IYPF invited to be Global Mobilisation Partner for StandUp

Due to the extreme broadness of the IYPF's engagement in the StandUp Against Poverty campaign, IYPF has been invited by the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) to be a Global Mobilisation Partner for the StandUp Against Poverty Campaign.

The partnership is official recognition for the work being done, and will result in the IYPF activities being promoted through campaign related blogs, newsletters and media.

7 Presents for IYPF’s 7th Birthday

4th October 2008 marks the 7th Birthday of the International Young Professionals Foundation.

Born at the conclusion of the first International Young Professionals Summit in October 2001 on Australia’s Gold Coast, the IYPF has grown in to a strong global network of young professionals spanning 130 countries working together to create a better world for current and future generations.

To celebrate our 7th Birthday, we’ve put together 7 ‘gifts’ for you.

1. IYPS 2008 portal

Go here to see all of the presentations, session summaries, and even live recordings from our 3rd International Young Professionals Summit, held 19-23 August 2008 in Manchester UK. Be sure to take the time to listen to the presentation by Professor Jeffrey Sachs on how young professionals can help to achieve the Millennium Development Goals

2. IYPS 2008 Declaration & Communique

The IYPS 2008 alumni present their commitments and call to action. Read it, join us, and pass it on.

3. Monthly virtual meetings

At the IYPS 2008 portal, there are links to upcoming events to be held on Interwise. We will hold monthly meetings and all are invited. The October meeting will focus on projects and plans for engaging young professionals in the MDGs. The November meeting will be a learning opportunity as we invite someone working on the MDGs to brief us. In December, we will hold our Annual General Meeting + have another projects and planning meeting. Bookmark the portal website and come back regularly to see what is on.

4. Stand Up Against Poverty

Join hundreds of other young professionals at more than 50 events in more than 30 countries to Stand Up Against Poverty between 17 and 19 October and demonstrate that we are ready to play our role in seeing the MDGs realised by 2015.

5. Mdgpledge.org

Visit mdgpledge.org today and pledge to incorporate the MDGs in to your personal and professional e-mail signatures. It is a quick and easy way to raise awareness about the MDGs and start conversations with your friends and colleagues. More MDG pledges will follow.

6. Onedoes.org

To create a better world for all, all we must do is what we can. Visit onedoes.org and nominate outstanding young professionals who inspire you.

7. New IYPF.ORG

We’ve revamped our website. It is now easier to quickly learn about IYPF and find out how to get involved.


Enjoy each gift and share these gifts with your friends and colleagues.

We look forward to working with you all to mobilise and engage young professionals in achieving the Millennium Development Goals over the next 12 months.

Cameron, Greg and the IYPF team

Join IYPF to StandUp: 17-19th October

IYPF is a holding a Global Gathering for the StandUp Against Poverty campaign. The global gathering will be a series of events held around the world held on the same day, it will include people from places as diverse as Peru, Ghana, United Kingdom, Pakistan and many more. It is an opportunity for local IYPF members and Young Professionals to network and learn more about the United Nation’s, the MDG’s, and IYPF.

StandUp is an initiative of the Make Poverty History campaign to raise awareness of and hold governments and leaders accountable to promises end extreme poverty by 2015.

For more information go to our events page.

Summit closes

After almost a year of preparation, the 3rd International Young Professionals Summit has finally come to a close. If has been a fantastic effort by everyone involved.

Firstly we'd like to thank all the delegates who were able to make it to the event. Delegates represented over 25 different countries from around the world, one third of them from Africa. We would also like to thank our sponsors and partners, specifically Coca-Cola Great Britain who assisted in supporting the attendance of our many African delegates.

We will soon provide information to connect into our recorded virtual summit (including Jeffrey Sachs keynote), and summit outcomes. Watch out for those updates.

New Sponsorship

We would like to welcome on board another sponsor of the International Young Professionals Summit!

Coca-Cola Great Britain has kindly entered into an agreement with IYPF to assist delegates from developing nation attend IYPS. We are extremely grateful for the support, and will allow the event to have a good mix of young professionals from both developed and developing countries.

Global Youth Enterprise Conference. Washington, DC. September 15-16, 2008

Making Cents International is excited to announce the Global Youth Enterprise Conference will take place in Washington, DC September 15h- 16th, 2008 at the Cafritz Conference Center. Designed as a participatory learning event, this conference aims to support youth enterprise and entrepreneurship programs and policies achieve greater effectiveness around the world. It will build on the outcomes of the first-ever Global Youth Microenterprise Conference, which Making Cents International organized for 270 practitioners, policymakers, educators, youth, and members of the private sector from 28 countries in September, 2007.

Making Cents is planning this year for 350 participants to share their promising practices, unique approaches, and groundbreaking ideas that help youth develop the necessary skills and opportunities to start their own businesses or seek quality employment.

For more information, please visit: www.youthenterpriseconference.org or contact Whitney Harrelson at 202-783-4090.

IYPF Brief - TNEP & Climate Change Resources

The Natural Edge Project (TNEP) is a group of young professionals that has been an IYPF partner for 5 years. One of TNEP's main areas of work in the last 3 years has been focused on researching and communicating the most cost effective solutions to mitigate climate change.

The Natural Edge Project in partnership with Griffith Uni and ANU created a new online Sustainable Energy Solutions to Mitigate Climate Change Portfolio. This Portfolio shows how young professionals can play their part and help their families, friends and workplace rapidly achieve cuts to greenhouse gas emissions.

For more see http://iypf.tigblog.org/post/364009

New Partnership: Brightest Young Minds (Australia)

IYPF is proud to announce a new partnership with Brightest Young Minds(BYM). BYM aims to foster a new model of leadership in the up and coming generation of young Australians through a 5 day life-changing event that provides 18-25 year-olds with a platform to launch their own social initiatives and affect issues that they are personally passionate about. An example from 2007 was can be found here: www.bipolarexpedition.org.

The applications for the 2008 BYM summit(for Australian delegates) are now open, and can be found on their web site.

AGM Documents online

The documents prepared for the AGM and minutes of the meeting have been uploaded and can be found on the Membership AGM page.

• Presentation of IYPF Annual Report for 2006/2007
• Presentation on IYPF Strategic Plan 2007/2009
• Financial Reports for 2006/2007 Financial Year
• Director's Declaration
• Director's Report
• Minutes

New Directors elected to Board of Directors

Congratulations to those successfully elected to the Board of Directors at the recent AGM. The successful candidates were:

• Morse Flores (Swizerland)
• Constance Walyaro (Kenya)
• Jodie Nelson (Australia)

It was a very close ballot this year, we had a field of 11 very high quality candidates from across the globe. Hopefully those that were unsuccessful can find other ways to contribute to IYPF.

See Board of Directors for more information.