diversity, which was celebrated with to use the Youth Declaration in developing plans and dance and singing. furthering advocacy with Movement stakeholders;” National Societies which performed on stage, either through sharing their experience in addressing violence or 2 YABC peer educators win the Youth Award through featuring their youth leaders in the YABC role play, dance or sharing of testimonies, were: Algeria, Australia, Canada, Colombia, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Finland, France, Haiti, Ireland, Kenya, Netherlands, Monaco, Panama, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Syria, Togo, Tunisia, South Africa, and Spain. The event was also attended by numerous presidents and secretary generals of National Societies. We were highly honoured to welcome the newly elected IFRC President, Mr. Konoé, in a strong spirit of togetherness! Salimata Konan, Côte d’Ivoire Abu B. Jalloh, Sierra Leone In the first part focusing on violence, the draft IFRC Global Youth Award runner up Youth Award winner HEALTH P&V Strategy on Violence prevention, mitigation and response, co-shaped by a network of 24 National Societies, was presented to the audience by Judi Fairholm, Director, RespectEd, from the Canadian Red Cross. The relevance of both the work on violence and YABC was strongly acclaimed by the audience. An extract of the official report prepared and delivered by Colm Byrne, Irish Red Cross and Romain Laré, Member Youth Commission from Togo Red Cross, shares the participants’ feedback “This is a world that is getting more and more violent” so “Youth as Agents of Behavioural Change is relevant for people of all ages. In addition to its informal educational focus reaching the grass-root community, let us get this in the schools. In many cases, students are more likely to listen to their teachers than their parents.” (Dr. Jalloh, 2009 Henry Davison Award winner). He called that “from today, the Youth as Agents of Behavioural Change would be discussed at every Governing Board Meeting, endorsed and implemented across all national Societies, and reported on during the 2011 statutory meetings”. The side events’ wise chair and role model, Mandisa Kalako- Williams, SG, South African Red Cross, underscored “this initiative had been overdue, and was to be taken seriously as it constituted truly the future for the Federation.” For the report and info: https://fednet.ifrc.org/sw11422.asp 2 I Principles and values newsletter – January 2010 Contact: [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------- January 2010 External materials and development Principles and values WORKSHOP Council of Deleg ates - Non-discrimination and Respect for Some other recommendations of the workshop are: § The entry point for all work on non-discrimination must Diversity be a firm willingness to critically look at oneself, and challenge our own attitudes, perceptions and behaviour. Chair: Dr. Ahmed Hassan, President Somali RC Co-chair: Malika Ait-Mohamed Parent, Director of Cabinet to § Non-discrimination and diversity need to be strategically the IFRC Secretary General mainstreamed across RC/RC areas of work, rather than Rapporteur: Marja Naarendorp, President of Suriname RC through a piecemeal, project approach. The promotion of non-discrimination and respect for § In application of our Fundamental Principle of Unity, the diversity is a vital issue for the International Red Cross and composition of our National Societies must reflect the Red Crescent Movement as it concerns the social set up of their country. Boards should mirror the implementation of our Fundamental Principles. diversity of the volunteer basis. Furthermore, non-discrimination is a cornerstone of the Principle of Impartiality. § Formal, non-formal and informal education is key to start with. As such, an important role for our National Building on previous resolutions adopted during the Societies is to ensure that these relevant topics are Council of Delegates, the workshop focused on the integrated into the school curricula. promotion of non-discrimination and diversity both internally, within our National Societies and the § We need to act upon the dynamism, enthusiasm and Movement, as well as externally, in the community and expressed willingness of our RC/RC youth to take up a global society where we work. leadership role in their Societies and in our Movement. In preparation of this workshop, 44 National Societies The Youth Declaration, adopted in Solferino, needs to be from all regions were invited by the IFRC and ICRC to implemented. share their concrete experience, steps taken to overcome § Innovative and recently developed tools and initiatives, challenges and key factors for success. A total of 24 cases such as the IFRC’s self-reflection and learning online tool studies were received from 17 National Societies. In each on non-discrimination and respect for diversity and the workshop, 3 National Societies joined the panel to YABC initiative, shall be actively used by National present their case studies: British RC, Canadian RC, Societies (below) Ecuadorian RC, The Netherlands RC, Mongolian RC, Rwandan RC, South African RC, Spanish RC, and Swedish RC. Over the day, over 60 National Societies, together with the IFRC and ICRC took the floor. Many grounds of discrimination were raised during the course of the day: youth, gender, migrants, HIV/AIDS status, religion, physical and mental disability, elderly, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, street children, sex workers, drug users, prisoners. The open dialogue and vibrant exchange of experiences This newly developed tool by the P&V department, with was highly appreciated by the workshop participants. the active input of 20 RC/RC National Societies, is now also available on the IFRC’s e-learning platform (in French, It was strongly recommended to put the topic of “non- other languages forthcoming). For a short introduction to discrimination and respect for diversity” on the 31st it, see the ppt presentation shared at the workshop: International Conference of the Red Cross and Red https://fednet.ifrc.org/sw11422.asp. To access this self-learning Crescent and to lobby with governments to value the tool: www.ifrc.org/learning contribution of the Movement towards shaping a more humane, equal and non-violent society. 3 I Principles and values newsletter – January 2010 Contact:
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