Sunday, January 3, 2010

Tanzania to host Young Global Leaders summit in May 2010

Young Global Leaders (YGL) - a branch of the World Economic Forum - will hold is seventh annual summit in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania from May 2-7, 2010.

The summit promises to engage youth in sustainable projects that directly relate to the economic and social progress of people.

An extract from the summit notice webpage:

"This event promises to be the largest gathering of YGLs where they will have an opportunity to interact with local and international organizations working in the YGL “Global Redesign” areas of activity: health, environment and sustainability, education and youth, entrepreneurship, values and governance. The YGL Annual Summit will be an occasion to connect local experiences with global issues and to understand the underlying development environment."

Read more:
World Economic Forum homepage
YGL homepage
YGL summit notice webpage

3 comments:

  1. I want to go. How can I go?

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  2. me too! Any idea how I can get a pass??

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  3. Selection for the Young Global Leaders Summit happens through an intensive selection process, details here: http://www.weforum.org/en/Communities/Young%20Global%20Leaders/Nominations/index.htm

    For more details about how you might be able to get a pass outside of core YGL member group, e-mail ygl (at) weforum (dot) org.

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