http://www.europoint.eu/events/?childinthecity

When: 3 -5 November, 2008

Where: Rotterdam, The Netherlands

This conference will seek to identify the guiding principles and practices for the realisation of child-friendly cities. The conference will have two focuses: child-friendly communities and points of reference for child-friendly cities. For more information on the conference, visit the website or download the online brochure.

The Program Committee is currently calling for papers

Youth organisation in Ghana seeking to join with other organisation/s for activities

Sam Arthur, a member of a youth organisation in Ghana, is interested in joining with other youth organisations for activities. If you or your organisation are running any activities or events in Ghana, or have knowledge of any such activities, please email Sam at arthursam2g@yahoo.com

http://www.youngaustralians.org/fund/ya_fund_youth_change_makers.asp

Applications for round two of grants closes: 6 October, 2008

Youth Change Makers is a new grant round offered by The Foundation for Young Australians. This grant is available to both individuals and small groups of young people (aged between 12 and 25 years) who have identified an issue in their community, developed an advocacy response and wish to act on this issue.

For more information on these grants, visit http://www.youngaustralians.org/fund/ya_fund_youth_change_makers.asp

Application forms for Youth Change Makers grants are available online at http://www.youngaustralians.org/fund/2008/YouthChangeMakers_Application_2008.pdf

New!

http://www.youthweek.nsw.gov.au/admin/resource/files/19/web_design_09.doc

Entries close: 5pm, Friday, 26 September, 2008

If you are aged between 12 and 25 years and live in New South Wales in Australia, you can enter the New South Wales Youth Week Website Design Competition for 2009 and design the face of the Youth Week in NSW website. Designs may be from an individual or a group.

The winner of the competition will have their design appear as the face of the website and win $500.

To find out more about the competition, its conditions and website design requirements, download an information sheet from http://www.youthweek.nsw.gov.au/admin/resource/files/19/web_design_09.doc

New!

http://www.publicrealm.info/public_realm_course_overview.html

When: session 1: 23 - 25 September, 2008; session 2: 11 - 13 November, 2008

Where: The Barns Hotel, Bedford

This Professional Certificate deals with the policies, techniques and skills that will enable you to successfully create an outstanding public realm. It is a six-day residential course, provided in two three-day sessions. The course integrates the urban design perspective with the engineering perspective. It will explore the latest accepted urban design principles, including how different people use public space and working with the community, as well as the practical implementation of highway improvements, pedestrian crossings and traffic calming.

For more information on this course, visit http://www.publicrealm.info/. The provisional booking form  for this course can be downloaded from http://www.publicrealm.info/public_realm_course_bookingform_autumn08.doc

http://www.visible-ink.org/default.aspx?TabID=248

Brisbane City Council invites you to have your opinion on what you would like your street and suburb to be like in the years to come.

The lastest survey about neighbourhood planning covers the Chermside, Graceville/ Sherwood and Pinkenba/ Eagle Farm areas. If you live in one of these areas, this survey is for you!

The survey only takes ten minutes to complete and will allow your opinion on the important issues for your neighbourhood as it changes over the next ten years to be heard. The comments from the neighbourhood surveys will inform the scope of the draft Neighbourhood Plan.

New!

http://www.nt.gov.au/dcm/youth_affairs/recreation/youth_grants.shtml

Applications open: 27 October, 2008

Applications close: 28 November, 2008

The Office of Youth Affairs will be providing grants to support youth engagement activities held in National Youth Week 2009. The theme for National Youth Week in 2009 is 'to celebrate and recognise the value of all young Australians to their communities'. Activities should aim to reflect this theme and encourage the participation of young Territorians in this event.

http://www.cnet.ngo.net.au/content/view/35814/228/

On 18 July, 2008, the New South Wales Attorney-General John Hatzistergos announced the $1.4 million dollar trial of the Iemma Government's new Youth Conduct Orders program. This program, which will be piloted in New England, Campbelltown and Mount Druitt from December, will be trialled for two years before being evaluated by an independent evaluator.

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New!

http://www.youthweek.nsw.gov.au/admin/resource/files/22/PosterComp2009.doc

Submissions close: 5pm, Friday, 31 October, 2008

For young people in New South Wales under 25 years of age, the opportunity now exists to design a poster that promotes Youth Week 2009 in New South Wales. The winning design will be awarded $500, work experience with a large printing group and be professionally printed and used to publicise Youth Week across the state.

Application forms for the competition, as well as information on the design requirements and competition conditions, are available at http://www.youthweek.nsw.gov.au/admin/resource/files/22/PosterComp2009.doc

New!

http://www.youthweek.nsw.gov.au/admin/resource/files/23/TattooComp2009.doc

Submissions close: 5pm, Friday, 31 October, 2008

For young people in New South Wales under 25 years of age, the opportunity now exists to design a horizontal and/or square temporary tattoo for Youth Week 2009 in New South Wales. The winning design will be awarded $500, as well as be professionally printed as a temporary tattoo and distributed across the state.

For the design requirements and conditions of entry, as well as the application form for the competition, visit http://www.youthweek.nsw.gov.au/admin/resource/files/23/TattooComp2009.doc

http://www.unhabitat.org/categories.asp?catid=535

When: 13 - 17 October, 2008

Where: Nanjing, China

The World Urban Forum was established by the United Nations in order to examine rapid urbanisation and its impacts on communities, cities, economies and policies. The main theme of the fourth World Urban Forum is "Harmonious urbanisation". This theme is supported by six sub-themes including socially harmonious cities (including equity and inclusiveness), economically harmonious cities, environmentally harmonious cities, spatially harmonious cities (e.g. urban planning and mixed land-use), historically harmonious cities (e.g. heritage and urban renewal) and harmonious cities for all age groups (including young people).

A series of networking events and roundtables will accompany this forum.

Online registration for this event is now open.

For more information on this event, visit http://www.unhabitat.org/categories.asp?catid=535

http://www.ohchr.org/EN/UDHR/Pages/60UDHRIntroduction.aspx

When: 10 December, 2008

Where: Worldwide!

On 10 December, 2007, the UN Secretary-General launched a year-long campaign in the lead up to the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.The theme of the campaign is 'Dignity and justice for all of us'.

Another campaign has been launched to coincede with this event - the website http://everyhumanhasrights.org/ is encouraging people to embrace the values and goals of the UDHR by signing the declaration as an individual. Over 14,000 individuals have signed so far and the website aims to secure one billion signatures. Find out more about this campaign at http://everyhumanhasrights.org.

http://www.yapa.org.au/yapa/events/conference/index.php

When: 30 September, 2008 - 2 October, 2008

Where: Y on the Park Hotel, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

The YAPA NSW Youth Conference is open to all young people who live in NSW aged over 12 and under 18 years (N.B. Some older young people may be involved in the conference as presenters).  This conference aims to provide young people with the confidence and skills necessary to represent the views of young people in their community. Some of the themes that may be covered at the conference include youth participation, youth policy and youth advocacy.

Details on how to book for the conference will become available later in the year.

http://www.yacwa.org.au/fairground/

When: 9 - 10 October, 2008

Where: Esplanade Hotel, Fremantle, Western Australia

"YACWA's vision for a youth sector event is to coordinate the most topical, relevant, results-orientated youth conference ever held in Western Australia" (YACWA, 2008 http://www.yacwa.org.au/fairground/)

Registrations for this conference are now open. Simply download and complete the registration form from the YACWA Fairground website. Online registration will be available in the near future.

http://www.facsia.gov.au/internet/facsinternet.nsf/housing/new_approach_stage1.htm

On 22 May, 2008, the Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd released the Federal Government's Green Paper on homelessness, titled Which way home? A new approach to homelessness. The objective of this Green Paper is to promote public discussion of homelessness, highlight the challenges that are faced by people experiencing homelessness and suggest possible ways forward.

The Green Paper is available from the FaHCSIA website as a summary or full report.

Submissions in response to this paper closed on 27 June, 2008.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2008/07/21/bc-ultrasonic-mosquito-teenage-repellant-castlegar.html

In recent months, Yspace reported that local councils in Queensland, Australia, were considering introducing an ultrasonic device - referred to as 'The Mosquito' - that emits a high-pitched noise that can only be heard by young people as a method of discouraging gatherings of young people in public space.

This device is already in use in Scotland and England, where it has been a subject of debate as to whether it infringes on young people's rights.

These devices have now been installed in Castlegar in the province of British Columbia in Canada to discourage young people from "loitering" and engaging in "drunken behaviour". You can read about their introduction by following the above link to a CBC news report.

http://www.australia2020.gov.au/final_report/index.cfm

On 31 May, 2008, the Australian Prime Minister announced the public release of the Final Report of the Australia 2002 Summit.

This report provides a record of the Summit and the recommendations made in relation to each of the discussion areas. The report includes an introductory section plus ten chapters, which can either be viewed or dowloaded individually, or the full report can be downloaded in its entirety.

New!

http://www.yapa.org.au/yapa/events/conference/index.php

When: 30 September, 2008, to 2 October, 2008

Where: Y Hotel Sydney Hyde Park, Sydney, New South Wales

This conference is for New South Wales young people aged 12 to 17 years who want to have their say and get the skills to be able to do this. Topics that you will discuss and learn about at the conference include surveys, fundraising, lobbying, youth councils, the government and more!

The cost is $90 per young people. If you live in a rural or remote area, you can apply for a travel subsidy.

http://www.shef.ac.uk/landscape/events

When: 16 - 17 September, 2008

Where: The Edge Conference Centre, The University of Sheffield, England

The aim of this conference is to provide information about designing play areas in a more natural manner. Attendees will have the opportunity to both reflect on this information as well as put it into practice in design workshops.

The program for this conference is available on the University of Sheffield website. 

New!

http://www.cabe.org.uk/default.aspx?contentitemid=2554

When: 16 - 17 October, 2008

Where: London Knowledge Lab, 23 - 29 Emerald Street, London, England

This symposium provides the opportunity to hear from experts in the field about what the future holds for built environment education. This event is targeted at teachers; arts and education educators; education policy makers; and, professionals in the fields of architecture, technology and software.