Our News
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ACTIS signs MoU with UNEP in Nairobi
ACTIS recently signed a new MoU with UNEP in Nairobi in order to design and host YES courses in Africa. YES courses were previously hosted with UNEP in 2005 and 2007, and this new agreement will allow for additional courses to be hosted from 2012 onwards. Both partners look forward [...]
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YES Students Participate in the World Resources Forum
ACTIS was invited to bring a delegation of YES participants to the third annual World Resources Forum in Davos in September. A total of 35 participants from 22 different countries represented the YES course at the conference, and contributed to the conference by running parallel sessions, speaking in the wrap [...]
Outcomes
The impact of the YES courses is truly global. After the course individual participants return home new skills and knowledge and the motivation to be a change agent.
Evaluations conducted with alumni after the course have demonstrated the wider impact of the YES program. Many participants redirected their professional and personal lives after attending the course, for instance, by starting sustainability related programs at their own universities, completely changing their career paths towards issues of sustainable development, becoming more involved in ESD, integrating sustainable practices and concepts into their projects, and by trying to reduce their own ecological footprints.
Many alumni have gone on to create their own projects and organisations as a direct result of the course. A 2011 alumni survey identified that over 40% of Alumni have gone on to start their own organisations or projects after the course.
Follow the links below to find out more about some of the organizations and projects started by YES Alumni!
www.myclimate.org
www.sustainabletable.org.au
www.aiducation.org
www.wscsd.org
www.pentok.org
www.oneearthdesigns.org
www.academiaengelberg.ch/upload/forest_policies_conclusion_report.pdf