IYPF
Member Projects Latest News & Highlights:
The IYPF wishes to congratulate two of our member projects and
project leaders:
Are you a member of IYPF?
Do you have a project that you are trying to initiate and develop?
Could you benefit from IYPF approval status, support and networking?
Projects start as
ideas. They turn into dreams. Yet sometimes, we are not sure how
to make them happen.
IYPF has gathered an
international team of talented experienced and dynamic volunteers
to help you creating successful ventures. For IYPF-approved projects,
the IYPF Implementation team works with you, providing support
via the internet, to help you with your project planning, promotion
and implementation strategies. We provide support via the internet
to young professionals around the globe.
Please note: We
are currently not a funding organisation and we do not have funds
to contribute directly to your project. However, part of our support
might be to help you to raise your own funds.
To be approved as an
IYPF member project you will need to be a member of IYPF and your
project will need to meet our criteria. Check our website below,
join the IYPF as a member and then complete the project proposal
template and email us on memberprojects [at] iypf [dot] org.
We are eager to help
you. Please continue reading for more information.
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The IYPF supports its members to turn their ideas for creating
a sustainable future into successful projects and ventures by providing:
- Project approval status so you can use the IYPF name and network
- Project Management, Financial, Commercial and Promotions advice
- Support on project team development
- Connection with skilled people and organisations
- Assistance to build relationships with partner organisations
For more information, follow these links to:
[ for assistance with the proposal
documents, or for a version in a different format, contact the Implementation
Team via memberprojects [at] iypf [dot] org ]
Contact Us
All inquiries, proposals, comments and complaints for member projects should
be sent by email to: memberprojects [at] iypf [dot] org
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Project Proposals
For your project to be evaluated you will need to
satisfy the following:
- A written project proposal
sent to IYPF, in the required
format and addressing the IYPF criteria.
- Be an IYPF member. If
you are not a member, then you will need to submit an IYPF application
form with your project proposal. Go
here for member info.
Project Selection Process
In order to understand the process our team uses
to support member projects, we've developed this flow chart to explain
everything. Click
here to view (its a pdf file, 60kb) and ask any questions by sending
us an e-mail memberprojects [at] iypf [dot] org.
Assessment of Member Projects: Evaluation Criteria
If you meet these requirements
above your project will be forwarded to the panel for evaluation.
The panel evaluates proposals
against evaluation criteria:
- Project is aligned with IYPF Vision & Values
- Application clearly outlines the purpose and scope of the project.
- Application contains a basic outline of plan and approach that the project will take.
- An original idea, not duplication
- Application demonstrates that there is a need for the project and that this project is targeted
to meet this need
- Project leader demonstrates understanding of IYPF services (e.g is not seeking funding)
- The leader has demonstrated project leadership potential
- Application contains a basic consideration of financial implications and resources (including
project team and finances) that might be required.
- Culturally appropriate
- Acceptable risk exposure (including legal risks)
If your project is successful
in the evaluation, then congratulations! We will advise you if you are
successful and successful projects are awarded the status of being an
“IYPF-approved project”, and you will be contacted by your designated
contact person, a member of the IYPF volunteer staff team, who will
coordinate communications and support.
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Get Started:
If you are ready to get started on this process:
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Click here to review the information on IYPF Membership
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Email in your completed proposal to memberprojects [at] iypf [dot]
org
If you have any inquiries about IYPF Member projects or about the application process for projects,
please email memberprojects [at] iypf [dot] org.
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IYPF Approved Projects
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Firefly Brigade
Network |
| Project Location(s): |
Philippines |
| Project Leader: |
Carmen Villasenor |
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The Firefly Brigade is a citizen's action group formed in 1999
to work for clean air and a habitable, people-friendly environment
in our cities. The fireflies have fled the region because
of air pollution. All of us, cyclists, walkers, runners, pedestrians,
commuters, even those who drive cars, all of us who live, work
and raise families in the city are in danger of suffering the
same fate as pollution remains unabated due to discharges from
motor vehicles and factories. We are also in danger of disappearing
like the fireflies, but we can choose to fight for clean air and
bring the fireflies back.
The project aims to establish a tour of the fireflies: a citizen's
bike ride toward liveable cities and good governance (every April).
Accompanied by the scheme entitled "Recycle - a - bicycle": donated
bikes and bike parts are given to poor youths.
For more information and / or to get involved, see the firefly
brigade website and their TIG
project page
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| Project Name: |
The Natural Edge
Project |
| Project Location(s): |
Australia |
| Project Leader: |
Charlie Hargroves |
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The main aim of the project is to produce an informative and practical
300 to 350 page book titled Toward a Sustainable Future and develop
an online companion database, both highlighting current pioneers
and future directions for sustainability in the AustralAsian region.
The core strength of this project will be the emphasis on collaboration
with peak organisations and bodies, including the Institution of
Engineers Australia (IEAust); Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial
Research Organisation (CSIRO); World Federation of Engineering Organisations
(WFEO); environment-industry advocates and members; and the Rocky
Mountain Institute.
The publication will be modelled on the Rocky Mountain Institute's
highly successful collaborative books, such as Factor 4: Doubling
Wealth, Halving Resource Usage and Natural Capitalism: The Next
Industrial Revolution. The work will examine key sustainability
issues and ways forward from a business/innovation perspective.
It will use case studies to support its arguments and will build
on the work of leaders in the field, including Professor Michael
Porter, from the Harvard Business School and Nobel laureates in
economics Arrow, Debrau, and Stiglitz.
The publication's central functions will be (1) to present the business
case to CEOs, board members, and shareholders for the adoption of
sustainable practices already occurring both locally and globally,
and (2) to enable capacity building of practitioners, public servants,
managers, and professionals in order to help them make substantial
progress toward sustainability. The technologies featured will take
at least two to three business cycles to fully integrate within
the world economy. Thus, as the material is developed and
continually updated, it will remain at the leading edge for at least
a decade.
More generally, the publication will develop an extensively referenced,
cost-effective overview of the adoption of sustainable practices
in many fields of great importance, and as such will gain wide demographic
appeal. The project secretariat will apply a whole-of-society approach
to partnerships for sustainability in order to promote multi-sectorial
involvement in the creation of more genuine wealth and employment,
to ensure the protection and enhancement of natural and human capital,
and to develop a competitive advantage.
Globally there is a growing awareness that serious progress toward
sustainability must involve the whole of society, not just a few
pioneers here and there. Presently no single book or central web
site provides an authoritative overview adequate to link people
to whatever they need for their station in society.
For more information and / or to get invovled, click here.
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| Project Name: |
Empowering Youth
for a Better Tomorrow |
| Project Location(s): |
Zambia |
| Project Leader: |
Amos Chipasha |
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This project is guided by the
need for a disciplined peaceful and creatively engaged youth force.
It identifies that such a youth force would be useful for community,
government and the country at large. Introduction of technology
is a good way to gainfully engage youth and enhance their productive
capabilities. The project would aim to establish clear linkages
between skills imparted and their employability as per the market
requirements.
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| Project Name: |
Barefoot Power |
| Project Location(s): |
An Australian
business working in China, PNG & Fiji |
| Project Leader: |
Stewart Crane |
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Barefoot Power started
from an idea. From www.ifc.org/led,
about $38 billion/year is spent on kerosene lighting, probably
aorund $200 million/year in Papua New Guinea alone. In a short
period of time, this project grew to become a new business, helping
villagers to access renewable electricity, using an innovative
business model that builds a power system gradually, using sustainable
energy sources, improvements in lighting services, and the ingenuity
of local people. Barefoot power is an Australian business, now
developing partnerships in China, PNG, and Fiji. “We have a vision
to provide electricity services to 1 million people over the next
5 years, and to achieve this, we will need to attract significant
investment in our business over the next 18 months”. Website:
www.barefootpower.com.
Email: info [at] barefootpower
[dot] com
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| Project Name: |
Basics For HIV/AIDS
Control Project (BaHiCo)-Uganda |
| Project Location(s): |
Uganda |
| Project Leader: |
David Katamba |
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The BaHiCo project
addresses the HIV/AIDS pandemic In Kampala and Luweero, districts
of Uganda. It targets people living with HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS Orphaned
children, and Youths (especially girls and ladies). HIV/AIDS since
its diagnosis in 1982, has left over 1.7 million orphans, and
1.5 million other people infected, of these infected 60% are youths.
The spread is due to risky sexual behaviors, lack of adequate
access to HIV/AIDS information, peer pressure and inadequate participatory
control dissemination measures. Therefore BaHiCo supplements on
the ongoing activities to mitigate the further spread through
new innovations like Virtual dissemination, & sensitization, broader
awareness campaigns, networking, and through internships. These
activities will make an impact on HIV/AIDS situation through Online
cost saving techniques like Online discussions, E-Library and
index, Issue based exchange programs, running periodicals, sharing
technical staff, among others. The project has no donor for its
activities and members use their own resources to run it.
The goal of BaHiCo
is to reduce further the spread of HIV/AIDS in Uganda, and specifically
decrease HIV/AIDS statistics regarding girls:boys ratio and orphans,
and also increased efficiency in HIV/AIDS services delivery.
See more details on
the project here http://projects.takingitglobal.org/minkat.
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The Implementation Team
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Alexandra Meldrum
Implementation Team Leader
alexandrameldrum [at] iypf [dot] org
Alexandra Meldrum, the leader of the implementation team, lives in Sydney, Australia, and has a solid decade experience in project and operations management and international business. She has shifted gears in recent times, now operating her own business in consulting and training services, as a specialist in change management and performance improvement. She also works as a counselor. Having been associated with IYPF since IYPS 2001, she is excited by the strategic opportunities provided by the online network and strategic approach of the Implementation Team, to create a positive difference in the world.
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Christine Martin
Member Project Assistant
christinemartin [at] iypf [dot] org
A graduate from Victoria
University of Wellington, New Zealand, Christine works as a Policy
Analyst for Auckland City Council, where she monitors the performance
of the water industry, analyses growth challenges, and local government
funding. Previously, she managed a community education project
on Meningococcal disease (Meningitis) for the Auckland District
Health Board and worked for a development consulting company,
ANZDEC. Christine is Malaysian Chinese and believes in doing her
bit to make the world a better place.
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Valentina Lozana
Member Project Assistant
valentinalozano [at] iypf [dot] org
A member ofthe organising
team of IYPS 2004, Valentina Lozano currently lives in Brisbane
doing an international working exchange with the Queensland Government.
Passionate about public governance, she craves to go back to Latin
America and make a tangible contribution in the field. She is
in all praise for AIESEC, which enabled her to travel extensively
and remake her life.
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Charles Ekwebelam
Member Project Assistant
charlesekwebelam [at] iypf [dot] org
Charles Ekwebelam,
a chemical engineer by profession is pursuing his PhD. in Rheology
(study of deformation of materials) from the University of Sydney.
He worked on a project, "Career Day for Boys" which aimed at encouraging
high school boys to pursue higher education. His interests include
music, Roman history and chess.
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Ryan Falconer
Member Project Assistant
ryanfalconer [at] iypf [dot] org
A 25-year-old PhD candidate
studying Urban Design, Transport and Health at the Institute for
Sustainability and Technology Policy at Murdoch University, Western
Australia. He is currently holding a Bachelor of Arts with First
Class Honours (2003) and a Master of Science degree with a Distinction
(2005) under the University of Canterbury. He is also a member
of the Walking Western Australia Committee, which advises the
State Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, works with St
Johns Community Care as a Volunteer. He also sponsors a child
in Ghana and is a blood donor. His interests includes hiking,
mountain biking and touch rugby.
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Ailene Valdemoro-Castro - Philippines
Member Projects Assistant (External Communications)
Ailene Valdemoro-Castro graduated from the University of the Philippines with a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology. She was also able to get her Masters in Business Administration from De La Salle University. She is a new mom who seeks to provide a good life for her family. But aside from this, Ailene wishes to continue working with an organizations that can help her give back to the community and make a difference.
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Grievance Procedure
If a person is unhappy with a response that they
get from the IYPF Implementation team, this is the procedure to follow:
- In the first instance,
the person should try to discuss their concern by email with the person
who contacted them, or by else by emailing memberprojects@iypf.org with
the details of their concern explained in writing.
- If they are not happy
with the response, and if they wish to continue the grievance process,
they should email their concern to the Implementation Team Leader, Alexandra
Meldrum, on alexandrameldrum@iypf.org, with the written records of the
previous correspondence.
- If they are not happy
with the response from the Implementation Team Leader, and if they wish
to continue the grievance process, they should email their concern to
the IYPF CEO, Cameron Neil on cameronneil@iypf.org.
The CEO’s decision is final, and no further correspondence will be entered
into.
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Contribute to existing projects
The IYPF regularly
receives new project proposals and there are always opportunities for
skilled young professionals to get involved. If you are interested
in working with a member project or offering in-kind assistance, please
email alexandrameldrum@iypf.org
for an introduction.
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