The Second Global Knowledge Conference

The Malaysian Youth Council (MYC) has been appointed to the National Organizing Committee of the Second Global Knowledge Conference (GKII) to be held in Kuala Lumpur from 7 - 10 March, 2000. The first GKC was held in Toronto, Canada in June 1997. Encik Saifuddin Abdullah, the MYC President and myself as the Chairman of the MYC's Urban Development Committee represent the Council in the Committee which is chaired by the Chief Secretary to the Government, Tan Sri Abd Halim Ali.

During our first meeting on August 21, the MYC together with other local higher learning institutions and international organizations were asked to initiate an international youth forum on GKII issues prior to the conference.

The main purposes of this forum are:

(1) to raise the youth awareness and to obtain their imput on GKII issues,

(2) to develop youth global knowledge agenda,

(3) to enable the youth to present their views and agenda at GKII, and

(4) to include the youth in the global knowledge agenda building process.

The MYC needs the youth (the National Youth Development Policy defines " the youth" as those between 16 to 40 years old) input on the GKII theme i.e. "Building Knowledge Societies: Access-Empowerment-Governance".

Issued on 2000

In particular, the MYC is seeking the views on the youth access to the information and communications technology (ICT), it challenges and solutions. The MYC also would to hear from the youth on the issue of youth empowerment as well as partnership in governance.