http://info.worldbank.org/etools/bspan/ B-SPAN is a webcasting service that presents World Bank seminars, workshops, and conferences on a variety of sustainable development and poverty reduction issues via streaming video. en-us 2007 The World Bank Group, All Rights Reserved. bspan@worldbank.org bspan@worldbank.org http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=2088&EID=954 The Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE) brings together academics, policy makers, representatives of multilateral and bilateral agencies, research institutes, civil society organizations, students, and journalists, and thus provides an excellent opportunity to foster exchange of knowledge and understanding of development issues. ABCDE 2007 took place in Bled, Slovenia, and was coorganized by the World Bank and the Ministry of Finance of Slovenia. It gathered together over 400 participants over two days to discuss the theme of Development and the Private Sector. B-SPAN Youth Thursday, May 17, 2007 Thursday, May 17, 2007 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=2088&EID=954 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1872&EID=872 The Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE) brings together every year academics, policy makers, representatives of multilateral and bilateral agencies, research institutes, civil society organizations, students, and journalists, and thus provides an excellent opportunity to foster exchange of knowledge and understanding of development issues. The 2006 edition of the Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE) took place in Tokyo and was coorganized by the World Bank and the Ministry of Finance of Japan and gathered nearly 900 participants over two days. The theme of the conference was Rethinking Infrastructure for Development. B-SPAN Youth Tuesday, May 30, 2006 Tuesday, May 30, 2006 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1872&EID=872 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1675&EID=809 Timed to coincide with the World Banks other World AIDS Day activities, this panAfrican videoconference was organized by the World Bank Institutes Leadership Program on HIV/AIDS on November 29, 2005. Youth groups and Bank Country Coordinators from Tanzania, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Kenya, and Ethiopia were linked for discussion of HIV/AIDS and its impact on young people in Africa. This presentation contains the second half of the videoconference. B-SPAN Youth Tuesday, November 29, 2005 Tuesday, November 29, 2005 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1675&EID=809 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1674&EID=809 Timed to coincide with the World Banks other World AIDS Day activities, this panAfrican videoconference was organized by the World Bank Institutes Leadership Program on HIV/AIDS on November 29, 2005. Youth groups and Bank Country Coordinators from Tanzania, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Kenya, and Ethiopia were linked for discussion of HIV/AIDS and its impact on young people in Africa. B-SPAN Youth Tuesday, November 29, 2005 Tuesday, November 29, 2005 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1674&EID=809 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1588&EID=775 Youth have much potential but can present enormous challenges when their fantastic energies are not channeled, said session moderator Inger Andersen, Sector Director in the World Banks Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region, during a panel discussion on social and economic development and youth. Hosted by the World Bank Social Development Department, the event took place at the Bank headquarters on March 31, 2005, as part of the 2005 Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development (ESSD) Week. B-SPAN Youth Thursday, March 31, 2005 Thursday, March 31, 2005 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1588&EID=775 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1586&EID=773 Recent statistics from UNICEF show that young people in the Philippines live in dire circumstances the average age of sexual debut and use of alcohol, tobacco, and drugs has been falling, four million children have been forced to find work, and 25 percent of adolescents hope to emigrate. In a presentation at the World Bank headquarters in Washington, D.C., on July 20, 2005, Dale Rutstein, Communications Officer for UNICEF Philippines, outlined his organizations approach to adolescent development and participation, which focuses on providing a voice for youth in decision making and building stronger bonds to family, institutions, and schools — a critical component of social and emotional development. The event was moderated by Mojgan Sami of the Banks Social Development Department. This was the first seminar in the Social Development Roundtables series. B-SPAN Youth Wednesday, July 20, 2005 Wednesday, July 20, 2005 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1586&EID=773 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1561&EID=763 Education is widely recognized as one of the most critical means of defeating the challenges of development, poverty, and inequality — particularly in Latin America, a region plagued by social and economic inequality. Attracting qualified individuals into the teaching profession, retaining these qualified teachers, providing them with the necessary skills and knowledge, and motivating them to work hard and do the best job they can is the key education challenge, argue World Bank experts in a new report entitled Expanding Opportunities and Building Competencies for Young People A New Agenda for Secondary Education. An event sponsored by The InfoShop and the Education Group of the Banks Human Development Network to coincide with the release of the report took place at Bank headquarters in Washington, D.C., on June 21, 2005. B-SPAN Youth Tuesday, June 21, 2005 Tuesday, June 21, 2005 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1561&EID=763 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1541&EID=749 As part of the ceremonies honoring finalists in the 2005 Development Marketplace competition on May 24, 2005, the World Banks Environment Department and Development Marketplace teams held a panel discussion entitled Youth as Social Entrepreneurs at the Banks Washington, D.C., office. Panelists offered youth involvement perspectives from Latin America and Australia. Warren Evans, Director of the Banks Environment Department, provided opening remarks, professing that the Bank must take a greater interest in youth and that young people in many client countries fail to find steady jobs and succumb to a downward cycle involving drugs, crime, and slumdwelling. B-SPAN Youth Tuesday, May 24, 2005 Tuesday, May 24, 2005 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1541&EID=749 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1390&EID=671 UNICEF and the World Bank jointly convened the Second Global Partners Forum for Orphans and Vulnerable Children Living in a World with HIV and AIDS on December 1516, 2004 at the World Bank Headquarters in Washington, DC. The Forum, which was a followup to the First Global Partners Forum held in Geneva in October 2003, was convened to determine ways to meet global commitments for children affected by HIV and AIDS as stated in the Millennium Development Goals, the United Nations General Assembly 2001 Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS, and the 2002 document A World Fit for Children. B-SPAN Youth Wednesday, December 15, 2004 Wednesday, December 15, 2004 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1390&EID=671 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1375&EID=671 UNICEF and the World Bank jointly convened the Second Global Partners Forum for Orphans and Vulnerable Children Living in a World with HIV and AIDS on December 1516, 2004 at the World Bank Headquarters in Washington, DC. The Forum, which was a followup to the First Global Partners Forum held in Geneva in October 2003, was convened to determine ways to meet global commitments for children affected by HIV and AIDS as stated in the Millennium Development Goals, the United Nations General Assembly 2001 Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS, and the 2002 document A World Fit for Children. B-SPAN Youth Thursday, December 16, 2004 Thursday, December 16, 2004 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1375&EID=671 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1374&EID=671 UNICEF and the World Bank jointly convened the Second Global Partners Forum for Orphans and Vulnerable Children Living in a World with HIV and AIDS on December 1516, 2004 at the World Bank Headquarters in Washington, DC. The Forum, which was a followup to the First Global Partners Forum held in Geneva in October 2003, was convened to determine ways to meet global commitments for children affected by HIV and AIDS as stated in the Millennium Development Goals, the United Nations General Assembly 2001 Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS, and the 2002 document A World Fit for Children. B-SPAN Youth Wednesday, December 15, 2004 Wednesday, December 15, 2004 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1374&EID=671 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1068&EID=554 Viva Rio was created in 1993 in response to the insecurity that gripped the residents of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, The murder of eight street children in front of the Candelaria Church, and the wholesale killing of 21 people in the Vigario Geral slum generated the first meeting of Viva Rio in December, 1993. This nonprofit organization was created to stimulate social development projects directed at vulnerable youths. Currently, Viva Rio, in association with numerous local entities, manages more than 500 projects in some 350 poor communities in the Rio de Janeiro area. Rubem Cesar Fernandes, founder of Viva Rio, and Maria Helena Moreira Alves, from the University of Wisconsins Department of Sociology, came to the Bank to discuss the organizations work. B-SPAN Youth Thursday, February 26, 2004 Thursday, February 26, 2004 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1068&EID=554 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=995&EID=462 There is increasing recognition that the inclusion of youth in development, as a major human resource and as an agent of social change, can help minimize the risks of violent conflict and crime in society. This may also lead to the empowerment of a generation of citizens who participate in sustainable and accountable institutions that can promote economic and political stability. Since youth will influence future development, it is critical to focus attention on their inclusion in both analytical and operational work. B-SPAN Youth Sunday, August 11, 2002 Sunday, August 11, 2002 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=995&EID=462 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=954&EID=494 In the summer of 2003, the World Bank and the Open Society Institute organized B-SPAN Youth Tuesday, November 11, 2003 Tuesday, November 11, 2003 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=954&EID=494 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=731&EID=309 Promoting the full development of youth and responding to their needs are essential to ensuring future stability. These concepts have been at the forefront of several World Bank initiatives including the Conference on Youth in South Eastern Europe. On August 26, 2002, the World Bank Institutes Development Outreach Series addressed the issues and the challenges of including youth in development. These topics were also covered in the Spring 2002 issue of the publication, Development Outreach. B-SPAN Youth Monday, August 26, 2002 Monday, August 26, 2002 http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=731&EID=309