June 2011 Blog Posts (21)

Dear All,

The Global Youth Anti-Corruption (GYAC-Liberia)  is making significant progress relative to fighting corruption together through its Network. We believed the statement made by our President Madam Ellen Johnson Sirleaf during her inauguration that Corruption will be Public Enemy Number One is in the interest of all Liberians.

This is why, we think it is important to buttress Government Effort in the fight against corruption in every sector of our society be a…

I am right now in Vilnus, Lithuania, in the Youth forum, at the meeting of the Communities of Democracies.

The first panel of the day was 'E-Democracy: Packaging your message through new technologies', and we had access to the experience of Armenia, Bosnia and Azerbaijan.

I want to share with you this excelent…

Definitely one of the highlights of the 2nd Global Youth Anti-Corruption Network Forum was the launch of the first ever World Bank Institute Community Action Project (WBI CAP) grants, the collaborative program of GYAC and the British Council Global Changemakers (GCM). In a nutshell, the WBI is awarding USD3,000 each to five projects that are aimed at fighting corruption; to qualify, you have to be a GYAC member or a Global Changemaker, and your project must leverage the use of ICT in…

AFRICA CHALLENGE FOUNDATION

Report on the Launch of the Young Citizens Environment Day Uganda, 24^th June 2011, Mukono

On the 24^th of June 2011, the Africa Challenge Foundation launched the young citizens environment day, a framework to encourage and provide for youth participation in the UN global climate change and environmental sustainability agenda. Our agenda in this programme is “Promoting Environmental Integrity for…

The Anti-Corruption Journalism on Healthcare services in Dar es Salaam and Coast Region is a Community Action Project that addresses petty corruption in healthcare service provision. This project is managed by an experienced youth-led project leader, innovative and visionary changemaker Frederick Fussi with a group of other 6 vibrant youth volunteers. Frederick Fussi is also a member of GYAC based in Dar es Salaam Tanzania.

In order to have a corruption free community…

http://youthinitiative.org.np/userfiles/pdf/Yuva_Awaz_April_Issue_2011.pdf

 Africa Challenge Foundation and her partners (United Nations Development Program [UNDP] and NEMA) wish to invite you and your institution to the launch of Young Citizens’ Environment Day Uganda; Mukono district as a model pilot case, on 24^th June 2011 at 2:00-4:00pm. Venue is Mukono Community Hall (to be comfimed later). This year’s event is strategically aligned to the United Nations World Environment Day 5th June 2011, under the Theme: Forests; Nature at…

The Leiden International Students' Symposium on Democracy Organising Committee

Youth from various countries to come together to empower democraciesLeiden, the Netherlands: Inspired by the political scenario in the middle-east, the recent protests in Belarus and Iran against what were widely perceived as unfair elections, the Wikileaks controversy etc., a few international students at the Leiden University have come together to organise the Leiden International Students‟ Symposium on…

Sequel to my participation at the 2^nd GYAC Forum in Nairobi Kenya, April 2011 where we were all urged to apply for the first ever British Council Grant for young corruption fighters tagged the World Bank Institute-Community Action Project (WBI-CAP GRANT). The project  grant application which was opened immediately after the Nairobi Forum between the 1^st -15^th May 2011 for all participants to inculcate the use of ICT and mass media to combat corruption at…

Tanzanian's Parliament has for a considerable time now been entangled in an allowances debate. The dabate which was ignited by Hon. Zuberi Zitto Kabwe a Member of Parliament from North Kigoma was to effect that he should not be paid sitting allowances when in Parliament and elsewhere as he was paid dearly for…

It has now been confirmed from the horse's mouth that Tanzania's government lacks political will in the fight against corruption.

In an exclusive interview with Masters in Laws students of the Tanzania German Center for PostGraduate Studies in Law yester at the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau in Dar es salaam yesterday, the Director General said, the only thing hindering him in his work is lack of political will.

He said when he took over the…

With unfathomable potentials to leapfrog from the development divide, African Nations still berth in the relegation waters of under-development for poor Leadership and instability of government. It is important for the continent to work towards sustaining democracy in the region as this will go along way to expand the opportunities of the region to join the rest of developed continents of the world.

South Africa, Ghana and now Nigeria  have made bold statement in sustaining…

How possibly will we rate the event wherein a particular government Department civil servant basic monthly salary is sum of to $12,000, the unemployment rate is about 60-70% and the civil servant working in the educational sector especially in the teaching field monthly basic salary is $60 to $100 per person, whereas the country population is about six million and the average handing per person is not up-to $1 for a day?

Please send in your comment as to how we will remedy…

What?

Nepal is in democratic transition. We are drafting people’s constitution, progressing towards the logical end of peace process and are in a process of nation building. No doubt, it takes time, commitment, desire, participation, patience so on and so forth. However INTEGRITY has been the key and buzzword in Nepal right now!



Integrity Conference is an attempt of Youth Initiative to promote…