Posts Tagged ‘Active Citizenship Week’

Watch 2010 World Congress at Osaka, Japan LIVE

Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010

 Hi everyone just to let you know you can watch some live events from the JCI World Congress at Osaka here.

http://www.jci.cc/events/en/worldcongress/osaka

Last night we had an excellent opening ceremony where we had River Dance meets Japan.

 

Last night the Irish delegation went for some drinks on the 5th floor bar in Tennoji and this was a great chance to take stock of the week so far.

I gave a presentation to all the JCI presidents from around Europe on JCI Ireland Fifty Ways to Active Citizenship and the schools project in Limerick. This was very well received and I have been approached by Finland and Russia who are looking to run a similar project.

I am looking forward to the Ten Outstanding Young Persons (TOYP) ceremony tonight where our winner Melanie will be awarded with her award.Mark

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JCI Galway & European Employment Circus

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

 European Employment Circus visits Galway Arts Festival

 
JCI Ireland will be displaying at the European Employment Circus  at Nimmos Pier in Galway this weekend, to promote jobs, skills and opportunities from local to European level. The EU is looking to help its citizens tackle the current crisis by finding new employment perspectives and by addressing issues that are on everyone’s agenda: jobs, unemployment, skills and equal opportunities.
The fair, themed as a circus tent, is a fun and accessible way to bring the opportunities of Social Europe to as many people as possible. This is a great example of Active Citizenship in action and is a good warm up for Active Citizenship week in October. http://www.fifty-ways.com

 
Let your children enjoy the clowns and jugglers while you find out more about what JCI & Europe can do for you.

Opens 1.00 pm

Traditional Irish music entertainment from 4.30-6.30

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2010 sees more volunteers and fewer politicians!

Monday, June 28th, 2010

JCI Ireland survey shows that Irish people believe active citizenship starts with volunteering!

A survey conducted by JCI Ireland shows that 16% of Irish people believe that volunteering is a more representative act of active citizenship as opposed to joining a political party, where 0% voted in favour. The survey was conducted to mark the announcement of JCI Ireland’s Active Citizenship Week on October 3-8th 2010.

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