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Our NGO is born, the Y4PT Foundation is now a fact!

Our NGO is born, the Y4PT Foundation is now a fact!

“ We are sure the Y4PT Foundation experience will encourage more individuals and istitutions to take risks and give life and sustainability to big ideas. Imagine…a global network of young people working together for positive changes and sustainable  development around the world.. such a network exist and his name is Y4PT…! Youth For Public Transport [...]

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RIO+20: we need young forces to make it happen...

RIO+20: we need young forces to make it happen…

My personal position on RIO +20s, after having assisted at all the other Earth Summits, is pessimistic and negative: human beings, instead of progressing in finding concrete solutions in negotiations, are back-tracking and particularly, backtracking on commitments established in 1992! “Principles protecting human rights and  equity are disappearing, watered down and remaining devoided of concrete [...]

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The UITP/Y4PT Youth Charter has seen the light in Venice!

The UITP/Y4PT Youth Charter has seen the light in Venice!

  This year the earth has reached 7 billion people: and this is the first time half of the  planet’s population is youth, so it is fundamental  to  take the young generation on board in the decisions and construction of our future mobility.  6 years after its launch in 2005 by the UITP President at [...]

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Our third participation at the Unesco Youth Forum in Paris

Our third participation at the Unesco Youth Forum in Paris

Student engagement, social innovation, fostering democracy, youth employment, conflict and sustainable development were among the issues that were discussed on the floor of the 7th UNESCO Youth Forum. Held from 17 to 20 October 2011 in UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, the Forum brought together youth delegates, civil society participants, UN entities, intergovernmental organizations, academics and [...]

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