Conference Resolutions at a Glance
Prepared by Tej Karki
Tej Karki is a member of ICA Nepal.
Since 1984, the Institute of Cultural Affairs has hosted eight international conferences concerned with the promotion of the human factor in development and the re-emergence of civil society. Recently, the 8th conference was managed by ICA Nepal from 29th Oct to 2 Nov, 2012 at Kathmandu, Nepal. Besides that, as a pre-conference program; a Global Youth Conference on Human Development and Capacity Building Training were also conducted from 27-28 Nov, 2012 at Kathmandu.
Major Themes of the 8th Global Conference were:
 Growing a New Sense of Leadership
Reshaping Education for the 21st Century
Promoting Peace Building and Good Governance
Building a Viable Future for Planet Earth
Creating Comprehensive Development Strategies
Ensuring Human Development Resources
Major Themes of the Youth Conference were:
Promoting youth Leadership for change
Visioning Sustained Planet Earth
Rising influence of Social Network Sites and its impact on Youth
Encouraging Youth Volunteerism for Local Development.
There were altogether 360 participants from around 35 countries at both conferences. The Youth conference was inaugurated by the Secretary of Ministry of Youth and Sports Sushil Ghimire. The 8th Global conference was inaugurated by past Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal. At the main conference, the welcome speech was given by Chairman of ICA Nepal, Dr. Tatwa Prasad Timsina. The opening remarks were given by Chairman of ICA International, Mr Larry Philbrook and Ms Janet Sanders, founder of PEOPLEnergy.
Youth Conference and 8th Global conference ran for 2 and 5 days respectively. At both conferences, participants were grouped under different themes, according to their choice. At the main conference, out of 5 days, 1 day was a field visit program when participants visited different places as their theme. Every theme was facilitated by national and international facilitators. After 5 days of presentations and discussions, each theme group brought its resolution/finding and presented it at the plenary session.
Resolutions of the the Youth Conference were:
Leadership must be facilitative, encouraging, inspiring to be positive directed, transformative thoughts, reframe mind sets, integrate courage to lead, building for the better team work and must focus on Research and Development
Policy advocacy for the taxation on Carbon Emission and carbon Reduction Compensation
1-10 Policy (One Household = 10 Plants)
3R Policy (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) Must be followed
Social media has to be socially inclusive and educative rather than entertainment focused
Kindness campaign can be started for change and revolution
Youth information centres
Enhancing self esteem, sense of usefulness and inclusiveness in youth.
Nurture youth to be caring and responsible citizens
Free education and improved health facilities
Promote public services engaging youth as volunteers
Local to national interaction through social media to bring attention to governments and international communities.
Resolutions of the main conference were:
Growing a new sense of leadership
 ACTION AREAS
Training and Research
Transparency and Accountability
Network and Extension
Innovation and Commitment
Enabling Environment
Reshaping education for the 21st century
Abandon punitive practices/adopt restorative practice
Act on areas of innovations
Equitable access to education for all
Continue to be both teachers and learners
Grow this community – share
Concrete community of practice “Developing a global relational inquiry-based learning community” - restorative practice
Keep education real, that is, perceive, understand, apply
Connect to ourselves and our situation out of broad themes
Connect curriculum to direct employment (relevant to each sector)
Connect to actual work
Assessment, evaluation, reflection (group and whole conference)
Work in collaboration with global stake holders (face-to-face and virtual)
Continue innovation to reshape education and share and collaborate, Nepal, India, USA, Australia, Malaysia, etc.
Promoting peace building and good governance
Resolutions
- The connection between good governance and peace is critical. We observed that there are many problems in Nepal due to poor governance. When there is poor governance there are many levels of conflict – within families, the community and political bodies.
- The current leadership of the Nepalese government is discovering the challenges of the task of creating good governance. There is much to learn by all involved. What is needed now is inspirational and practical thinking, and leadership skill, that will create the “Life Conditions” for human emergence in Nepal. This will lead to peace and prosperity for all life.
- There is a need to promote equity and social harmony between all citizens in practice. The empowerment of women and disadvantaged and marginalized groups is critical to have equity.
Building strategies for comprehensive development
Follow the matrix that describes more than 300 development projects and programs all over the world and more than 50 proposals. Please come use these and more. http://top-global.org/
Building a viable future for planet Earth
Facilitate “constructive engagement” between ALL stakeholders (people, CSOs/NGOs, government, internal/external donors, environmental scientists, etc.) to promote good governance and ensure accountability
Identify and develop incentives for sustainable lifestyle and community (e.g. organic farming)
Advocate systemic change through environmental & social justice education & community leadership training
Building strategies for comprehensive development
Follow the matrix that describes more than 300 development projects and programs all over the world and more than 50 proposals. Please come and use these and and more. http://top-global.org/
Resourcing human development
THE INVOLVEMENT AND EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN IN ADOPTION OF SOLAR AND BIO-GAS TECHNOLOGIES BECAUSE:
They conserve the environment
They are cost effective
They save time
They promote carbon reduction
They are not harmful to our health
Must use radio, television, word of mouth to educate workers about working overseas
Role of timely, accurate and relevant information is essential for human development. For that, advertising message and media must be used properly.
Local government must use different models to mobilize local finance for local development
Competencies of local organizations like chamber of commerce must be utilized for human development
Competencies of local organizations like chamber of commerce must be utilized for human development |
