35TH SHIP FOR SOUTHEAST ASIAN YOUTH PROGRAMME (SSEAYP), 21 OCTOBER - 11 DECEMBER 2008

The Ship for Southeast Asian Youth Programme (SSEAYP) is an annual programme sponsored by the Japanese Government and supported by the ASEAN countries. The SSEAYP aims to promote friendship and understanding among youths from the ASEAN countries and Japan. The programme brings together about 300 youths from ASEAN countries and Japan, providing them with the unique opportunity to interact on board the ship Nippon Maru and at different ports-of-call for 52 days. Singapore will be sending a contingent of 28 youths to participate in this year’s programme. SSEAYP started in January 1974 based on Joint Statements issued between Japan and the five ASEAN countries, namely, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Brunei Darussalam joined in 1985. Vietnam participated in the programme in 1996 while Laos and Myanmar participated in 1998. Cambodia joined the programme in 2000. The aim of SSEAYP is to foster friendship and greater understanding among youths from Japan and ASEAN. It also seeks to broaden their international outlook. The 35th SSEAYP will be held from 21 October to 11 December 2008. During this period, the participants will visit six of the ten ASEAN countries, namely Brunei (Muara), Indonesia (Jakarta), Thailand (Bangkok), Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City), Philippines (Manila), Cambodia (Phnom Penh) and Japan. A series of activities are lined up for the selected participants. The programme during voyages includes discussions on social and youth matters, cultural introductions, sports, recreation and club activities. Activities at each port-of-call include interaction with the local youths, courtesy calls on dignitaries and institutional visits, as well as community service and homestay experience. PAYM is invited to nominate 6 youth leaders to participate in this year’s SSEAYP. The nominees should possess a track record of active youth, community or outstanding youths capable of assuming an ambassadorial role for Singapore. They should also be between 18 and 30 years old as of 1 March 2008. Kindly refer to the attached conditions for the programme. On behalf of the National Youth Council, we would like to highlight the following conditions, amongst others, for participation: (a) Each selected participant is required to contribute a sum of at least $900.00 (excluding 7% GST) to the contingent fund. The fund will be used to cover individual and group expenses for the programme. Participants are encouraged to raise funds or approach their nominating organisations to subsidise their contributions to the Contingent Fund; and (b) All participants are required to undergo a two-month orientation programme, which includes weekend and two weekday evening training sessions per week. The orientation programme is tentatively scheduled from July to August 2008. Those who do not attend the orientation programme regularly will be disqualified. Interested candidates, please get the nomination form from your respective officer and submit it through your her by 30 April 08 before 12 noon. PAYM looks forward to your support to SSEAYP 2008!

Developing Leaders Day - The external day of EVOLVE International Conference 2008

Developing Leaders Day is an annual event held by AIESEC Singapore. This year, the aim is to develop leaders with social value added initiatives. More than 200 people have attended the event held last year and about 300 participants will be involved in the conference this year.

If you are interested, please sign up at http://evolvedld.wufoo.com/forms/registeration-of-developing-leaders-day-ofevolve/

For any enquiries, please send an email to evolvedld@gmail.com and the organisers will reply to you as soon as possible.

Date: 8th May 2008 (Thursday)

Time: 9am to 5pm

Venue: NTU (to be confirmed)
Target Audience: Working Adults, university students, college students, polytechnic
students, and Junior College students

Entrance Fee:
SGD12 for students;
SGD18 for working adults

(Entrance Fee is waived for YEC members)
(Lunch and tea are included)

Theme: From Social Entrepreneurship to Social Intrapreneurship

Objectives:
(i) To develop youth leaders with corporate perspectives on the issues of Social Entrepreneurship and Social Intrapreneurship, and the
necessary knowledge in forging project partnerships with externals

(ii) To inspire youth leaders to continue or pioneer their social value-add projects in creating a positive impact on society

(iii) To provide an ideal networking platform for youth leaders to interact with various externals, which include corporate representatives, alumni and entrepreneurs.
Topics and Key Speakers:

Social Entrepreneurship

Speaker: Ms. Elim Chew, the Founder and the current President, 77th Street Pte Ltd

Corporate Social Responsibility
Speaker: Ms. Susan Njoroge, Corporate Sustainability Manager, DHL Asia Pacific

Break Free - Discover Your Leadership Signature
Speaker: Prof Debashis Chatterjee, Dean of Leadership Center, SP Jain Center of Management

Intrapreneurship
Speaker: to be confirmed

AIESEC NTU - SSTI International Online Essay Writing Competition

Interested to participate in an essay writing competition and gain attractive cash prizes? AIESEC NTU - SSTI International Online Essay Writing Competition comes to you.

This International Online Essay Writing Competition is organised by AIESEC in NTU, in partnership with the Social Service Training Institute (SSTI) in Singapore. It aims to consolidate refreshing ideas and possible solutions from both local and overseas youth aged between 16 and 25 years old.

The competition topic is "How can non-profit organisations/voluntary welfare organisations attract sufficient resources for sustainability?" This competition is scheduled to commence on 1 April 2008. Please submit your essay online by 12:00 midnight, 31st July, 2008! Attractive cash prizes and trophies will be awarded to the top three essays during the prize-giving ceremony at National Council of Social Service (NCSS) Members Conference 2008.

Rank Number Prizes
Gold 1 SGD $3,000
Silver1 SGD $2,000
Bronze1 SGD $1,000

Please visit the website www.aiesecntu.org for more details on the competition.

THE SINGAPORE GARDEN FESTIVAL IS BACK!

On behalf of the National Parks Board of Singapore we are pleased to inform that the Singapore Garden Festival (SGF) returns in 2008 from 25 July to 1 August at Suntec Singapore. The highly successful inaugural presentation in 2006 attracted some 200,000 visitors.


We would like to invite you to be part of the Festival and are pleased to offer a special pricing package for organised groups where you will enjoy a 20% special discount off the regular ticket price. On top of that, when we get your group's confirmed date of visit, we will organise a free guided tour for the group at the Festival.


Appended is the price list. Please place your orders in the Ticket Order Form attached.

For more information about the Singapore Garden Festival 2008, kindly visit our website at http://www.singaporegardenfestival.com/ .

Joyous February

Feb is a short and sweet month.

Celebration for CNY with CCC & SCEC, New Year Visit to Minister House and not to forget our very own YEC Retreat 08.

Ignite the flame! Open Space Forum 2010

Singapore sports is hot and getting hotter!

Here's some photos of our policy forum for sharing...

Festive Wishes & Charity Dinner 07

Hey folks, here are some pics of our Festive Wishes & Charity Dinner last year.

Keep up the good job SUPERNOVA!