UCA/UNICEF Youth Mountain Forum 2018 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Deadline: August 31, 2018

The University of Central Asia’s (UCA) Mountain Societies Research Institute is accepting registrations and contributions for the Youth Mountain Forum – a pre-conference side event to the World Mountain Forum organized in partnership with UNICEF Kyrgyzstan. The Youth Mountain Forum will be held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on October 22nd at the G. Aitiev State Art Museum.

The Youth Mountain Forum 2018 will provide its participants with a global platform to bring the attention of policy makers, politicians and practitioners to challenges posed by global climate change. Moreover, it will offer an opportunity to generate tangible social and policy impact (in specific relevance to the themes identified for the World Mountain Forum 2018) across mountain partnership regions.

WMF 2018 is uniquely positioned to bring together policy makers and practitioners for the exchange of experiences, best practices, as well as development of integrated solutions to existing challenges to sustainable development in mountain regions.

About

To contribute to the discussion of sustainable mountain development issues, UCA and UNICEF invite students and young professionals from Central Asia and Mountain Partnership countries of Latin America, Europe, Africa and Asia Pacific to submit contributions addressing global change issues in context of the four thematic tracks of the World Mountain Forum 2018:

1. Climate Change Affecting Water and Energy in Mountain Areas
2. Poverty, Food Systems and Agrobiodiversity
3. Resilience and Transformation in Mountain Communities and Ecosystems
4. Investing in Mountains – Securing the Future

The Youth Mountain Forum is seeking to engage students and young professionals with strong interest and background in climate change and sustainable development to serve as Youth Ambassadors during the World Mountain Forum 2018. The Youth Forum will provide the young generation with an opportunity to discuss, share and promote their perspective on climate action and environment at the WMF 2018.

Benefits

Selected participants will be provided room, board and travel funds to participate in the Youth Mountain Forum.

Eligibility

• Interested candidates must be 14 to 28 years of age from Central Asia and Mountain Partnership countries of Latin America, Europe, Africa and Asia Pacific.
• Applications from women and people with disabilities are encouraged.

All adolescents under the age of 18 will be expected to be accompanied by a parent or a trusted and responsible adult guardian. If traveling without parent/legal guardian, participants must carry a permission to travel document.

• Copy of passport
• Current resume
• Statement of interest (350-400 words)
• Summary of capstone project, Master’s thesis, PhD dissertation (optional)

Application

• Statement of interest (350-400 words) including required documents (passport, resume) should be submitted using the conference website.
• All submissions must be made in English.
• In their statement of interest, applicants are urged to address one of four core themes of the WMF 2018 and provide a youth perspective on sustainable mountain development issues in the Central Asian and Mountain Partnership regions.
• Selected participants will be asked to present their ideas in a creative and out of the box format similar to “TED talk” format style. Participants are discouraged from pursuing a standard PowerPoint presentation format.

Click here to apply.

For more information, visit Youth Mountain Forum.