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About IYPF
The International Young Professionals Foundation (IYPF) is a not-for-profit organisation focused on:
  • Encouraging Young Professionals to actively help make a difference
  • Highlighting the powerful position and influence Young Professionals have both inside corporations and through government to achieve change

The IYPF connects members from over 130 different countries.

While we encourage any kind of engagement, IYPF focuses it's energies on the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDG's). The MDG's represent the greatest achievement humanity could reach to create the largest improvement to the human condition to 2015.

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IYPF invited to be Global Mobilisation Partner for StandUp

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Due to the extreme broadness of the IYPF's engagement in the StandUp Against Poverty campaign, IYPF has been invited by the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) to be a Global Mobilisation Partner for the StandUp Against Poverty Campaign.

The partnership is official recognition for the work being done, and will result in the IYPF activities being promoted through campaign related blogs, newsletters and media.

7 Presents for IYPF’s 7th Birthday

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4th October 2008 marks the 7th Birthday of the International Young Professionals Foundation.

Born at the conclusion of the first International Young Professionals Summit in October 2001 on Australia’s Gold Coast, the IYPF has grown in to a strong global network of young professionals spanning 130 countries working together to create a better world for current and future generations.

To celebrate our 7th Birthday, we’ve put together 7 ‘gifts’ for you.

1. IYPS 2008 portal

Go here to see all of the presentations, session summaries, and even live recordings from our 3rd International Young Professionals Summit, held 19-23 August 2008 in Manchester UK. Be sure to take the time to listen to the presentation by Professor Jeffrey Sachs on how young professionals can help to achieve the Millennium Development Goals

2. IYPS 2008 Declaration & Communique

The IYPS 2008 alumni present their commitments and call to action. Read it, join us, and pass it on.

3. Monthly virtual meetings

At the IYPS 2008 portal, there are links to upcoming events to be held on Interwise. We will hold monthly meetings and all are invited. The October meeting will focus on projects and plans for engaging young professionals in the MDGs. The November meeting will be a learning opportunity as we invite someone working on the MDGs to brief us. In December, we will hold our Annual General Meeting + have another projects and planning meeting. Bookmark the portal website and come back regularly to see what is on.

4. Stand Up Against Poverty

Summit closes

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After almost a year of preparation, the 3rd International Young Professionals Summit has finally come to a close. If has been a fantastic effort by everyone involved.

Firstly we'd like to thank all the delegates who were able to make it to the event. Delegates represented over 25 different countries from around the world, one third of them from Africa. We would also like to thank our sponsors and partners, specifically Coca-Cola Great Britain who assisted in supporting the attendance of our many African delegates.

We will soon provide information to connect into our recorded virtual summit (including Jeffrey Sachs keynote), and summit outcomes. Watch out for those updates.

New Sponsorship

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We would like to welcome on board another sponsor of the International Young Professionals Summit!

Coca-Cola Great Britain has kindly entered into an agreement with IYPF to assist delegates from developing nation attend IYPS. We are extremely grateful for the support, and will allow the event to have a good mix of young professionals from both developed and developing countries.