http://gmsarmiento.tigblog.org/ What's on the minds of young leaders from around the globe? en-us http://gmsarmiento.tigblog.org/post/40604
What happens when a country's naive perspective becomes it's solely excuse to grant it's own egocentric and selfish prosperity? In terms of Energy where is our world going to? Besides the now going war for petroleum and the not so far one for drinking water, with renewables on the list, What would be the future of our society. If they ask for their own security who assures freedom in other countries?

I wonder if you think that this could be the best way to illustrate security on a slide presentation on a top rated institute for the whole world.
*Panel Three: Technological Aspects of Generation Options.
New Plants Deployment (PDF 1.6MB) Ray Ganthner. Framatome ANP]]> Tue, 11 Jul 2006 10:00:00 EDT http://gmsarmiento.tigblog.org/post/40604 4.6 -74.08333334.6-74.0833333 http://gmsarmiento.tigblog.org/post/37150

How much land?
Total land available is 13 Gha (13 billion ha or 130 million square km). Arable land (1.5 Gha), pastures (3.5 Gha) and forests/woodlands (4 Gha) provide total 9 Gha for growing biomass, which in a world of 6 billion people means 1.5 ha (15,000 sq.meter) per person (under the untenable assumption that humans are entitled to 100% of available land).

How much energy?
In 2003, the world consumed 435 EJ of primary energy, or 70 GJ/pp/year. Developing countries use about 35 GJ/pp/year, whereas developed countries consume 200 GJ. Within developed countries, consumption varies significantly between Japan (.. GJ), Europe (150 GJ) and North America (350 GJ).

How much food?
Just like we express energy use in primary energy equivalents expressed in Joules or tonnes of oil equivalent (toe), food consumption can be expressed in kg grain equivalent. A basic menu requires 200 kg/pp/yr, while rich countries consume more like 800 kg (including fooder required for secondary foods such as beef, porc, ...).

Food and energy production
The paper below mentions following conversion factors:

'rich' 'poor'
Grain yield (kg/m2) 1.0 0.2
Energy yield - photovoltaics (MJ/m2) 780 780
Energy yield - biomass (MJ/m2) 27 1.8

Using these ratio's in combination with today's energy food diets yields following land requirement per person:

developing countries, biomass energy: > 20,000 m2
developed countres, biomass energy: 8,200 m2
developed countries, photovoltaics: 1,000 m2 (of which 256 m2 PV)
Conclusion
The author concludes that for developing countries, the use of biomass points to a critical situation. For developed countries, PV-systems are the only long-term option, though biomass may function as a transition fuel.



S Nonhebel, Renewable energy and food supply: will there be enough land?, Renewable Sustainable Energy Reviews, 9(2005) 191-201


]]> Thu, 30 Mar 2006 04:15:00 EST http://gmsarmiento.tigblog.org/post/37150 4.6 -74.08333334.6-74.0833333 http://gmsarmiento.tigblog.org/post/35986 But the waters close to Japan have not held many fish for decades.
So to feed the Japanese population, fishing boats got bigger and went farther than ever.
The farther the fishermen went, the longer it took to bring in the fish.
If the return trip took more than a few days, the fish were not fresh.
The Japanese did not like the taste.
To solve this problem, fishing companies installed freezers on their boats.
They would catch the fish and freeze them at sea.
Freezers allowed the boats to go farther and stay longer.

However, the Japanese could taste the difference between fresh and frozen and they did not like frozen fish.
The frozen fish brought a lower price.

So fishing companies installed fish tanks. They would catch the fish and stuff them in the tanks, fin to fin.
After a little thrashing around, the fish stopped moving.
They were tired and dull, but alive.
Unfortunately, the Japanese could still taste the difference.
Because the fish did not move for days, they lost their fresh-fish taste.
The Japanese preferred the lively taste of fresh fish, not sluggish fish.

So how did Japanese fishing companies solve this problem?
How do they get fresh-tasting fish to Japan?

To keep the fish tasting fresh, the Japanese fishing companies still put the fish in the tanks.
But now they add a small SHARK to each tank. The shark eats a few fish, but most of the fish arrive in a very lively state.

THE FISH ARE CHALLENGED.

As soon as you reach your goals, such as earning good Money, getting a good position, starting a successful company, paying off your debts or whatever, you might lose your passion. You don't need to work so hard so you relax.

Like the Japanese fish problem, the best solution is Simple. It was observed by L. Ron Hubbard in the early 1950's.
"Man thrives, oddly enough, only in the presence of a challenging environment."

The Benefits of a Challenge

The more intelligent, persistent and competent you are, the more you enjoy a good problem. If your challenges are the correct size, and if you are steadily conquering those challenges, you are happy. You think of your challenges and get energized. You are excited to try new solutions. You Have fun. You are alive!

Recommendations :

Instead of avoiding challenges, jump into them. Beat the heck out of them.


Enjoy the game. If your challenges are too large or too numerous, do not give up. Failing makes you tired. Instead, reorganize. Find more determination, more knowledge, more help.

Don't create success and lie in it. You have resources, skills and abilities to make a difference. Put a shark in your tank and see how far you can really go!

"WISHES FOR A NICE AND A FRUITFUL WORKING DAY"
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People from all over the world gathered at the dinning halls, it's very unique to see so many cultures get together around one main food dish, but it is not just fun after all, I don't know if you have noticed how people fill their trays with food but at the end of the meal you'll see tons of waste of food, like people that serve you put more food than what you can actually eat, so we come to a world youth congress and we see all this inconsistency around, like we are trying to erradicate poverty and hunger, but the leaders and the people that are actually taking action they just waste as much as they can. How about sustainable consumption, how about saving resources, how about people dying every minute in the world every minute? Isn't it ironic.]]> Mon, 01 Aug 2005 05:41:00 EDT http://gmsarmiento.tigblog.org/post/26899 4.6 -74.08333334.6-74.0833333 http://gmsarmiento.tigblog.org/post/26450
This is a letter that the 9th of August of the year 2006, will receive in Scotland a Investment Banker, sent by its brother:

Dear Jack:

In fifteen days we will be seeing each other again in Edinburgh, where as always you’ll entertain yourself listening to my stories of my journeys all over the world. Nevertheless, in this opportunity I have not been able to hold the desire of telling you early part of my impressions on this Colombia that you said at home, constituted the most difficult destiny of all of what I had visited. My curiosity did more on knowing what in the world of tourism is being called "THE NEW DISCOVERY".

This nation, Jack, has the most spectacular landscapes than a human being can imagine, you can go in a few hours from the fascinating caribbean sea to the top of one of it’s three mountain ranges, to converse with a millenarian tribe, the Kogis Indians and also to receive from them their rich cosmology in symbols but in realities, with an infinite kindness. Not very far from there, in a zone of salt operation, called the “Guajira”, where the old ranch homes hospitality, the exotic beauty of its indigenous women and the amplitude of their spirits impressed me. I went to an Island, Providence, where the colors of the sea would bewitch the most exquisite of the painters and where the placidness of its abundant orange crab beaches is fed by its exotic inhabitants, brown men of blond hair, polyglots, with a music that gathers with delight and harmony the crossing of human races and cultures. I do not know what happens there, but the sensuality is at skin level. The natives make the tourists float in the space with the calm interpretation of the relation between the sky constellations in one starred night and love. I also went to one of the most rainy places on the planet with the greatest biodiversity known, the “Chocó”; in the middle of colourful butterflies I learned what is matting fishing, where the calmed and generous “BOGA” shared to me, speaking very gentle, the secrets of the rustic surroundings and the centennial pain remedies for the body and soul, and I bathed in immense cascades. In Colombia, within its forests, I understood the Earth lungs matter.
I lowered later to the “Vallecaucano” Pacific to appreciate the arrival of the hunchback whales, that every year for decades, have been coming from the South Pole to mate in these warm waters and they return to continue with the gestation period, until a year later when they return to give birth to their breeding; here they learn to swim and here they will return throughout its life. The region is populated with descendants of Africans where their music and gastronomy makes them proud of that umbilical cord.

Soon I went to the coffee zone where the landscapes generated by the sinuosity hills, and the diverse tree shades over the coffee plantations, give a gorgeous contrast to the above added, majestic wax palms which have been standing elegant watching the arrival of tourists in small trucks,which are conserved perfectly, manufactured for more than 40 years ago. But nothing more pleasant than getting in the mornings the kind smile of a countrywoman from Salento that has just brought to you the strained coffee and enjoys as nobody does, seeing you delight it with its scent and its flavor.

Throughout the day, the family of farmers, brings to you fruits of those shaded trees, sometimes as juice other times in their natural state and you happen to see the glad passage of "jeeps" loaded with goods and hens or in the afternoon the return of the children which come in bunches from the nearest school.

When we'll chat in Edinburgh, I will tell you some other pleasing surprises: as diverse people as charming, the valleys landscapes; in short, I have spent nights in blank thinking about what I have told you here and about so many good people those who I have known. You might be asking yourself why I don’t talk about the cities? I believe that it will be your duty now that you are the financial brain of the family. If you don’t come as soon as you can, you will lose magnificent businesses opportunities that are being held specially in Bogota, Cali and Medellín. They told me that at their magnificent hotels amounts of investors arrive from America, Europe and the Eastern countries. Imagine how would be like wasting a potential of 45 million consumers, in a country with a privileged position, great influence on the countries of the Andean area and with an industrial infrastructure that would turn it into the ideal supplier for Central America and Caribbean islands. In addition, it has received the solidarity of some of the most powerful nations as a result of its fight against drugs, which has generated preference tariffs that made Colombian products so competitive in the United States and Europe. Do not doubt about it Jack, that great part of your businesses future is here.
But you might ask me what happened, why that Colombia that would be in 2006, is so positively different from that impossible country of which it was told until some time? The answer is that during the previous Government, the visionary governors and the guerrilla leaders agreed that after so many years of conflict, Colombia deserved a better destiny. The Presidents were conscious that the country needed to change and that their fellow citizens had to make sacrifices, to find peace and a more tolerant and balanced way for all. The veteran guerrilla leader understood that the balance of its existence would not have to be in harvested human lives, in the number of widows or orphans or in the amount of blood spilled all over the country. That great revolutions heroes must go beyond posterity, not by the amount of generated violence, but by the effective success of a social transformation. That a life achievement is not to receive a small revolutionary army and to return a big one, but to be born in a country with injustice and at the end of the days be one co-protagonist of a new country where everyone fits peacefully and with a clear future.

Finally Jack, everyone here realized that and great sacrifices were made. It was not easy. Many of the guerrilla men make part of the army now. Others are ecotourism or agricultural entrepreneurs in their regions. All of them understood something that I hope to have transmitted to you with this letter. That the best of all the Colombian landscapes, is the human. Each beautiful place of this land, is complemented with good, amused, laborious and warm people. That sum of factors, people, climates, biodiversity and mainly the peace that was obtained and that was welcomed by all the guerrilla groups and supported by the Government and the society, is what has given origin to which the Travel agencies worldwide call "the new discovery". The great beneficiary of all this subject are not just the great cities executives that are receiving the foreign investors, are the million countrymen, the “bogas”, butler’s children cattle carriers, young guides, rural small hotels that have made of the tourism their more beautiful form to live and to share.
Jack, don’t hesitate to come, this country of these days is so fascinating that it would be irresponsible to die without coming to know it.

Your brother, Andrew

Eduardo José Victoria / Stellar Hotels Manager
(translation done by GMS)
]]> Sun, 24 Jul 2005 03:50:00 EDT http://gmsarmiento.tigblog.org/post/26450 4.6 -74.08333334.6-74.0833333 http://gmsarmiento.tigblog.org/post/26448 COLOMBIA: THE BEST KEPT SECRET IN THE WORLD
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Over and over again we have been told that drugs are bad for our health. But little is said about what goes on beyond the physical and mental damages caused by drugs. Beneath the surface of the drug business, there is a much more horrible reality than killing neurons: a reality about corruption, terrorism, and blood. Many people believe that consuming drugs is a personal experience. It is not. The consequences of consuming drugs go far beyond the personal level.

El Dorado International Airport, Bogotá, Colombia, any given day. A fifteen-year-old girl from a low-income family is captured by the authorities for being a “mule.” A “mule,” and rightly named so, is a person who decides to carry drugs from Colombia to the United States while trying to avoid the police controls. Someone in the drug business contacted her a month ago. He offered her US$5,000 if she would swallow pills containing cocaine, travel to the United States and “discharge” them in a bowel movement once she arrived there. He probably told her it was easy, and that she wouldn’t get caught, but she did get caught. Now the kilograms of “white powder” will not be delivered to consumers who can’t find any other satisfaction in their lives but that white powder. What they don’t know is that the powder is not white; it is red, red, red!

Here’s how the story begins. Someone buys the white powder in the streets of his town from a guy to whom he probably wouldn’t want to be related. There is no guarantee that what he has is really what he is looking for, or what he believes it is, but he decides to trust this criminal and put his life in his hands. That man has gotten the “merchandise” from another guy who may have paid the local police not to put him in jail and to allow him to deal the drugs freely. This guy got it from the greater distributor, someone who may live in a mansion in San Diego, Los Angeles, Miami, or New York, who may be related to some important person, such as a politician, a businessman and so on. People who you wouldn’t think are involved in the drug business are reaping the benefits of the trade without facing any consequences.

One of the greatest problems in the war against drugs is that the desire for easy money has permeated society at all levels. Many governments are reluctant to impose greater laws against drug consumption and distribution because they are afraid of two things: who might end up in jail and what would be the economic impact of stronger campaigns against drugs. A clear example of the latter is found in Switzerland, a country that calls itself civilized but is opposed to classifying the Colombian rebels as terrorists. This is due to the fact that the Colombian guerrillas and drug lords have huge bank accounts in Switzerland and the banks and government of Switzerland are unwilling to lose those millions of dollars.

Now, the chain goes on: the big distributor gets the merchandise from a cartel in Mexico or from the “mules” coming into the United States. That cartel in Mexico gets the merchandise from another cartel in Colombia. And here is the most horrible part of the chain; this is what makes the powder really red. The three major terrorist groups of Colombia are the leftist FARC (18,000 combatants), ELN (4,000 combatants), and rightist paramilitaries AUC (8,000 combatants). It needs to be understood that, contrary to what many people believe, the terrorists of Colombia are one and the same with the drug dealers. The business of drugs, which makes an amount of money equivalent to the GDP of certain South American countries, finances the war against the legitimate Colombian state. In exchange for protecting the coca crops and getting the drugs out of the country, the terrorists receive money to buy weapons and make bombs. The crucial element in the Colombian conflict is that the terrorists are not fighting for a just society; they are fighting to maintain the drug business, a business from which they make amazing profits.

To protect the crops and get the drugs out of Colombia, the narco-terrorists have to kill 34,000 Colombians each year (34,000!), kidnap 3,000, place bombs, kill civilians, corrupt the authorities, and leave children without an arm or a leg, or both. Earlier this year, the FARC placed a bomb in a social club in a residential neighborhood of Bogotá, killing 38 and wounding 170. A year ago in the remote town of Bojayá, Chocó, the FARC and the AUC killed 119 when they threw a cylinder bomb into a church where people were taking refuge. In other words, the terrorists have to destroy a country before they destroy the body.

Remember that white powder at the beginning of the article? Now it’s red. It helped kill the people in the church and in the club, and 34,000 Colombians each year. The narco-terrorists appreciate the money from consumers around the world; without it, they j
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Debemos conocernos más a nosotros mismos y aquilatar todos los extraordinarios valores que poseemos, y no dedicarnos solamente a degradarnos y devaluarnos sistemáticamente como lo hacen nuestros comunicadores a través de los diferentes medios masivos de información.



¿Qué nación deseamos tener? Esta pregunta nos la debemos formular todos los líderes de esta nación. Y si usted es de los que creen que todavía podemos mejorar sustancialmente nuestra calidad, podrá contestarla con toda certeza. A la misma pregunta, esto es lo que han respondido los participantes en mis programas de liderazgo de Excelencia:



Un país honesto que erradique la miseria.

Un país que elimine la ignorancia a través de la educación.

Ciudades sin contaminación donde sus habitantes conserven la ecología.

Que se genere la lealtad y gratitud a la nación a la que pertenecemos.

Que su sistema sea democrático y pleno de libertades.

Que preservemos nuestros valores históricos y nuestras costumbres.

Que se genere un auténtico interés y salgamos al auxilio de los miserables y desposeídos.

Que busquemos permanentemente la realización de nuestra juventud.

Que vivamos plenamente el espíritu de superación en todos los órdenes, en lo material y en lo moral.



Éstas son, entre otras, las opiniones que he recabado de las personas que sueñan con un país mejor, y entonces la pregunta clave es: ¿Cómo vamos a lograrlo? La respuesta está en cada uno de los individuos que deseen una nación con una vida diferente, y se podría resumir en las siguientes acciones:



Vivir de acuerdo con los valores con que se desea ser.

Realizar todas las actividades de acuerdo con valores para que el hacer sea congruente.

Permanecer, a pesar de todas las adversidades, fiel a los valores buscando estar en el orden deseado.

Y, finalmente, tener la determinación de dirigirse decididamente hacia la realización del país que deseamos construir.



Si a partir de hoy mi ser, hacer, estar y tener están de acuerdo con este nuevo orden de valores, y si cada uno de nosotros decidimos asumir la responsabilidad y compromiso personal hacia este nuevo ordenamiento, con toda seguridad lo lograremos. Cuando un ser humano decide convertirse en un ser excelente, entonces existe un mediocre menos en el mundo.

Me gustaría precisar y esquematizar el camino a seguir para lograr un cambio que enriquezca nuestro liderazgo de Excelencia y nos ponga en marcha hacia donde deseamos llegar:

Definir la actual escala de valores.

Definir qué cambios se deben realizar en la escala de valores para construir en nosotros mismos al ser que se desea ser, la familia que se desea tener, la empresa que le gustaría realizar y, finalmente, el país al que le gustaría pertenecer.

Vivir en forma congruente de acuerdo con la nueva escala de valores.

Nunca confrontar los valores individuales y respetar profundamente los de los demás.

Luchar por valores universales y contribuir a escribir la historia.

Ser un auténtico vendedor de valores a través del testimonio personal.

Pensemos que la única forma de saber de qué somos capaces es haciéndolo, es decir: Haz lo que tengas que hacer y te conocerás.
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Cuantas cosas no suceden en derredor nuestro a las cuales no le prestamos ni la mas mínima de las atenciones y el cuidado que ellas se merecen en nuestro particular, caminamos y caminamos y dejamos pasar los detalles que la vida nos presenta, grandes o pequeños, es necesario que entendamos que es de lo mas intimo y profundo de nuestras almas que todos a diario tenemos cosa por las cuales agradecer a Dios en primer lugar y luego a un sin numero de instrumentos que el permite que se tomen con nosotros en el diario vivir, que importante es saber que somos de alguna u otra manera aquellas personas que llenamos la vida de otras y que de laguna forma les robamos un suspiro o una admiración, saber que otros desean estar contigo o que anhelan una llamada telefónica de tu parte, creo que todos en la vida y en el mundo somos el PEDACITO DE CIELO de alguien y viceversa y siempre estará latente ese gesto, ese recuerdo, esa oportunidad donde una vez quedo grabado para siempre algo bonito que ocurrió en el vivir, no vale la pena vivir en desgracia y quejarnos en todo tiempo, no vale la pena llorar y llorar y siempre permanecer en el mismo sitio, es hora de tomar lo que es nuestro y decirle a otros que no estamos dispuestos a seguir perdiendo el tiempo en banalidades y trivialidades sino que viviremos a plenitud sonriendo ala vida y siendo importantes en las vidas de aquellos que nos permitan serlo, permita que a diario seas el cielo de los desconsolados y de los que lloran ,de aquellos que no tienen porque reír o razón alguna para vivir, de aquellos que se han rendido y lo han entregado todo y están dispuesto a solo esperar el tiempo para ver sus vidas terminar de claudicar, permítase ser el PEDACITO DE CIELO de la vida, de las oportunidades, de tus amigos y también de sus enemigos ,de los que ríen, de los que lloran, de los que se han perdido hasta la mas mínima señal de la esperanza y el sonreír, de aquellos que han dejado que con el tiempo sus vidas se llenen de amargura y de aquellos que viven pero que en realidad están muertos, pero por sobre todas las cosas permítete ser el PEDACITO DE CIELO de tu vida, de tus emociones y de tus anhelos, date la oportunidad de llegar lejos y de intentar cosa que nunca te imaginaste o pensaste que eran imposible con el correr del tiempo, vamos toma tus herramientas para vivir a plenitud y dando lo mejor por lograr siempre y en todo momento la ruta de la excelencia y de la prosperidad, de intentar grandes cosas con un gran alma y de llegar en todo tiempo hasta la meta del supremo galardón y llamamiento, que el cielo sea de hoy en adelante el limite para emprender nuevas oportunidades y grandes proyectos para continuar adelante en todo tiempo y que Dios Todopoderoso y la vida sean tus mejores aleados para luchar y luchar sin desmayar y nunca claudicar ni renunciar, que el cielo cada día te cubra d esperanzas e ilusiones y te aporte nuevas fuerzas para estar en pie en todo tiempo y desde ahora y para siempre, vamos a luchar por las cosas que has concebido, y ten cuidado porque si las has pensado se te pueden hacer una realidad latente y palpable para continuar adelante y en todo tiempo hasta el final oportuno y gratificante de la jornada pues será solo al final de la misma que se premiara tu constancia y dedicación, ciertamente lograras ver y entender que valió la pena y que la decisión de ser desdichados y mediocres cada día es una toma voluntaria de aparte nuestra y que solo después de todo lo mas oportuno es tomar para otros y de otros para nosotros esa bendición reservada por DIOS y por la vida que se nos ah dado para ser seres en gran medida, manera y oportunidades, especiales en todo tiempo y para siempre, créelo.


El mayor de los éxitos para ti en todo tiempo, recuerda que si te rindes pierdes, por lo tanto nunca te rindas.
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El Plan Nacional de Desarrollo 2003-2006 “Hacia un Estado Comunitario”: establece que “se diseñará e implementará la Política Pública Nacional de Juventud con una visión a diez años, con base en la concurrencia de la población joven para su diseño y construcción, vinculando los procesos locales y municipales”. En cumplimiento de este mandato legal, el Programa Presidencial Colombia Joven asume la responsabilidad de animar y convocar a las distintas fuerzas sociales en torno a la formulación de un Plan de carácter Estatal, con visión de largo plazo, para lo cual formula la Política Nacional de Juventud contenida en este documento.

Es una propuesta que parte de la participación de la juventud colombiana. La base para su formulación son los resultados de las Mesas de Diálogo “Presente y Futuro de losJóvenes” realizadosen el año 2002 y en el cual participaron aproximadamente 8.000 jóvenes y 1.600 adultos y el conjunto de estudios, investigacionesy documentos, así como los consensos en diversos escenarios de debate y discusión. De particular importancia en el proceso de formulación de la Política Nacional de Juventud fueron los siguientes escenarios:

Cuatro foros especializados con actores clave (organizaciones no gubernamentales –ONG-; organismos internacionales; universidades, y organizaciones juveniles) a los cuales fueron invitadas cerca de 50 instituciones y que aportaron desde su campo específico de conocimiento y experiencia.

Discusión pública en la página web del Programa Presidencial Colombia Joven, desde la cual se recibieron aportes de diferente índole.
Realización de un foro virtual -moderado por el Centro Latinoamericano sobre Juventud- en el que participaron activamente sesenta expertos de Alemania, Argentina, Brasil, Costa Rica, Chile, Ecuador, España, Francia, Guatemala, Honduras, México, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Perú, Portugal, República Dominicana, Uruguay,Venezuela y Estados Unidos, así como representantes de la UNESCO y del BID. Si desea conocer el documento conclusivo de este foro, haga clic aquí.
Recoge, igualmente, los compromisos y tareas del Gobierno Nacional en relación con las condiciones de desarrollo de la juventud, pero también propone para la discusión un conjunto de temas, perspectivas y prioridades para centrar la construcción del Plan Decenal.

En consecuencia, la Política Nacional de Juventud no es un plan de acción del Programa Presidencial Colombia Joven y tampoco es una sumatoria de los planes, proyectos y servicios para los jóvenes en Colombia a partir de las responsabilidades sectoriales. Es un documento que establece una serie de prioridades de la nación colombiana en relación con la juventud, que orienta actividades, recursos y esfuerzos institucionales tanto públicos como privados.

La Política Nacional de Juventud se plantea como EJES ESTRATÉGICOS dinamizar la participación de los jóvenes en la vida pública y en la consolidación de una cultura de la solidaridad y la convivencia, promoviendo la formación ciudadana y para la paz; fomentar el acceso a bienes y servicios públicos, animando a las entidades territoriales y organismos no gubernamentales para el diseño de las Políticas de Atención a la Población Juvenil mediante la promoción de la participacióny la institucionalización de programas para dicha población, y promover oportunidades económicas, sociales, y culturales, incluyendo las dimensiones que permiten a la juventud construir, expresar y desarrollar su identidad para que participe de manera activa en la vida social del país.

La Política Nacional de Juventud es el principio, y no el punto de llegada. El Plan Decenal de Juventud, que se formulará a través de un ejercicio de debate y concertación de amplia cobertura, será el documento que permitirá que en Colombia exista no sólo una política de Estado en relación A los jóvenes, sino también una permanente discusión sobre asuntos relativos a la juventud.

Documento de la Política Nacional de Juventud


El Plan Nacional de Desarrollo 2003-2006 “Hacia un Estado Comunitario”: establece que “se diseñará e implementará la Política Pública Nacional de Juventud con una visión a diez años, con base en la concurrencia de la población joven para su diseño y construcción, vinculando los procesos locales y municipales”. En cumplimiento de este mandato legal, el Programa Presidencial Colombia Joven asume la responsabilidad de animar y convocar a las distintas fuerzas sociales en torno a la formulación de un Plan de carácter Estatal, con visión de largo plazo, para lo cual formula la Política Nacional de Juventud contenida en este documento.

Es una propuesta que parte de la participación de la juventud colombiana. La base para su formulación son los resultados de las Mesas de Diálogo “Presente y Futuro de losJóvenes” realizadosen el año 2002 y en el cual participaron aproximadamente 8.000 jóvenes y 1.600 adultos y el conjunto de estudios, investigacionesy documentos, así como los consensos en diversos escenarios de debate y discusión. De particular importancia en el proceso de formulación de la Política Nacional de Juventud fueron los siguientes escenarios:

Cuatro foros especializados con actores clave (organizaciones no gubernamentales –ONG-; organismos internacionales; universidades, y organizaciones juveniles) a los cuales fueron invitadas cerca de 50 instituciones y que aportaron desde su campo específico de conocimiento y experiencia.

Discusión pública en la página web del Programa Presidencial Colombia Joven, desde la cual se recibieron aportes de diferente índole.
Realización de un foro virtual -moderado por el Centro Latinoamericano sobre Juventud- en el que participaron activamente sesenta expertos de Alemania, Argentina, Brasil, Costa Rica, Chile, Ecuador, España, Francia, Guatemala, Honduras, México, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Perú, Portugal, República Dominicana, Uruguay,Venezuela y Estados Unidos, así como representantes de la UNESCO y del BID. Si desea conocer el documento conclusivo de este foro, haga clic aquí.
Recoge, igualmente, los compromisos y tareas del Gobierno Nacional en relación con las condiciones de desarrollo de la juventud, pero también propone para la discusión un conjunto de temas, perspectivas y prioridades para centrar la construcción del Plan Decenal.

En consecuencia, la Política Nacional de Juventud no es un plan de acción del Programa Presidencial Colombia Joven y tampoco es una sumatoria de los planes, proyectos y servicios para los jóvenes en Colombia a partir de las responsabilidades sectoriales. Es un documento que establece una serie de prioridades de la nación colombiana en relación con la juventud, que orienta actividades, recursos y esfuerzos institucionales tanto públicos como privados.

La Política Nacional de Juventud se plantea como EJES ESTRATÉGICOS dinamizar la participación de los jóvenes en la vida pública y en la consolidación de una cultura de la solidaridad y la convivencia, promoviendo la formación ciudadana y para la paz; fomentar el acceso a bienes y servicios públicos, animando a las entidades territoriales y organismos no gubernamentales para el diseño de las Políticas de Atención a la Población Juvenil mediante la promoción de la participacióny la institucionalización de programas para dicha población, y promover oportunidades económicas, sociales, y culturales, incluyendo las dimensiones que permiten a la juventud construir, expresar y desarrollar su identidad para que participe de manera activa en la vida social del país.

La Política Nacional de Juventud es el principio, y no el punto de llegada. El Plan Decenal de Juventud, que se formulará a través de un ejercicio de debate y concertación de amplia cobertura, será el documento que permitirá que en Colombia exista no sólo una política de Estado en relación A los jóvenes, sino también una permanente discusión sobre asuntos relativos a la juventud.

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