This two-day meeting is an opportunity to reflect on and review the past three years of YIP, look at the present and explore the future of the YIP program. These days are open to all those who feel involved or invested in YIP, who support or carry the YIP program in Järna or from afar and those with feedback to give or ideas to share about the future of YIP, its financial stability and on-going success. We especially encourage all YIP alumni, contributors, participants, organizers, and the YIP network to attend to give their feedback on where YIP has been in its first three years and where it could go far into the future.
April 19 - 23, 2011: Initiative Forum
A Marketplace for Collaboration & Inter-Initiative Exchange
The aim of this event is to be the first of annual meeting for all those who consider themselves to be part of the wider YIP Network. Co-creating a diverse and international Marketplace for Collaboration and Inter-Initiative Exchange, we invite YIP Contributors, partner organizations, individuals and initiatives working within the YIP Network to come together around the work you are doing, to seek support, gain new inspiration and make connections with new collaborative partners. If you are an individual or organization working with your own initiative in the world to bring about sustainable positive change, or if you have a wish to learn about and support the work that is already being done in the world, than we want you here!
YIP will provide a framework that will encourage powerful conversations and dialogue around relevant themes, learning, skill and capacity exchanges, sharing of experience, inspiration and passion, and include ample open space for presentation of initiatives, active participation, collaboration and real network building. We hope that those working in the world with their initiatives can come together to inspire, motivate and learn from each other, hear about other work that is being done, about new methods being used and developed, share ideas for projects that need support to take off and come together around annual international group challenges. Mark your calendars, spread the word, prepare yourself to collaborate - We look forward to seeing you there!
