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INITIATIVE TITLE: ETHNIC YOUTH COUNCILOrganised by: Spectrum Multicultural Services Contact Details: 251 High Street, Preston Vic 3072 Funded by: Office for Youth, State Government State: VIC Time Period of the Initiative: 2007‐2009 Number of Participants Involved: 20 Target Group: Young people aged 15 to 25 years Project Description: The Ethnic Youth Council was a group facilitated by Spectrum consisting of young people aged 15 to 25 years who were passionate about becoming leaders in their communities and representing their peers in addressing issues faced by young Australians, particularly those from migrant and refugee backgrounds Successes and Challenges: To date, the achievements of the program include: • Victoria’s Multicultural Awards for Excellence 2009 Participation in the Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) seminar • VMC Refugee Recognition Record 2006 ‐ 4 members received the award • "Go With Da FLOW" program, involving training provided by Metropolitan Ambulance Service, Metropolitan Fire Brigade, Victoria Police, Youthlaw and Spectrum • "Freedom of Art" Expo • Participation in YMCA Victoria Youth Parliament 2007 • Participation in Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme • Continuing representation at various local, national and international conferences and forums on issues specific to culturally and linguistically diverse youth • Girls' Indoor Soccer program for ages 12 to 25 ‐ Fridays from 4pm at Merrilands Community Centre What evaluation (if any) was conducted: N/A INITIATIVE TITLE: LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM FOR YOUNG MUSLIMSOrganised by: La Trobe University/Islamic Council of Victoria Contact Details: Larry Marshall, Centre for Dialogue, La Trobe University; Email: dialogue@latrobe.edu.au Funded by: Government of Victoria and the Commonwealth Government through the Regional Communities Outreach Program of DFAT State: VIC Time Period of the Initiative: 2007‐2010 Number of Participants Involved: 20 each year Target Group: Young Muslim men and women between 18‐30 years of age Project Description: A course designed to empower young Muslim men and women and help them to reach their full potential as citizens and future leaders. Participants are trained to engage confidently and creatively with all levels of government, business, academia, the professional world, the media, and religious and community organisations. Over three months the young leaders were exposed to a wide range of learningopportunities, each carefully integrated with the others. Participants were challenged intellectually, culturally and psychologically. A conscious attempt was made to develop their knowledge and other skills through lectures, workshops, debates, role play, interviews, assignments. To this was added an extensive program of meetings with leaders drawn from most facets of Australian society: business, media, religion, politics, law. Successes and Challenges: The program enabled young men and women interested in community work, political involvement or other activities with a leadership capacity to engage effectively in the activities and areas they are working in. What evaluation (if any) was conducted: The program requests participant feedback on completion. Participant views on the course have been overwhelmingly positive. INITIATIVE TITLE: AUSTRALIAN MUSLIM VISIONOrganised by: Islamic Council OF Victoria (ICV) Contact Details: Post Office Box 622, Coburg 3058; Phone: 03 8300 8026 Funded by: Self‐funded State: VIC Time Period of the Initiative: 2010 Number of Participants Involved: Unlimited Target Group: Muslim Australians Project Description: The aim of this program is to train Muslims to contribute to developing a just, harmonious and multicultural society by engaging in environmental, social, spiritual and political concerns. There are five main focus areas: (1) relationships and networks with politicians, community organisations and local government (2) participation in community needs and issues, (3) establishing a positive leadership that can interact with all levels of the community, (4) develop a larger community consciousness through education, and (5) engage in the wider Australian community. Successes and Challenges: This program will be run for the first time this year. What evaluation (if any) was conducted: N/A INITIATIVE TITLE: BELIEVE, ACHIEVE & INSPIRE’Organised by: Federation of Australian Muslim Youth and Victoria University. Sponsored by Australian Federation of Islamic Councils, Human Appeal International, World Assembly of Muslim Youth, Australian Islamic Mission Contact Details: Craig Dent, Federation of Australian Muslim Youth, PO Box 451 Newport VIC 3015; Email: contact@believe‐achieve‐inspire.org Funded by: Fund raising and sponsorship State: VIC Time Period of the Initiative: 2009‐ 2010 Number of Participants Involved: 50 Target Group: Young Muslim Males and Females Project Description: This program was designed in collaboration with Victoria University to provide comprehensive leadership development course for future community leaders. It is a multi‐streamed, tertiary accredited professional and Islamic based leadership development. Successes and Challenges: The broad Islamic and secular structure of the course has been highly popular with participants. The focus on civic participation and citizenship has also been noted by participants as having expanded their ability to take on political questions. What evaluation (if any) was conducted: Feedback from course participants has been very positive. Directory: sites -> default -> files -> documents -> 01 2014 documents -> Ace abi catair customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements documents -> Mobile audio/video recording systems documents -> The south australian government gazette documents -> All public acts appearing in this gazette are to be considered official, and obeyed as such documents -> Union interparlementaire inter-parliamentary union 01 2014 -> Voices Shaping the 01 2014 -> Muslim Voices – Hopes and aspirations of Muslim Australians Centre for Muslim Minorities & Islam Policy Studies 01 2014 -> Editors: Kerry Download 16.24 Mb. Share with your friends:
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