AYF International Summit

The 6th Asian Youth Forum International Summit

(AYF 6)

(October 28 –November 05, 2008)

After five successful international youth summits held in South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Russia and Thailand, the Asian Youth Forum International is now organizing the 6^th AYF International Summit, which will be held in Tokyo, Japan this Fall 2008.

The Asian Youth Forum International Summit (AYF) is a week-long youth event, which will bring together university or college-aged young people and youth from across Asia for academic seminars, intercultural workshops, social events and interpersonal exchanges.   

The aim of bringing the young people of Asia together in this exchange programs is to promote international understanding, intercultural communication and leadership skills through the medium of English-as-an-international-language. 

The AYF International Summit (AYF 6 or AYF 2008) will be held as part of a Pan-Asian Conference (PAC 7) on language teaching to be hosted by the Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT). 

FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT THIS EVENT click here to download the Brief Project Summary

DATES

FALL 2008

October 28 (Tuesday) – November 5 (Wednesday)

ELIGIBILITY

¨       Participation is open to university or college-aged students/youth (aged 18 – 25)

¨       Applicants must have good English proficiency

¨       Applicants must be Asian country national/citizen from the Asian region

¨       Applicants must have a special interest in Asian peoples, cultures and issues

APPLICATION DEADLINE: CLOSED TO INDIVIDUAL APPLICANTS

Applications from school and national delegations (AYF Country Sections and with EFL endorsement) plus approved late applications should be sent to both <asianyouthforum@gmail.com> and <kcates@rstu.jp>

NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE

1.    Successful applicants will be notified via e-mail, post or phone by mid- to late-August 2008.

2.    Successful applicants will be required to confirm their attendance to officially register for AYF 6. Due to the volume of applicants, confirmation by participants after notification is required to guarantee their slots otherwise the slot will be given to other applicants in the waitlist.

3.    The Asian Youth Forum is aimed at young people in Asia. We are sorry that, due to limited funds and facilities, we are unable to deal with applications from youth in Africa, Europe, North and Latin America and other parts of the world.

¨       Before coming to Japan, participants will be given an orientation about the conference schedule, things to prepare, and their duties and responsibilities as AYF delegates. 

¨       All successful applicants will be registered as part of the AYF Country Section existing in their respective countries. A Team Leader per country will be assigned (usually an AYF International Officer or Alumni) to lead the delegation.

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TENTATIVE AYF 6 SCHEDULE

COSTS

AYF participants will have to pay two costs

(1) round-trip travel expenses from their home to the host country venue

(2) a participation fee of US $200 (for AYF program, meals & accommodation) 

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Reference to past AYF International Youth Summit

• Reports on previous AYF events
• Youtube video of AYF 5 (Bangkok, Thailand – January 2007)
• AYF 5 on Bangkok Post (Thailand’s National Paper)
• AYF 5 on the Philippine Daily Inquirer Online (Philippines’ National Paper)