NYC opens application for 10th NYP

Fresh from the successful implementation of the Ten Accomplished Youth Organizations (TAYO) 11, the National Youth Commission is again set to embark on another milestone project—the 10th Parliament of Youth Leaders, also known as the National Youth Parliament. NYP 10 is slated to be held in Metro Manila on May 15-18, 2014.

The Parliament simulates our law-making process. Delegates are given the opportunity to actively engage in plenary debates and discussions aimed at coming up with policy recommendations that are later on endorsed and lobbied to concerned government branches or agencies.

During the 9th NYP held in Naga City, Camarines Sur in 2012, 25 resolutions were adopted and approved by the delegates. Some of these resolutions eventually became the foundation of some NYC advocacies like the Students’ Rights and Welfare Bill and the SK Reform Bill.

To make the event truly worthy to be called a milestone, NYC is bringing back the NYP to Manila. Distinguished personalities from the public and private sectors are expected to give lectures on issues that directly affect the youth.

“We will make sure that the 10th NYP will be bigger and more meaningful for the delegates, the youth at-large and our policy-makers,” said NYC Commissioner-at-Large Jose Rafael Cruz, chairman of the NYP National Organizing Committee.

Since its maiden implementation in 1996, NYP has produced leaders who now occupy important positions in local and national offices. “Aside from the policy recommendations that the Parliamentarians produce, the conference also serves as a training ground for potential leaders,” Cruz added.

Delegates to the Parliament are screened and selected out of hundreds of applicants that come from all across the country taking into consideration equal and geographical representation. Application forms and guidelines may be downloaded here or through NYP10’s official facebook page www.facebook.com/10thNYP.

Deadline of application is on March 21, 2014.

You can download the application form here .

Website: http://www.nyc.gov.ph.
Facebook: www.facebook.com/10thNYP