Global conferences on national youth service:
proceedings:

• 2004 (7th)
• 2002 (6th)
• 2000 (5th)
• 1998 (4th)
• 1996 (3rd)
• 1994 (2nd)
• 1992 (1st)

Country updates

Organisations

Research

National Youth Service as a Principle of Civic Responsibility

• Keynote speaker, Professor Charles Moskos USA
• Respondent: Katya Shishova, Russia .....A perspective from the Former Soviet Union
• Respondent: Elisabeth Hoodless, UK : "If society is to flourish, the basic civic duty of being a good neighbor needs to be encouraged"
• Respondent: Dr. S.N. Subba Rao, India "Civic responsibility needs to be seen as responsibility within the context of a greatly interconnected system"
• Respondent: Raymond Caire, France "By participating in service schemes young people develop a sense of civic responsibility"
• Comments from general discussion
• Evaluation comments

National Youth Service as a Culturally Integrative Force

• Keynote speaker: Jean-Guy Bigeau, Canada: The Canadian Experience
  Conclusion
• Keynote speaker: Brig-Gen. Kola Ogunkoya, Nigeria: The Nigerian Experience
• Comments from general discussion
• Evaluation comments

National Youth Service as a Psycho-Social Process

• Keynote speaker, Dr Reuven Gal, Israel "Voluntary contribution opportunities not only recognize the importance of their enthusiasm and dedication, but also promote their social and psychological development"
• Respondent, Manacas Ferreira , Portugal "There can be little doubt that involvement (in service learning projects) has significant impact on the psycho-social development of young people"
• Respondent, Professor Maria Nieves Tapia de Basilico, Argentina: "Nurturing the moral sentiment and feelings of social responsibility in young people" - meeting psychological needs in an open market economy
• Respondent, Hua Zhang , China "Youth Service philosophy....ought to be articulated to a greater number of institutions, developing a youth service philosophy in educational settings"
• Respondent, Carmen M. Castillo , Costa Rica
• Comments from general discussion
• Evaluation comments

National Youth Service From Political, Ethical and Religious Perspectives: The Israel Case

• Preliminary questions: Can National Youth Service work in Israel?
• Keynote speaker: Professor Stuart Cohen, Israel
• Respondent: Sarah Meltzer, Israel : "There is a clear need to unify volunteering in Israel"
• Respondent: Eyal Nun, Israel : "Legislation introduced"
• Respondent: Maggie Bar-Tura, Israel : "An attitude that leaves little room for Arabs"

Panel discussion with local NYS volunteers

• Do you feel that young people should be involved in designing and implementing their own NYS programs?
• Does doing National Service make you more involved in the political process?
• Do you know people who didn't finish service?
• Do you have a supervisor? What role do they play?
• What training did you receive?
• Do you serve a wide range of groups? Do you live with a mix of people?
• Should people be able to serve their own social group?
• What advantages does NYS have over army service?
• How should NYS and NYS policy in Israel develop?
• To what extent do group friendships continue after NYS?
• What do you think the aims of NYS should be?

Evaluation Comments

Appendices

Appendix 1 List of the 5th Global IANYS conference participants

Appendix 2 International Association for National Youth Service (IANYS)Charter of IANYS

• Preamble
• Article one (1)
• Statement on National Youth Service
• Article two (2)
• Activities
• Article three (3)
• Membership

Appendix 3 Resolutions of the IANYS General Meeting

• DRAFT LETTER OF COOPERATION BETWEEN THE UNITED NATIONS YOUTH UNIT (UNYU) AND THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE (IANYS)
• Discussion

Appendix 4 United Nations and IANYS Cooperation

• The United Nations and National Youth Service: 1968-2000
  By William David Angel, Chief, United Nations Youth Unit

Appendix 5 Draft Design of the Youth Service Information Network

Appendix 6 The Carmel Institute for Social Studies

Other conference-related documents: Contributed papers

Thematic papers

Delegates were asked to prepare a thematic paper about NYS in their country as it related to the one of the five themes chosen.

• Argentina: NYS as a Psycho-Social Process
• Canada: National Youth Service as a culturally integrative force: Building citizenship and society: The role of NYS
• China: The Chinese Youth Service as a Social Psychological Process
• Costa Rica: Exploring youth service and psycho-social processes within academic practicums in Higher Education
• England: National youth service as a principle of civic duty
• France: How to develop a sense of civic responsibility among young people
• Papua New Guinea: National youth service as a culturally integrative force
• Portugal: Voluntary work as a psycho-social process
• USA: Comments on NYS in the USA by Charles Moskos

Country updates
Official Country Representatives at the conference were requested to provide a 'Country Update' prior to the conference.

As this is the 5th Global Conference, it is assumed that the history and background of each country's NYS has been presented in the previous IANYS conferences. Hence, the Country Update includes only the basic facts and a general description of the current shape of national service in respective countries.

• Argentina
• Australia
• Canada
• China
• Costa Rica
• Denmark
• England
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Israel
• Papua New Guinea
• Portugal
• Russia
• United States