Friday, May 30, 2008

NEW POST........EIGHTEENTH UN/IAF WORKSHOP ON "INTEGRATED SPACE TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS..

Eighteenth UN/IAF Workshop on "Integrated Space Technology Applications - Support to Managing Potentially Hazardous Events"
Glasgow, United Kingdom, 26 - 27 September 2008

Held in conjunction with the 59th International Astronautical Congress (29 September - 3 October 2009)
Co-sponsored by European Space Agency (ESA)

The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UN-OOSA) and the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) are jointly organizing a Workshop on the theme "Integrated Space Technology Applications - Support to Managing Potentially Hazardous Events", from 26 to 27 September 2008. The Workshop will be held in conjunction with the 59th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), which will take place from 29 September to 3 October 2008 in Glasgow, United Kingdom. Workshop participants selected by the UN and IAF will also be invited to attend the IAC.

This Workshop is the eighteenth meeting jointly organized by the Office for Outer Space Affairs, under the United Nations Programme on Space Applications, and by the International Astronautical Federation. It builds upon the recommendations and experience gained from previous workshops. The UN/IAF Workshop has been endorsed by the United Nations General Assembly as part of the 2008 activities of the United Nations Programme on Space Applications.

The Workshop will address a range of space-related technologies, services and information resources available for support to hazard management from short-term emergency activation of resources to help for long-term planning of mitigation activities. International, regional and national initiatives, such as EU/ESA GMES, International Charter on Space and Major Disasters, GEOSS and the UN-SPIDER, will be presented at the Workshop as well. Primary objectives of this event include the following:

To increase awareness among decision makers and representatives of research and academic community about the use of space technology applications for sustainable development programmes supporting hazards management in developing countries;
To examine low-cost space-related technologies and information resources available for addressing hazards management;
To strengthen capacity building in the area of hazards management and space technology; and

To strengthen international and regional cooperation in the subjects
Building upon the success of the 2007 workshop, this year the co-organizers of the Workshop plan to continue a practice of holding a concluding round table with participation of top-level representatives of space agencies, civil protection agencies and other relevant national/regional/international institutions and organizations from both space faring and non-space faring countries in order to establish a direct dialogue with the Workshop participants on how space technologies and policies can contribute to hazard management programmes in developing countries. The round table will also discuss issues and problems in participants' countries as well as open an exchange of pragmatic ideas between decision-makers and leaders from the above-mentioned organizations and participants of the Workshop. The round table will attempt to draw conclusions and to formulate recommendations that will serve as an input to the IAC Plenary Event on this topic which will take place on Wednesday, 1 October 2008.

The deadline for application for participants seeking full or partial funding is 10 June 2008.


http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/SAP/act2008/uk/index.html
Available online resources
Information Note (PDF format in English only)
Information Note (MSWord format in English only)
Application Form(PDF format in English only)
Application Form (MSWord format in English only)

Sunday, May 25, 2008

THE 2008 EASTERN AFRICA REGIONAL MODEL UNITED NATIONS (EARMUN)

The EARMUN is here again; it is bigger and better this year. The 2008 EARMUN is scheduled to take place in Arusha, Tanzania at the Arusha International Conference Center (AICC) from 4th to 8th August 2008.


The first two EARMUNs were held in Nairobi , Kenya at the United Nations Africa Headquarters. YUNA Tanzania, UNYA Kenya, UNA Kenya, UNA Tanzania and UNA Uganda are the main organizers of this gathering. The EARMUN is a regional forum for Eastern Africa youth to engage in and discuss pertinent international and regional issues of development and to encourage youth action for sustainable development in their respective constituencies.


The 2008 EARMUN is expected to bring together 300 young people from Eastern Africa (university students and youth from Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan and DRC), representatives for the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) Youth Chapters in the 11 member countries and Youth from outside Africa including Norway and Sweden.


The Theme of the 2008 EARMUN will be "Youth Engagement in championing Peace and Security in Africa".


2008 EARMUN program will have the following activities; a) the Model United Nations (everyone participates), b) the ICGLR Youth Multi-Functional Meeting (participation restricted to a few), c) the Somalia Youth Initiative meeting (participation restricted to a few) and d) the EARMUN Final Plenary (everyone participates).

For more information regarding the application dont hesitate to use the following webpage:
www.earmun.org.

LATEST NEWS........

6 Days left before the clossing of the application for the Spce Generation Congress 2008, which is the World's Number One Youth Meeting. SGC 2008 is going to take place on September 25-27, 2008 in Glasgow Scotland.

To find more about SGC 2008, and how you can apply go to:
www.glasgow.spacegeneration.org


Dont forget also to apply for the;-

United Nations / Austria / European Space Agency
Symposium on Space Applications for Sustainable Development to Support the
Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development

“Space Tools and Solutions for Monitoring the Atmosphere and Land Cover”

Hosted and co-sponsored by the Government of Austria, through the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs and the Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology, the State of Styria, and the City of Graz

Graz, Austria, 9 – 12 September 2008

More information can be available at http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/SAP/act2008/graz/index.html.

WORLD SPACE WEEK ASSOCIATION (WSW)

Read through the lines, and at the end you will see the contacts also that you can use if you want to know more about WSW, but also dont forget to open the WSW webpage as there is something good for you, be creative and try everything.


WSW is an annual observance held from October 4 to October 10 established by the United Nations General Assembly to be an international celebration of science and technology and their contribution to the betterment of the human condition. World Space Week is coordinated by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UN OOSA) with the support of World Space Week Association, a non-government organization.

It is an international celebration of science and technology, and their contribution to the betterment of the human condition. The United Nations General Assembly declared in 1999 that World Space Week will be held each year from October 4-10. These dates commemorate two events:

• October 4, 1957- Launch of the first human-made Earth satellite, Sputnik 1, thus opening the way for space exploration.

• October 10, 1967- The signing of the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activites of States in the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies.


“The goal of this celebratory week is to promote, excite, encourage and educate people about space, its benefits to everyday life, and its connection to many professional fields, not limited to the sciences and mathematics”.

The following are the benefits of WSW
• Educates people around the world about the benefits they receive from space
• Encourages greater use of space for sustainable economic development
• Demonstrates public support for space programs
• Excites children about learning and their future
• Promote institutions around the world that are involved in space
• Fosters international cooperation in space outreach and education.

Begun in 1999 by the United Nations, World Space Week is meant not only to encourage, educate and support space exploration, but also to celebrate each year at the international level the contributions of space science and technology to the betterment of the human condition.

World Space Week also provides many opportunities for educators. From educational materials (many free) to awards for teachers and schools, you will find many ways to educate and encourage students.

Of course, World Space Week is not just for teachers. Everyone is invited to participate. Whether it's just a trip to your local theater to see one of the excellent space themed movies playing or attending a lecture on astronomy at a local school or community.

Last year WSW celebrated the 50th Anniversary of Orbital Space Flight. The biggest strength of WSW, Stone says, is the “power of synchronization.” All over the world in over 50 countries events are being organized, lectures held and celebrations realized, all at the same time. And these are not limited to the first world countries. According to Stone, the developing world loves space. Parades and events can be found from Bangladesh and Malaysia to Colombia and Ecuador.

WSW is kindly inviting everybody to get involved.
My suggestions are basic, simple, and effective: get involved, take initiative, host an event, and give-out information to the WSW Association and make it global.

For more information on WSW, dont hesitate to use the following;

www.worldspaceweek.org
The President of WSWA
Dennis Stone
dstone@spaceweek.org
WSW National Coordinator for Tanzania
cnlizget_24@yahoo.com
+255(0)713-303-697

SPACE GENERATION ADVISORY COUNCIL (SGAC)

Read this very carefully, and at the end of this explanations you will see the contacts where you can use if you want to find more about Space Generation, and on our Webpage there are some Volunteering opportunities that you can apply for them if you are willing to work with SG.


The creation of SGAC took place in July 1999, when a group of space-passionate young people calling themselves “the Space Generation” met in Vienna during the Third United Nations Conference on the Exploration and peaceful Uses of Outer space (called UNISPACE III). Space Generation submitted ten recommendations to the conference; five were incorporated into the Vienna Declaration on Space and Human Development. UNISPACE III conference participants incorporated wording into their resultant Declaration to officially create a youth space consultative group, and Space Generation Advisory Council was born.

The term "Space Generation" is a reference to the notion from Peter Diamandis, Bob Richards and Todd Hawley (the founders of ISU), that all people born after 12th April 1961 (Flight of Yuri Gagarin, first human in space) have something in common which makes them different from all generations before them: space had become reality.

That is how SGAC was born; some one might ask him/herself that, well! If that is how SGAC has came into being, then what is it? that, we call SGAC?

It is a global space youth network, open to students and young professionals from anywhere in the World who have a passion for space exploration and a desire to be informed, be involved, and be leaders for their nations and the world. It represents students and young professionals (mostly 18-35 years old) from all backgrounds, all countries, and all organizations to the UN, national governments, and space agencies. Nearly 100 countries are represented by National Points of Contact, which are organized into six regions of the world.

The aim was to enhance education and training opportunities and ensuring public awareness of the importance of space activities, and also to create, within the framework of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of the Outer Space, a consultative mechanism to facilitate the continued participation of the young people from all over the world, especially young people from developing countries and young women, in cooperative space related activities.


Together with all that but enhancing education on space activities was already an important issue to the United Nations, but through the Space Generation, self-initiated involvement in policy and the passion and dedication they demonstrated, the UN discovered something else.. “That, youth involvement in the policy is not only desirable, but powerful, beneficial, and essential”l.


SGAC VISIONS

1. ‘’We, the space generation, representing the worldwide visions of youth, commit ourselves to ensure the future of humankind’’.

2. ‘’In leaving the earth’s cradle in the quest for understanding our place in the universe, we are entrusted by the next generations with the sustainable development of the planet for our peaceful future’’.

3. ‘’We, the space generation, regardless of culture, language and creed must ensure that space exploration will improve the quality of life for the benefit of all humankind’’

4. ‘’We express the hope and the conviction that our common future ought to proceed ethically, with an understanding of the long-term consequences of our actions, and with all of humanity walking forward together as one’’


The Updated Vision of the Space Generation Advisory Council
’’Employ the creativity and vigour of youth
in advancing human development
through peaceful uses of the outer space’’

NB: SGAC has been an official observer member of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of the Outer Space (UN COPUOS) since 2001.


As a global youth network, SGAC has a numberly of products;

• Space Policy: SGAC’s main work is in advancing space policy by presenting the views of youth to the UN and other International Organizations. SGAC exercises this through its permanent observer status in UN COPUOS, research projects, and other cooperative agreements within the space industry. The policy input of SGAC to date includes regular input to COPUOS, including to the UNISPACE-III Action Teams. We give input to national and international space agencies, for example the SGAC was the only non-governmental organization invited to the Space Policy Summit in Houston in 2002 which gathered heads of space agencies and major space companies to discuss the future of space. SGAC was invited by the European Commission to provide the perspective of the future European space workforce during the consultation process for the Green Paper on European Space Policy.

• Yuri’s Night World Space Party: Since 2001, the space generation has celebrated Yuri Gagarin’s 12 April first human space flight, in which during day time there are some activities that take place such as community services, education fund raising and rocking parties at night. This event is celebrated nearly in all six inhabited continents across the world.

• Space Generation Congress (SGC): This is World’s number one youth space meeting, it is the annual event of SGAC that allows hundreds of worldwide members of the space generation to meet in one place for working groups, networking, and leadership development, whereby delegate selection to this event is based on the contributions to online projects in the proceeding months. Last year the SGC took place in Hyderabad India, and this year it is going to take place in Glasgow, Scotland in UK.

• Space Education: SGAC strives to encourage and improve education in space-related curriculum around the world through introducing space subjects to places where space is not typically studied. This is a common theme of interest in SGAC members and projects.



So far SGAC has done a lot and still it does the following/SGAC Activities

• SGAC identifies and connects a global volunteer base of young people who have an interest in space, a passion for making a difference, and a commitment to action. This network allows active and ambitious young people to feed off of each other’s enthusiasm.

• SGAC also foster connections to current leaders, top space professionals, and global organizations, allowing members of the space generation to have direct access to the knowledge of their forerunners.

• SGAC is designed to give a youth inputs to space policy makers and to maintain presentation of the world’s youth in global space forums.

• SGAC supports young people in nations that may just be developing space happenings, and who wish to add the power of youth to progress their nations.

• SGAC creates infrastructure to help young people create offshoot programmes like Yuri’s Night World Space Party, MoonMars Workshop, Cosmos Education, and others, using the resources of experience and volunteers within the group. These programs go on to be independent entities supporting space with their won visions and missions.

• SGAC is a unique position to increase international understanding and co-operation of future space leaders while they are first developing world views. Members of SGAC also typically have a strong dedication to educating children of the world to make sure the next generation will continue to explore.


Space generation Advisory Council (SGAC) is in the front line to promote space exploration and that is why it strongly call upon all youth living in this planet earth to join SGAC so that;
• To be informed
• To be involved
• To be a leader
Give shape to the future, get involved, and join us via


www.spacegeneration.org
www.spacegeneration.org/africa
SGAC Executive Officer
info@spacegeneration.org
SGAC Regional Coordinator for Africa
Castory Ntullu
cnlizget_24@yahoo.com
+255(0)713-303-697

Saturday, May 24, 2008

THE CONTENTS OF THIS PAGE

This page is going to contain all the important information about the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC), World Space Week Association (WSW) and all the environmental related matters. Then I will go further and bring forward to you all the latest news on the mentioned areas, including the Seminars, workshops, congress and other International and National gathering.

The aim is just to share information with you so that all can achieve our dreams, the important thing that you need to take into consideration is only to be patient and also to try whatever opportunity coming to your way. I would kindly like to ensure you that the world is on the palm of your hand, it is just the matter of you to decide where to go by just pointing finger on the place where you wish to go, and it will easily happen.

Let this blog be the engine and catalyst for your new thinking and creativity. There is no need to loose hope, it is only through cooperation and sharing of information, all of our dreams will become true.

It is your secret: if you want to succeed, then visit this blog always, and read my welcome note carefully, so that you can be encouraged.

BE INSPIRED, GET INVOLVED AND YOU WILL NEVER REGRET IT..!


Thursday, May 1, 2008

WELCOME NOTE......! by Sir Ntullu

Dear my lovely and best friends! I have kindly created this blog not for my own sake, but I have created it just for you. The aim is to encourage you that everything is possible if you will real determine on it. Remember that a certain type of life is for everyone, we need not to feel inferior due to our own ways of living. Everyone can live a good life and anyone can be honoured. What we have to do is not to let our mind fall into Mythical thinking, let our mind be ruled with Speculative thinking, and say to yourself that you are able.

Let us disagree with the notion that we(youth) are the future generation, when is the future and what is so special in that generation which we call it future, by relying in this notion as youth we can not develop, as I always believe that we(youth) are not of the future, we are of now, hence we have to act now as the destiny of the World is on our hands. There are a lot of opportunities outside, what is needed is the willing to grab them, and remember who are looking for them are so many as well, just take a minutes and ask yourself! Why me? among all of this population! The answer is simple, it is you because you are very unique due to your creativity because it is only through creativity someone can be unique.
Let us all share the information, let us all keep posted, let us all encourage one another, and let us all act and change our attitudes toward things.