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       Applications are now open for the 2010 Australian Youth Representative Position!   
Each year since 1999 the United Nations Youth Association and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has chosen one young Australian to be the Youth Representative in Australia’s delegation to the United Nations General Assembly in New York.  
In 2010, this could be you!  
The Australian Youth Representative is responsible for representing the views and interests of Australian young people to the United Nations. The Australian Youth Representative will have the amazing opportunity to journey around Australia to further understand the depth and breadth of the opinions of young Australians, before travelling to the Australian Mission. Once in New York they will work in the UN as a fully accredited member of the Australian Delegation, working closely with Australian diplomatic personnel. They will also work with fellow Youth Representatives from other Member States to advance the youth agenda and meet with UN staff to formulate new projects for young people around the world! 
 
Young Australians between the age of 15 and 24 are strongly encouraged to apply for this exciting position!

Applications will close on the 2^nd of November, 2009.

 For more information and to apply, go to http://www.unya.org.au/youthrep/

Louise McMorland, Youth Librarian, Manly Library (from a Youthgas post)

Nominations are closing soon for the 6th Australian National Leadership Camp
in Sydney from Monday to Thursday 7 – 10 July 2008. Nominations close Friday 20 June.
The National Leadership Camp (NLC) is a premier leadership training program for young Australians. Each year it brings together up to 200 students (14-18 years old) from across the nation.
The focus of NLC is to develop, challenge and encourage Australia’s young people to be leaders who actualise their own potential and use their gifts and energies to serve others
and make a difference in their school and communities.
NLC is officially endorsed by the Australian Government’s Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. It receives no government funding however
and is maintained through the generous support of businesses and individuals who desire to invest in Australia’s next generation of leaders.
“I now realise leadership is about serving others and that a leader needs a vision. I really want to be a ’server’ to help plant seeds in people’s lives and to see them flourish!”
Heather Mendelsohn, Ravenswood School for Girls, NSW
Rising Generations places a strong emphasis on mentoring by providing a highly skilled and experienced leadership team to co-ordinate the camp.
Nominations are encouraged from students who are in Years 9-12.
Check the on-line registration process at www.risinggenerations.org.au Information from
Bec Heinrich, CEO, Rising Generations Ltd
posted by Louise McMorland, Youth Librarian, Manly Library