INTERNATIONAL YOUNG PROFESSIONALS FOUNDATION
WELCOME
Welcome to the International Young Professionals Foundation. Our vision is a global community of Young Professionals creating a better world for current and future generations through local and global action. Our mission is informing, inspiring and equipping young professionals as sustainability practitioners and social change agents.
Young Professionals are people in developing and developed countries with a professional attitude and a capacity through their skills, knowledge and emerging careers, to effect positive global change.The IYPF is run by volunteers with funding for activities coming from membership fees, grants for specific initiatives, investment from individuals, and profits on events.
Young Professionals are people in developing and developed countries with a professional attitude and a capacity through their skills, knowledge and emerging careers, to effect positive global change.The IYPF is run by volunteers with funding for activities coming from membership fees, grants for specific initiatives, investment from individuals, and profits on events.
JOIN IYPF
Become a member of IYPF today and join thousands of other Young Professions from over 130
countries across the globe.
Take your support one step further and support the organisation that supports young professionals by making a donation to help keep IYPF running. Click below to make your pledge, everything helps; great or small.
WE NEED YOUR HELP:
New Ways To Get Involved
- We are looking for up to 3 Regional Facilitators per IYPF region: Oceania, Asia, Africa, Europe & The Middle East, North America and Latin America & The Caribbean.
- We need volunteers to help us prepare for the International Young Professionals Summit in 2012. We are looking to build an IYPS 2012 organising sub-committee which will be responsible for everything from researching and deciding where the summit should be held to the hands on organising closer to the date.
View our Volunteer Opportunities page for more information on how to get involved!
CONNECT & SHARE WITH IYPF:
NEWS & VIEWS
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING: 3/12
The IYPF’s Board of Directors are excited to announce the upcoming Annual General Meeting of the organisation, and a call for IYPF members to nominate for election to the IYPF Board at the AGM. Read more about how you can nominate, vote, get involved and/or attend the AGM here.
IYPF CELEBRATES 10 YEARS!
On October 4th, IYPF marked its 10th birthday. To celebrate we hosted 2 skype chats with members around the globe, and released a presentatoin on IYPF's history and future. To see the presentation, the 10th birthday conversations, and more, visit our Birthday page. 2011 is also a big year, gearing up for our 2012 Summit.
MEDIA
IYPF Joins Young Leaders on a New Declaration of Poverty
On April 1st IYPF President Cristian Birzer joined with nineteen young leaders in an meeting with the Governor General, the Honourable Quentin Bryce, AC, to present the By 2015 Declaration, which furthers Australian efforts to reduce global poverty. The Declaration’s title, By 2015, references the United Nations Millennium Development Goal of halving global poverty by 2015, and sets out actions for each of the organizations to improve their efforts in the next four years. READ MORE.
On April 1st IYPF President Cristian Birzer joined with nineteen young leaders in an meeting with the Governor General, the Honourable Quentin Bryce, AC, to present the By 2015 Declaration, which furthers Australian efforts to reduce global poverty. The Declaration’s title, By 2015, references the United Nations Millennium Development Goal of halving global poverty by 2015, and sets out actions for each of the organizations to improve their efforts in the next four years. READ MORE.
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