​ Bali GIN 2013

 

 

 

The BALI approach.. each GIN conference has a unique flavour and here in Bali we have so many opportunties to interact with the local community and get involved at a grass roots level with the issues that the GIN conferences world wide address so it was deciced that the conference would provide hands on experiences for the participants that were motivational, lead by people who are experts in their fields and could lead to a deepper understanding of the challenges faced by the global, local and regional community.

This is an excerpt from the I-Mag article from the GIN BALI organizing team

 

Bali’s October Global Youth Conference is scheduled to take place just days before the APEC Summit and provides an opportunity for school students of the region to participate in the understanding of the UN Millennium Goals through education and motivation, action and presentation. It is an ambitious undertaking but one that has all the ‘right’ elements, dynamic speakers and exciting events that will empower the youth of the region to get first hand experience in solution seeking for the big issues affecting their world. Clean water, education for all, food security, human rights, animal rights, the provision of equitable and economically sustainable health care and the ability to share resources are all on the agenda. The theme of the conference is Motivate Educate and the belief is that if you engage fully in something you are passionate about you will be in a position to purposefully and powerfully contribute to the society in which you belong and bring positive effects to the region and the world.
 It’s that simple, the conference aims to form the tools of solution seeking and discourse amongst group of students from various backgrounds and regions in order to plant seeds of hope into the soils of the future.
 The results are unknowable, the benefit is unpredictable; the tangible results are variable, yet the obligation and responsibility is unavoidable. The need to empower those that will inherit the current challenges is as urgent as the need to act on accumulated knowledge for the betterment of mankind, and there is a sense that we need to empower our young people to believe that they can act in ways we have been unable to.
 It’s not unreasonable to think it is ‘too late’ , but it is wrong to say that nothing can be done. Thinking and talking will only get you so far, it is the doing that makes the difference. So, as organizers and presenters of the conference we are faced with an exciting challenge and one that is bringing the most amazing results, showing us that while the dominant powers seem to be short sightedly destroying for profit what is rich, vast and beautiful in this world there is an abundance of people who are devoted to protecting, promoting and peacefully achieving small victories against a tide of outmoded paradigms. And slowly but surely their victories are creating the blue prints of success that can be replicated and reproduced. Many of these people are doing this through their passion for this world, their understanding of the interconnectivity of the living systems that make up our planet and their love of what ever it is they do, their investment into life. And this is what the Global Youth Conference aspires to showcase.
That while the challenges remain we are becoming, as a society wiser, quicker at rallying and more determined to make change, to lend a hand and to share information that will aid us in becoming a healthier, fairer and more compassionate society.

 
We aren’t asking for much and yet we are asking a lot, we are asking for help to empower the leaders of the tomorrow to prepare a brighter future for us all..