Country: Solomon Islands Name of Applicant: Solomon Islands National Youth Congress Contact Person: Charles de Fox Position: General Secretary Contact Telephone: 23911 Contact Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Contact Post: C/- Ministry of Women Youth and Children Affairs PO Box G.39, Honiara. Solomon Islands. Contact Fax: 235 Brief background/history of your National Youth Council The Solomon Islands National Youth Congress is a Quasi-Government Organization and is registered as a Charitable Organization under the Charitable Trust Act. It was established in 1980, through a White Paper, in Parliament
Vision: This White Paper sets out the policy by which the Government hopes to encourage young people to participate more fully in the country's development. Aims: To recognize the potentials, aspirations and expectations of all sections of young people To define goals and set priorities for all categories of young people in line with the national development policies To ensure that young people can and will take an active and positive part in all the nations affairs To recognize the roles and functions of church and voluntary youth organizations To encourage young people to participate fully with members of their communities in the social, economic, cultural, political and spiritual development of the country To provide relevant training for youths and other members of the community in skills needed for living in their own environment To ensure that economic development reaches out into the rural areas To ensure that mutual understanding for purpose of good relationship in developing the rural areas is established between young people and other people of the community To encourage young people to offer valuable services to their immediate and respective communities To provide proper institutions and facilities for those young people who have come before the courts or are in-conflict with the society
NYC have a constitution? Yes Office Bearers and how often are they chosen? The SINYC has had no office bearers for some time.
Co-ordinate National Youth Stakeholders Committee and its operations, meetings and recommendations Youth Advocacy Youth Training Develop provincial youth policies and action plans What are your challenges? Insufficient funds for programs and activities Under-staffed Low capacity to deliver the services expected of the NYC What are your plans for 2009? Capacity building of Provincial Youth Councils Complete Provincial Youth Policies and Action Plans Training - Provincial Youth Co-ordinators and Provincial Youth Council Executive Members Liaise with the Labour Division and ILO to foster the youth employment program Co-ordinate and expand the functions of the National Youth Stakeholders Committee |