1st Palawan Youth Leaders’ Summit 2014 set

From the Philippine News Agency (Jul 29): 1st Palawan Youth Leaders’ Summit 2014 set

The first ever Palawan Youth Leaders’ Summit 2014 is scheduled in this city on September 18 to bring together more than 200 delegates from around the Philippines for two days of knowledge sharing, leadership training, and networking.

On the pre-summit meeting held Monday at the Camp Gen. Artemio Ricarte here, Pinag-isang Lakas ng mga Kabataang Lider ng Palawan (PIGLAS) chairman Ryan J. Abueme said they will act as main coordinator for youth organizations, thus assuring them of help in terms of formulating and recommending measures that could be done for the betterment of the community particularly in youth empowerment and participation.

The summit is being organized by PIGLAS as its first project. PIGLAS started from the preparatory congress workshop of the participants for the National Youth Leaders’ Congress organized by the Western Command, where 16 youth leaders from different sectors in Palawan.

The Summit aims the youth leaders to learn to exercise leadership effectively on behalf of the issues that they care about deeply; share ideas and learn from distinguished leaders and innovators from the private, public, and nonprofit sectors; and become part of a powerful global network of bright and accomplished youth leaders, Abueme said.

“The Summit desires to empower, organize and mobilize the top youth leaders of Palawan and introduce to them the role of the National Youth Commission and PIGLAS on their respective organizations. By choosing delegates from different sectors, we envision that they will embrace our advocacy in Tourism, Culture and Arts, Environmental Protection and Nationalism and help build a better Philippines for us, and the next generations, to live,” Abueme added.

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