Apply Now for Funded Youth Delegations to APEC & UNFCCC

Do you want to receive all-expenses paid trip to the United States or South Africa? Do you want the opportunity to observe world leaders like Ban Ki-Moon, Barack Obama & Hu Jin Tao? Do you want to learn more about the Asia Pacific or climate change and have your work published? Then apply to see international diplomacy in action at APEC in the United States and at the UNFCCC Conference of Parties in South Africa!  
 
Global Voices are looking for almost twenty young people to attend the 2011 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in the United States and the 2011 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in South Africa. These young people will receive sponsored packages to attend.  
 
APEC 2011 APEC consists of twenty-one Pacific Rim states and is the Asia Pacific's premier regional forum, which aims to support sustainable economic growth and prosperity in the Asia Pacific region. Since 1993, an annual 'Economic Leaders' meeting has been held, with the host country rotating annually. Nearly all constituent heads of government/heads of state attend the Summit. Australia hosted APEC in 2007, while the United States of America is the host of the Summit for 2011.   Global Voices' delegation to the 2011 APEC Summit in Honolulu, United States of America will be run between the 7th November and the 13th November. Click here for APEC applications.
 
UNFCCC 2011 The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (or UNFCCC) aims to provide an intergovernmental platform to mitigate the effects of climate change. Membership is almost universal across the world with 194 countries listed as members of the UNFCCC. Member-states attend an annual 'Conference of Parties' (COP) to assess the level of progress in mitigating the effects of climate change and establishing legally binding obligations for countries to reduce their emissions.   Global Voices' delegation to the 2011 UNFCCC COP in Durban, South Africa will be run between the 24th November and the 10th December. Click here for UNFCCC applications.  
 
Applications will close at midnight (Australian Eastern Standard Time) on Friday the 12th August 2011.  Applicants who have any questions about the application process should first visit our Frequently Asked Questions page here.  Should there be any remaining queries, they should email the Global Voices team at info@globalvoices.org.au