Around the world, many highly motivated youth work tirelessly to support their communities through Sport-for-Development-and-Peace (SDP) projects. Most of these youth have only very basic education levels, limited resources with which to carry out their projects and do not have a proper forum where they can learn best practices or develop their leadership skills.
Thus, the idea of a “Youth Leadership Program” was conceived in order to support such youth by giving them access to theoretical and practical training needed to improve both their projects and their own professional progress, and by supporting them once they go back to their communities.
The pilot UNOSDP Youth Leadership Program took place at the Aspire Dome in Doha, Qatar, from 9 to 19 January 2012. The second camp took place in Hennef, Germany, from 18 to 28 June 2012 and the third edition in Macolin, Switzerland, from 25 September to 5 October 2012.
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The United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace (UNOSDP), based in Geneva and supported by a Liaison Office in New York, provides the entry point to the United Nations system with regard to Sport for Development and Peace, bringing the worlds of sport and development closer together. The Office assists the Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General on Sport for Development and Peace in his worldwide activities as an advocate, facilitator and representative of sports’ social impact in a development context. |
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Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Right To Play is an international humanitarian and development non-governmental organization using the transformative power of sport and play to build essential skills in children and thereby drive social change in communities affected by war, poverty and disease. |
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Doha, Qatar (UNOSDP) – The 4th edition of the UNOSDP Youth Leadership Camp (YLC) kicked off today at the world renowned Aspire Dome in Doha, Qatar. The Camp brings together youth aged 18-25 in order to teach them the best practices in using sport as a tool for positive change in their communities. The 29 youth from Africa and the Middle East will return to their home countries on 25 January 2013 with a clear vision of how they can make improvements in their community by harnessing the p...
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Geneva (UNOSDP) – The third UNOSDP Youth Leadership Camp concluded on Friday, 5 October, at the Swiss Federal Office of Sport (OFSPO) in Macolin, Switzerland. After 11 days of both theoretical and practical training, the 26 youth coming from 16 countries returned home with the hope of putting what they have learned into practice back in their home communities. All of the youth have expressed with great confidence the benefit that this experience will have on their work back home. 
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Macolin/Geneva (UNOSDP) – Today kicked off the 3rd edition of the ‘UNOSDP Youth Leadership Camp’ (YLC), an eleven-day gathering aiming at supporting deserving young community workers with basic education levels and limited resources by providing them with access to training on how sport can be better used to effect positive change in their communities. This edition is taking place at the Swiss Federal Office of Sport (FOSPO) in Macolin/Magglingen, Switzerland, with 26 partic...
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Geneva/Hennef (UNOSDP) – The 2nd 'UNOSDP Youth Leadership Camp' concludes today at the Sportschule Hennef, Germany. After eleven days of intensive activities, 26 young people from Sub-Saharan Africa and the Palestinian Territories have enhanced their skills on how to use sport to address social change. With the conclusion of the camp, the participants will head back home, with all expressing confidence that the camp has been a “transformative learning experience.” 
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Doha/Geneva (UNOSDP) – The inaugural ‘UNOSDP Youth Leadership Camp’ concluded yesterday in Doha after eleven days of intense learning. Twenty-nine young people from nine countries in sub-Saharan Africa and the Palestinian Territory enhanced their leadership skills on how to use sport to address pressing social issues affecting their underprivileged communities. At the end of the camp, all felt empowered and have new plans for their future and that of their peers. 
UN Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace, Wilfried Lemke, today kicked off a 10-day leadership camp for underprivileged youth from nine countries in Sub–Saharan Africa and the Palestinian Territory. Taking place in Doha, the ‘UNOSDP 2012 Youth Leadership Camp’ serves as a pilot project to empower 30 young participants to deliver sport-based social programmes and invoke greater change in their communities. 
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