Youth Participation at the 5th Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health, Parma part III

WHO/DG SANCO physical activity workshop went extraordinary well in the morning of 10th of March. We had 2 very nice facilitators from Oxford University, UK. First we had to work individually with a sheet of paper collecting as many good and bad experiences connected to physical activity. Then we had to form groups and we had teamwork. We got a piece of paper with a description of a possible project and the group had to make it youth friendly somehow and had to create a project plan according to it. Just to give you some examples we had to create projects for disabled young people, for people living in the city centre with limited accessibility to green areas, for young people living in the suburbs etc. After reading all project plans with all the advantages and disadvantages we had a discussion on all of them to conclude the session. In the presentation Paul Kelly assured us that further consultations will take place before they publish the blueprint on physical activity, so we gave him our e-mails and we’ll be consulted after they summarize the results from the workshop. All in all it was a very successful event because all the participants were active and they enjoyed it a lot.

Youth Participation at the 5th Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health, Parma part II

On the 10th of March WHO CEHAPE Youth Network splited into 2 groups in the morning. One part participated at the workshop with Oxford University and WHO on WHO/DG SANCO physical activity programme. The others went to joint side-event with CEHAPE youth and HEAL about youth participation. The programme can be found here .

Genon Jensen (Executive Director, HEAL) and Jovana Dodos (Serbia, International CEHAPE Youth Delegate)

It was a brilliant side-event with fantastic presentations and good questions!

Youth Participation at the 5th Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health, Parma part I

Over 72 young people from 36 countries of WHO European Region arrived to Parma on the 8th of March 2010 in Parma.

This group of young people considered to be a strong group of WHO CEHAPE Youth Network.

Young people were excited and full of energy.

On the 9th of March 2010 all young people met in the Eco-sustainable building for final preparations at the 5th Ministerial Conference.

Parma Youth Declaration was finalized, the communication strategy was discussed, the role of young people at the Parma Conference was the main topic of the discussions.

During the preparations young people met with journalists and shared their opinions about environment and health.

In the late afternoon WHO CEHAPE Youth Network met the WHY Network where they shared the role of youth participation at the conference.

Snow didnt have a chance to stop young peope to reach a Conference Venue!

Never never never give up! - Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill

To CEHAPE with love from Ireland

Parma message

Pascal Conges, France

France prepares for Parma

Appel de la Jeunesse (Youth call to action) held the first youth and
decision-maker conference on health and environment in the National
Assembly in Paris on Thursday 26 February in preparation for the
Parma conference.


Martin Rieussec and Pascal Conges of the Collectif Appel de la
Jeunesse have been part of the Europe-wide development of a
declaration that will be signed in Parma by the ministers of health
and environment present at the meeting.


The five associations which make up the Appel de la Jeunesse
collective include an association for osteopath students (Regards
Croises) who recently organised a conference on the causes of cancer
following the death of one of their fellow students. They discovered
that the causes of the illness were inked to an industrialised food
chain, intensive agriculture, pollution, different types of ionising
radiation and so on.


The collectif aims to bring together student organisations and young
people interested in health and environment and encourage lifestyles
and consumerism that is respectful of health, societies and ecosystems.


Martin Rieussec, President of the Collectif Appel de la Jeunesse and
founder of Regards Croises told the meeting: "We do not think that
our generation et those to come can be in good health on a sick planet."


Contact: Martin Rieussec, President, martinrieussec@gmail.com
http://www.appeldelajeunesse.org/

Invitation to the Symposium "Youth Participation in CEHAPE RPGs in countries" at the 5th Ministerial Conference on Environment & Health, 10 March 2010

Dear participants of the 5th Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health in Parma 10-12 March 2010,

HEAL and WHO CEHAPE Youth Network is pleased to invite you to the Symposium "Youth Participation in CEHAPE RPGs in countries". Please read the information below. We look forward to meet you there.

Symposium organized by

Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) and the WHO CEHAPE Youth Network

Youth Participation in CEHAPE RPGs in countries

Wednesday, March 10, 10:30-12:00

The side event aims to highlight how youth have been involved in children’s environmental health issues and CEHAPE implementation throughout the WHO European Region. The organisers will briefly present their contribution, the development of the WHO CEHAPE Youth Network, and HEAL’s educational and advocacy materials for young people.

A series of lively presentations and videos from young people across the region will showcase concrete examples of how youth can significantly contribute to awareness raising and action on environment and health at local and national level.

OPENING

Genon K. Jensen, Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) Executive Director

Jovana Dodos, CEHAPE International Youth Delegate

· Olivia Heller (Switzerland) from European Child Alliance, who will have presentation about “Youth on injury prevention – how do we make a difference”

· Lydia Etzlstorfer (Austria) who will have 7 minutes movie about CEHAPE projects in Austria by youth - highlighting the best priorities on 4 RPGs.

· Gulnara Zhenishbekova (Kyrgystan) who will prepare presentation about Youth Parliaments Work on environment and health issues in Kyrgystan behalf of "Central Asian Alliance for Water" and "Youth Independent Republics"

· Alexandros Karyolaimos (Greece) who will present the CEHAPE Pilot project “Healthy schools” (experience from Greece)

· Jovana Dodos (Serbia) who will present work with National Focal Points - youth involvement in creating national CEHAPE projects

· Martin Rieussec (France) from the Appel de Jeunnesse will present their school and university project on environment and health .

GENERAL DISCUSSION - PANEL WITH ALL THE SPEAKERS

CONCLUDING/CLOSURE REMARKS