The first ever Pacific Youth and Sports Conference (PYASC) was a unique place where around 1000 young people from across the Pacific had the opportunity to meet, interact and discuss important issues.

 

OFC together with the Manukau City Council organised the week-long conference, which was held at the TelstraClear Pacific Centre in Manukau City from 15-20 March, 2010.

 

With Ministers of Education in attendance plus regional, national and international agencies, the event has the potential to hugely impact the future lives of young people in the Pacific.

 

To download the complete programme [English] click here

To download the complete programme [French] click here

Conference Objectives

 

Objectives of the PYASC conference included reinforcing youth and sport networks, planning ways to increase participation of young people in society through sport, and building structures whereby youth associations, government institutions and sports organisations can be more closely linked.

 

Under the leadership of PYASC chief executive officer Franck Castillo, organisers aimed to involve over 1000 young people from 25 Pacific territories. This included a limited number of young people who were sponsored by the organising committee while all remaining participants paid a registration fee.

 

Themes

 

The conference was based around four central themes including health, education and training, citizenship and good governance, social integration and anti-discrimination. It included seminars, workshops, exhibitions and roundtable meetings where concrete action plans were drawn up and presented at the closing ceremony.

 

At the completion, OFC held a meeting involving youth and sports ministers from around the region who can adopt the action plans that were born during the event. The confederation will also assist in the implementation of new projects with support from its partners.

 

Partners

 

The conference represents a partnership between various stakeholders in the region whose common goal is to assemble the youth of the region together to see how sport can improve individuals and communities.

 

OFC worked closely with the following organisations to make this event possible:

 

FIFA, Manukau City Council, Government of Australia through the Australian Sports Commission, Fonds du Pacifique, Cuesports Foundation, Football Federation Australia, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Special Olympics, the Human Rights Commission, Te Puni Kokiri, NZ Aids Foundation, NZ Football, Air New Zealand and Stars Travel.

 

To download the participant brochure [English]: click here

To download the participant brochure [French]: click here