Registration for IYPS2008 will commence later but you can find out
more about this event and contribute to its development by:
· visiting our website www.iyps.org
· visiting our TIG Blog on http://events.takingitglobal.org/14421
· contacting us direct on iyps2008@iypf.org

Sarah-Jo Dawson, IYPF President,
On behalf of IYPS2008 International Organising Committee


IYPS 2008 Programme Update & Call For Input!
By Rassel Chisango
IYPS Programme Coordinator, On Behalf of the IYPS 2008 Organising
Committee
rasselchisango@iypf.org

I am certainly excited once again to be in touch with all of you
amazing YPs from across the globe, both IYPF members and non-members.
Here's hoping that I find you equally excited about our upcoming
International Young Professionals Summit 2008 (IYPS 2008) in
Manchester, England from the 19th to the 23rd of August 2008.As part
of our commitment to making this Summit a holistic, responsive and
comprehensive Young Professionals oriented Summit we are glad to
offer you this opportunity to meaningfully contribute to the whole
Programme Planning process.

Accordingly, please be advised that this Consultative Program
Planning Process is guided by our vision and mission as IYPF
(www.iypf.org) and follows on from our two previous far reaching
Summits held in 2001 and 2004 where the Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs) were a key theme (see www.iyps.org/iyps08/past_events.htm).

This consultative process also aims at ensuring that YPs attending
IYPS 2008 get the greatest possible benefit from it´s the various
sessions. Therefore your focused participation and contributions are
invaluable. Our programme will have delegate registration and Summit
Introduction on the 19th, the 20th-22nd as full discussion and
workshop days, and an optional on the ground field trip on the 23rd.

We will therefore have 3 days to discuss the following proposed
themes, which yet again are MDGs-centric, and how IYPF can support
its members and other young professionals in helping to achieve them:
· Governance, economy and education under MDGs 1 & 2
· Women and gender equality under MDG 3
· Healthcare and HIV / AIDS under MDGs 4,5 & 6
· Water, energy, sustainable consumption and infrastructure under MDG
7

Emphasis will also be made throughout the summit to ensure that we
use IYPF as a platform to achieve the MDGs that entails promoting a
global partnership for development.

Over and above that we will certainly have as part of our final
programme such items as the Global Change Fiesta, an equivalent to
"Bush Yoga", Coaching sessions, skills workshops and a Field trip. As
has already been expressed, we look forward to your passionate
focused contribution as we strive to set up a really difference
making final YPs oriented IYPS 2008 Program that we will all enjoy!

For more details on IYPS2008 please visit www.iyps.org.