CALL FOR APPLICATION
YOUTH FORUM FOR THE PREVENTION OF EXTREMISM AND VIOLENCE
Fez – OIC Youth Capital 2017
Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum (ICYF), an international organization affiliated to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), announces the call for application for the Fez –OIC Youth Capital 2017, Youth Forum for the Prevention of Extremism and Violence issued by the hosts of the “Fes– OIC Youth Capital 2017” international programme. The Festival aiming to bring together young artists from the OIC geography and beyond will be held in the city of Fez, Kingdom of Morocco, on 22-23 November, 2017.
Main Objectives:
The Forum is an opportunity to meet and interact with leading youth from various OIC countries to work on the concepts related to volunteering and the various approaches that are effective in preventing extremism and violence, through workshops and seminars with specialists.
- To support the development of young people sensitive to global and social issues, capable of contributing society and humanity and to empower young people with leadership qualities.
- To enable young people to think about “Youth Forum for the Prevention of Extremism and Violence” and exchange ideas on these matters and find solutions for them and to make a contribution to establishing a fundamentally more equitable and peaceful world.
- To enable young people to gain new experiences by improving their sense of solidarity and cooperation.
- To establish youth networks and platforms.
The Format and Programme Details
The 2 days forum programme is expected to bring young people together to contribute to the success of the event and discuss about youth volunteerism & preventing extremism and violence. The programme will be a combination of;
- First plenary session and workshops
- Workshops and group work
- Second plenary session and workshops
- Cultural City Tour
Application and Selection Process
The final selection will be made by the organizing team according to the criteria described below;
- To be a citizen of the OIC Member States or representative of Muslim community in non-OIC Member States;
- Able to speak English;
- Aged 18-30;
- Involved in/coordinated any innovative youth social project,
- Active in community services,
- Motivated to attend the full duration;
**** Application form should be sent in the format of DOC file to this email address: fescapitale@mjs.gov.ma .Please also take note that all the participants should fill the participation application form up and attach it to their email.
Costs
Travel: Participants are themselves will cover round trip travel expenses from his/her own country to Fez city including the visa, medical and travel insurance and personal expenses.
Accommodation and other costs: Host organization will cover domestic transportation, accommodation, food and other costs related to the festival.
Contact
*** For further questions, please contact at Email: fescapitale@mjs.gov.ma and Phone: +212 537 68 00 28
The Festival’s Timeline:
Deadline: 1 November 2017 at 18:00 according to Rabat Time.
CALL FOR APPLICATION
OIC Youth Street Art Festival
Fez – OIC Youth Capital 2017
Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum (ICYF), an international organization affiliated to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), announces the call for application for the Fez –OIC Youth Capital 2017, OIC Youth Street Art Festival issued by the hosts of the “Fez– OIC Youth Capital 2017” international programme. The Festival aiming to bring together young artists from the OIC geography and beyond will be held in the city of Fez, Kingdom of Morocco, on 22-23 November, 2017.
Main Objectives:
“OIC Youth Street Art Festival” is considered as an international art exhibition, for the benefit of Muslim Youth. The Festival will provide a platform where young people experience different cultures and values and also demonstrate their artistic expressions in writing, graffiti, music and physical expression.
- To raise awareness of young people towards our prevalent values, history, culture and civilization and to reunite them under a common vision of future.
- To enable young people to gain new experiences through art and improve their sense of solidarity and cooperation.
The Format and Programme Details
The 2 days international programme is expected to bring young people together to contribute to the success of the event and explore different cultures. The programme will be a combination of;
- Professional singing and musical arts
- Professional dance and performing arts
Participants are allowed (if desired) to bring their traditional clothes and authentic national items to be showed among participants and other attendees of the Festival.
Application and Selection Process
The final selection will be made by the organizing team according to the criteria described below;
- To be a citizen of the OIC Member States or representative of Muslim community in non-OIC Member States;
- Aged 18-30;
- Involved in/coordinated any creative youth art project,
- Active in community services,
- Motivated to attend the full duration;
**** Application forms should be sent in the format of DOC file to this email address: fescapitale@mjs.gov.ma Please also take note that all the participants should fill the participation application form up and attach it to their email.
Costs
Travel: Participants are to cover themselves round trip travel expenses from his/her own country to Fez city including the visa, medical and travel insurance and personal expenses.
Accommodation and other costs: Host organization will cover domestic transportation, accommodation, food and other costs related to the festival.
Contact
*** For further questions, please contact at Email: fescapitale@mjs.gov.ma and Phone: +212 537 68 00 28
The Festival’s Timeline:
Deadline: 1 November 2017 at 23:59 according to Rabat Time.
The Muslim Future Thinkers Forum ‘’In the Light Mulla Sadra’’ International Academic Conference, under the “Shiraz – OIC Youth Capital 2017” International Programme, will be held in Shiraz, Islamic Republic of Iran, on 20-23 July 2017. The event is jointly organized by Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum (ICYF), Ministry of Youth and Sports of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and Shiraz University under the theme of “Rethinking the Ummah in the Light of Mulla Sadra” with the participation of prospering and well known Muslim Scholars from several universities and academic Institutions based in Muslim majority countries.
ICYF, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) youth Institution, launched a new intellectual platform, the Muslim Future Thinkers Forum (MFTF), with the goal of bringing together prominent senior and junior scholars of the Muslim world to express and exchange their ideas in the format of an academic forum every year. The Forum seeks not only to gather together leading intellectuals of the Muslim world to reflect collectively on the issues facing Muslims today but also to establish worldwide Muslim intellectual networks of cooperation and youth voluntarism to prepare future scholars and leaders. To do so, the Forum adopts a distinctly interdisciplinary perspective to garner insights from Islamic sciences, social sciences and humanities. It may be mentioned here that the Forum is one of the fourteen actions under the chapter of Joint Youth Action Plan adopted by the 3rd Session of the Islamic Conference of Youth and Sports Ministers (5-7 October, 2016, in Istanbul).
The three-day conference will address various aspects of concern to the Muslim world, particularly rethinking the opportunities and challenges faced by it, as well as focusing on the essence of Mulla Sadra’s message.
CALL FOR APPLICATION: “OIC BATTLE OF SUMOROBOT & TVET CONFERENCE FOR INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION”
Putrajaya, Malaysia
In the framework of the Putrajaya – OIC Yout
h Capital 2017 international programme, the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Malaysia in partnership with Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum (ICYF), an international institution affiliated to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), is organizing the “OIC BATTLE OF SUMOROBOT & TVET CONFERENCE FOR INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION” in Putrajaya (Malaysia), on 23-24 May, 2017.
OBJECTIVE
- To produce a generation of educators and learners who are creative and competitive in line with the aspiration in robotic field towards directing a first class human capital with a “towering personality”.
- To foster unity and encourage exchange of views among the participants of the local youth and the OIC youth participants who have strength in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET).
GENERAL RULES
- THE PARTICIPATION OF THE OIC BATTLE OF SUMOROBOT & TVET CONFERENCE FOR INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION – PUTRAJAYA OIC YOUTH CAPITAL 2017 MUST consist of respective OIC countries. Participants involved in SumoRobot Competition are also obliged to attend TVET Conference for Industrial Automation on the following day.
- All participants must be aged between 15 – 30 years.
- ONLY ONE (1) PERSON PER PARTICIPATION from each OIC country is encouraged where the cost will be borne by the Organizing Committee including :-
- Flight ticket from respective country to Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA/ KLIA2) and return flight ticket from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA/ KLIA2) to their country;
- Twin sharing accommodation with breakfast and dinner provided at the hotel;
- Domestic transportation from the airport to the hotel and the programme venue;
- Meals and refreshment during the programme.
- Accommodation, meals and transportation during programme are provided by the Organizing Committee. The participants are responsible for all personal expenses (such as buying souvenirs, international phone calls, laundry, personal trading and etc). Personal expenditures of preparation for the trip or daily expenses during the stay will not be provided by the Organizing Committee.
- OBSERVERS from participating OIC countries are welcome to attend the programme at their OWN EXPENSES, subject to the relevant provisions of the competition and the rules of procedure. However, the Organizing Committee MAY NOT RESPONSIBLE on the arrangement of hotel accommodation, meals and transportation during their stay in Malaysia.
- Registration
All participants are required to complete the registration form and submit to the Organizing Committee before Sunday, 30 April 2017.
Programme Schedule:
Date : 23rd – 24th May 2017 (Tuesday & Wednesday)
Venue : Dewan Seri Siantan & Bilik Melati, Precint 3, Putrajaya Malaysia
Please refer programme tentative to the Appendix
*PLEASE READ CAREFULLY THE GUIDELINE FOR PARTICIPATION ON THE “OIC BATTLE OF SUMOROBOT & TVET CONFERENCE FOR INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION” PROGRAMME BEFORE APPLYING.
Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum (ICYF), an international institution affiliated to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in partnership with the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Malaysia is organizing the “OIC Youth Capital Halal Food and Fashion Festival” in Putrajaya (Malaysia), on 8-9 April 2017. The double-fold Festival is being organized in conjunction with Grand Opening Ceremony of “Putrajaya – OIC Youth Capital 2017” a year-long International Programme approved by relevant decisions of the OIC 43rdCouncil of Foreign Ministers and the 3rd Islamic Conference of Youth and Sports Ministers.
OBJECTIVES
The Festival aims to bring together young entrepreneurs in the fields of Islamic fashion to showcase their projects and products as well as to exchange creative ideas, to build investment and collaborative partnerships at variety of thematic sessions. Serving as a new horizon in opening the minds of the young people to the challenging realms and norms existing in business, the festival will enable them to discuss and submit their projects and proposals to the relevant parties and possible partners.
ORGANIZERS
The main co-organizers are ICYF and the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Malaysia in cooperation with the following partners:
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wisma Putra. (OIC and Regional Cooperation Division)
- Ministry of Tourism and Culture of Malaysia
- Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development
- Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (JAKIM)
- Putrajaya Cooperation
- Malaysian Youth Council
THE FORMAT AND PROGRAMME DETAILS
The 2 days international programme is expected to bring young entrepreneurs together to contribute to the success of the event and explore new business opportunities for your projects and products. Participants will be provided with opportunity to present their projects or products in the special exhibition as well as thematic sessions.
The programme will be a combination of;
- Exhibition – Halal Food and Fashion
- Fashion Show, Sharing Session, Promotion of Products
- Halal Food Showcase from OIC Member States (sharing session, promotion of products)
Participants are allowed (if desired) to bring their food and fashion products. It may be authentic national items and products which will be used to showcase, exhibit, try-out, sampled and also to be either consumed, sold, distributed or shared among participants and other attendees of the Festival & Exhibition.
VENUE AND DATE
The date and venue of the OIC Halal Food and Fashion Festival is 8 – 9 April, 2017 in Florida Putrajaya, Malaysia. Arrivals and departures are expected to be, respectively on 7 April and 10 April, 2017.
Call for Application is Closed. Thank you for your Submissions
The Secretariat of the Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum (ICYF), an international institution affiliated to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), in follow up to the Resolution No.: OIC/ICYSM-3/2016/R9-Y “On the OIC Youth Capital” adopted by the 3rd Session of the Islamic Conference of Youth and Sport Ministers (ICYSM) held in Istanbul, the Republic of Turkey, on 5-7 October 2016; and Resolution No.: 8/43-C adopted by the 43rd Session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) held in Tashkent, the Republic of Uzbekistan, on 18-19 October 2016,) which respectively state:
“To call on the Member States to ensure active participation of respective government and youth representatives in the activities of the (OIC Youth Capital) Programme”;
“Approves the annual “OIC Youth Capital” international programme implemented by ICYF; calls upon the Governments and Municipalities of the Member States to actively cooperate with ICYF for achieving overall success of the “OIC Youth Capital” International programme as important tool in strengthening development of and solidarity amongst Muslim youth”,
has the honor to announce the Call for Applications for the OIC Youth Capital 2018 International Programme.
It is important to note that the OIC Youth Capital International Programme aimed at fostering cooperation among the Member States in the field of youth policy as well as enhancing Muslim youth solidarity, fostering inter-cultural diversity and the spirit of unity of youth from the OIC geography was initiated at the ICYF 2nd General Assembly (09-11 October 2014) and successively endorsed by the corresponding Sessions of the OIC CFM and ICYSM. While Istanbul hosted successfully set of activities as the first OIC Youth Capital (2016), Putrajaya (Malaysia), Shiraz (Islamic Republic of Iran) and Fes (Kingdom of Morocco) are running creative activities as the hosts of “OIC Youth Capital” for 2017.
Having this said, the Esteemed Ministries (relevant Government Authorities) responsible for Youth of the OIC Member States are kindly requested to consider the “Requirements and Procedures for Selection of OIC Youth Capital” with a view to submitting suitable candidate city(ies) for the nomination to host OIC Youth Capital for 2018. The application form (available below) is to be kindly filled in and sent latest by 1 May 2017 to the ICYF Secretariat
(Email: oicyouthcapital@icyf-dc.org, Fax: +90 212 465 3670).
For further information and/or clarification, please, feel free to contact with Ms. Tugba Ceren Cerci (Project Coordinator, ICYF-DC Secretariat, E-mail: c.cerci@icyf-dc.org, Phone: +90 212 465 3939).
On 3-4 February, Shiraz, as a host city, was held openning ceremony of the Shiraz – OIC Youth Capital 2017, an important international programme serving development and unity of youth of the OIC geography. Upcoming events of Shiraz-OIC Youth Capital, along with Putrajaya (Malaysia), presented to distinguished guests and youth Representatives of OIC Member States. The ceremony started with presentation of “Flag Raising Ceremony” and “Key to Shiraz” to youth and concluded with the signing of the roadmap of the Shiraz – OIC Youth Capital between Shiraz Authorities and ICYF.
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