WORLD YOUTH FOR MISSION INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2021

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WORLD YOUTH FOR MISSION INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2021

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WORLD YOUTH FOR MISSION INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2021

Youth are the future of the world, and been entrusted to young people. This transversal topic aims to highlight the role of youth in mission and to look at mission through the perspective of youth.

THE CONFERENCE IS SCHEDULED TO HOLD IN UNITED STATE FIRST AND FOLLOW BY THE ONE IN AFRICA.

VENUE

(1).DATE: 19TH TO 21ST FEB, 2021.

VENUE: New Dolce Heritage Hall,

3900 NW 21st Street

Seattle, WA 981012

U.S.A.

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(2).DATE: 26TH TO 28TH FEB, 2021.

VENUE:STADE DE-KEGUE,

AT BIG Conference Centre,

LOME TOGO,

(www.youthformission.1colony.com E-MAIL (secretaryglobalyouthconfere@gmail.com)

Participate

If you wish to participate by sharing what you or your group is doing, please send information, documents, papers and suggested links to the Youth for Mission organization Coordinator,

Dr. Anna,Guth,

Email: secretaryglobalyouthconfere@gmail.com

Who We Are :The Youth for Mission is one of the oldest and largest Movements for youth in the world. Founded in 1844, it now operates in 129 countries, and has over 45 million members worldwide. The Youth for Mission works to bring social justice and peace to young people and their communities, regardless of religion, race, gender or culture.

The Youth for Mission, based in UNITED STATE, America, is a confederation of National Councils of (YMCAs) around the world.

The World Alliance:

- Strengthens the capacity of Youth for Mission by providing training and technical support, sharing good practices, resources, and minimum standards

- Advocates globally on issues affecting young people in collaboration with, and on behalf of Youth for Mission

Represents the Youth for Mission at global level with media, donors, United Nations bodies, ecumenical organisations and other civil society partners

- Develops programmes to promote youth leadership

- Provides leadership to the Movement on thematic and mission issues

- Coordinates Youth for Mission emergency response efforts

- Facilitates communications within the Youth for Mission world Movement through publications and multimedia

Local and National Youth for Mission organization are strongly rooted in their communities. Depending on the local context and priority issues affecting young people, Youth for Mission operate in a wide range of programme areas including:

What We Do :

An youth for mission International organization rooted in more than 14,000 communities around the world.

The Youth for Mission addresses issues affecting each community by developing programs and activities with special focus on young people in order to build a “human community of justice with love, peace and reconciliation for the fullness of life for all creation” [Challenge 21 – Mission Statement]

The Youth for Mission is organized as a federation of independent national associations linked through the World Alliance to Youth for Mission which is based in New york City

To respond to the world’s challenges, the movement is also organized in Area Organizations [Asia and Pacific, Latin America and Caribbean, Europe and Africa] for strategic cooperation, under a Governance Agreement.

The Youth for Mission headquarters provides inspirational leadership, represents the global movement and facilitates cooperation among the national associations in the areas of Youth Empowerment, Movement Strengthening, Resource Mobilisation, Communications/Branding and Constitution and Governance.

Building Vibrant for Youth for Mission

What is it about?

Vibrant YMCAs are strong and relevant Movements that respond to the needs of communities and youth in particular. For this reason, the global Youth for Mission Organization has made Movement Strengthening the top strategic priority for the Youth for Mission in the world

The Youth for Mission is a very diverse organisation. As one of the oldest grassroots Movements in the world, within the organization you can find programmes and expertise on every social issue you can think of.

Despite this wealth and diversity, and the existence of many vibrant of the Youth for Mission, some Movements struggle to survive; some lack the necessary resources to sustain their YMCA, others suffer from a declining membership or lack a clear vision for their work.

We believe that for an organisation to be strong and relevant, it has to have a clear Vision, its work has to be relevant to young people and communities, and the organisation has to have a viable and sustainable foundation.

Thus, Mission Clarity, Social Relevance and Institutional Viability have been defined as the three pillars for Movement Strengthening.

Pillar I : Mission Clarity

A clear mission makes the YMCA focused and enhances its public image and effectiveness in empowering young people and communities.

Questions to Ask:

> Do we have a clear mission and vision for our Youth Member's?

> Does this vision match with the needs of the youth, families and communities we serve?

> Does our Youth for Mission have a clear, measurable strategic plan? Does our Youth for Mission track progress toward achieving its strategic goals?

> Is our movement committed to Challenge 21 ( hyperlink), the contemporary mission statement of the global Youth for Mission movement?

> Where do we want our Youth for Missionto be in 3,6,10 years? How do we understand our own spiritual identity and how does it relate to our work?

Youth for Mission around the world are invited to reflect on their own organisation by using these three pillars as a guideline.

Pillar II - Social Relevance

Relevant programmes provide real solutions and tangible responses to issues that young people, families and communities are facing today. YMCAs with relevant programmes normally experience a dynamic and growing membership and are well perceived in the community.

Questions to Ask:

> What are the priority needs of the communities, in particular young people, that our YMCA serves? Do our programmes meet these needs?

> Does our YMCA have strong membership recruitment and retention strategies?

> What changes need to take place to become more relevant to these young people and communities?

> Is our YMCA training young leaders to develop new ideas, and to

have the capacity and vision to bring about social change (transformational leadership)?

> What could we identify as specific programmes that reflect Challenge21

Pillar III - Institutional Viability

Viable YMCAs are able to constantly generate the necessary resources to run their programmes. Their staff and leadership are competent and motivated, and they undergo regular training. Their governance and management structure is healthy and is in line with the programmes that the YMCA wants to deliver.

Questions to Ask:

> Is our leadership stable, united and proactive? Does our governance structure have clear roles and responsibilities? Do key leaders represent the diversity of our communities and constituency?

> Do we work together in a way that makes us efficient and capable to respond to the needs of young people, families and communities?

> Does our YMCA recruit, retain, train and appropriately remunerate staff committed to advancing the mission of the YMCA?

>Does our YMCA generate adequate income through membership, services and/or fundraising to strengthen and expand critical programs?

> Does our YMCA properly maintain existing facilities and strive to renovate and/or develop new facilities?

> Does our YMCA effectively network with local, national and international partners in the NGO, government and private sectors?

How Can I Provide or Receive Suppor?

1° GOP is for everybody !
Whether you’re a YMCA from a wealthy or developing country, whether you’re a senior manager, a youth leader or volunteer, the tools provided for Movement Strengthening can help make your Youth for Mission stronger and more relevant to the people you aim to serve. Use the three pillars for Movement Strengthening to regularly assess your Youth for Mission and programs.

2°Join a partner group
Do you have some time and professional skills in management, finance, or working with youth and communities in different programmes? If that is the case, you might want to become a member of a Country Focus Group. Express your interest to your national YMCA, who in turn will contact the Area Alliance or the World Alliance.

3°Share your knowledge and experience!
YMCA practitioners around the world meet in networks and forums to discuss their experiences and exchange new ideas.

4°Send us what works best for you!
The World Alliance is about to collect ideas and programmes that work particularly well in your YMCA and that could be replicated in other Youth for Mission.

If you think you have a good practice to share, send a description of your programme with photos and testimonies to the World Alliance and tell us the secret of your success. We will then share it through our website.

5°Support the costs of GOP!
It is not easy to find donors to finance GOP, because it is about making the YMCAs ready so that it can deliver programmes that donors want to pay for. If you are able to support this process financially, you might want to send a donation to the World Alliance, marked “GOP”. Participants to Country Focus Groups often support the process directly by paying for their travels and supporting parts of the GOP budget

6° Inspire and enrich your YMCA!
By sending Youth for Mission members or staff on GOP field visits, providing donations to support a Country Focus Group, or by publishing success stories about GOP in your newsletters, members of national and local Youth for Mission's often experience a fresh dynamic and inspiration for their own work as well as a deep sense of global solidarity.

Responding to Emergencies

Because of their rootedness in local communities, YMCAs are well placed to quickly and efficiently respond in emergency situations such as natural disasters and civil conflicts. YMCAs provide immediate assistance to affected communities such as food, shelter, medicine, and trauma counselling. They relate closely with other international and local NGOs to ensure that their efforts are co-ordinated. YMCAs also continue working with affected communities throughout the rehabilitation process, providing education, training, and psycho-social support.

The World Alliance of YMCAs supports these actions by helping YMCAs to develop short and long-term intervention strategies, launching funding appeals, and by managing pledges.

In recent years, in collaboration with YMCA Area Alliances, the World Alliance of YMCAs has coordinated international responses to several emergency situations including:

UK(2018)
USA(2017)
Benin (2016)
Ghana (2015)
Japan (2014)
Tunisia(2013
Japan (2012)
New Zealand (2011)
Haiti (2010)
Sudan (2009)
Sri Lanka (2008)
Ecuador (2017)

YMCA Country Profiles

In this section you will find basic information about Youth for Mission organization Movements including their main programmes, membership figures, history, and contact details. Please note that these pages are currently being updated.

The blue book is a publication of the Youth for Mission's aiming to provide relevant and updated information on basic data of the Youth for Mission

This is the result of a research effort which gathered data from the Youth Empowerment Programme Survey 2015, World Alliance Quadrennial Survey 2014, Youth for Mission Area Organisations Reports and other relevant documents.
The last publication of this nature was issued by the World Alliance of Youth for Mission's in 1977 under the name “1977 the Youth for Mission in Review”.

It is our sincere hope that the Blue Book will be a useful tool for Youth for Mission's all over the world to communicate in a similar manner around the global Youth for Missionmovement, its basic figures and also other topics relevant to Youth for Mission life.

This is only the first edition, which will be constantly updated and improved with the help of each National Movement of the Youth for Mission family.