About the project
Activities at the Festival
The type of activities which will be on offer that the Global Village Youth Festival include:
- Simulation games on trade, education, governance, child labour, co-operatives, aid, gender equality;
- World Youth Parliament debating each of the programme themes, with keynote speakers, eg Minister for International Development;
- Discussion workshops, films, exhibitions facilitated by speakers from, for example, World Development Movement, War on Want, Global March Against Child Labour, Labour Behind the Label, Global Campaign for Education, HIV/AIDS organizations, ICFTU;
- Fair Trade caf�and tuck shop - run as youth co-ops on Festival site;
- Video conference link-ups with young people in developing countries;
- 'Footprint' research project to establish environmental impact of different participating nations;
- Practical workshops building alternative energy systems, with discussion of their feasibility in meeting global energy needs;
- Drama, music, dance and arts workshops and performances reflecting both the cultural diversity and the interconnectedness, common hopes and aspirations of young people from South and North.