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60th Anniversary of Indian Parliament
May 15, 2012On May 13, 2012, the Indian Parliament completed 60 years since its first sitting. To mark the occasion, a special sitting of both Houses was organised on the day. Recently, there has been much public scrutiny of the work of MPs and the functioning of Parliament and the changing profile of MPs and the trends in the working of Parliament over the past 60 years.
Commonwealth Youth website scoops ‘Communicator of the Year Award’
May 03, 2012A website for Commonwealth youth has scooped the 2012 ‘Communicator of the Year Award’. The website, www.yourcommonwealth.org, which is aimed at under-30s, was recognised as best in category at the Nexus Commonwealth Awards.
Youth 21 Conference in Nairobi: Formal and Informal Spaces
Apr 14, 2012UNDP and UN-Habitat, with financial support from the Government of Norway, hosted a four-day meeting with the aim of better understanding and advocating for the engagement of youth in governance: within the UN system and in decision making across Member States
Gambia: Youth Participation Local Governance, Decentralization
Mar 23, 2012Youth Programme links with Commonwealth of Learning to develop pilot course on Commonwealth values. One hundred young participants from four regions of the Commonwealth to participate in a 10-week live pilot of the Embracing Commonwealth Values (CV) e-learning course.
Commonwealth Launches Youth Awards
Mar 23, 2012Nominations for the Commonwealth Youth Awards for Excellence in Development Work are now open. We are calling for entries that recognise young people whose commitment to development work within a Commonwealth country has made a difference to the lives of others.
Commonwealth-Asia Alliance of Young Entrepreneurs (CAAYE) Launched
Dec 17, 2011The Commonwealth Youth Programme Asia Centre, Commonwealth Secretariat in collaboration with The Young Indians of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) organized a two day Envisioning Workshop at the end of which the Commonwealth-Asia Alliance of Young Entrepreneurs (CAAYE) was launched.
