Proceedings of the Last Day of “Youth: A Revolution of Change” Conference
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“Youth: A Revolution of Change” Conference continued for the third day at the BA. A plenary session entitled “Ideas for Tomorrow” was held on Monday, 28 February 2011, moderated by Civil Society Activist Haytham Kamel.
In small working groups, participants proposed several projects in different fields including, comprehensive awareness in politics, law, health, environment and tourism and a human development campaign for youth. In the field of economics, participants called for a United Arab Market, economic exchange and cooperation between Arab countries, entrepreneurship and small enterprises and a people’s bank. In the cultural aspects, discussions tackled preserving the Arabic language, culture and heritage, and a union for young Arab intellectuals.
Education was in the forefront of the discussions. Participants called for campaigns for eliminating illiteracy, developing educational curricula, involving people with disabilities, paying much attention to technical education and connecting it with the industry, and creating an Arab University. Proposals also included an international day for social justice, developing legislations, and launching Arab Youth Parliament. Some participants proposed issuing a guide for Arab revolutions, including best practices of the Egyptian and Tunisian revolutions by way of supporting popular uprisings in different Arab countries.
At the end of the Conference Ms. Heba El-Rafey, Director of the BA Dialogue Forum, called upon youth to implement all these ideas, and stressed on the support that the BA gives to youth.
Several participants will also have the chance to attend “Egypt is Changing” Conference that is held from 28 February to 1 March 2011.
You can also read about the proceedings of the first and second days of the Conference.