DAY 2 September 19, 2006

PANEL DISCUSSION

After a nice breakfast, participants played an icebreaker game and started the second day of the National Youth Conference. Actities of the seconday included Panel Discussion (YCC’s Youth Network’s Participation in Local Governance, Experiences and Lessons Learned) followed by Q&A and Youth and Local Lobbying Technique (roleplay by participants).

Panel Discussion: Youth Participation in Local Governance
Experiences & Lessons Learned

Through training programs in nine provinces, YCC recruits network member in commune basis. Participants, who have the opportunity to attend the National Youth Conference, are selected carefully by local network members with the facilitation of YCC provincial representatives. Outstanding network members are nominated by their peer in the commune or district base. The criterias for the selection are based on their activeness in local governance and democratic participation such as their attendance at commune council meetings, local workshops/public forums/seminars, petitions circulations, follow-up meeting with commune councils and local authorities and internal network meeting in their communes and districts.

Represenatatives of youth network members from each provinces shared experience and lessons learned about these local activites.

After the presentation, YCC presented the annual report of programming activities and network activities in each province comparing to each others. Awads were given to outstanding provincal networks which had volunteered their time and resources to build and promote local good governance and democratic practice in their communities.

Download: Presentation of Youth Network Activity Report can be downloaded here

Download: Presentation of YCC Training Report can be downloaded here

ROLE PLAY

Youth and Local Lobbying Technique: Roleplay by Participants

YCC participants were split into three groups. Each group discussed and decided where they want to tour in Sihanouk Ville in the free afternoon of the third day of the conference. Each group selected six members to represent their idea and lobby a panel (of five YCC staff members) to agree with their request of city tour. YCC will arrange a city tour to the place where the best lobbying group would like to go.