The United Nations Global Alliance for ICT and Development (GAID) presents a new forum for young people to showcase their experiences in using Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for community development projects. Share your best practices, innovations, success stories and more on the new eLeaders ICT4D Best Practices Forum, powered by TakingITGlobal. The GAID Committee of eLeaders for Youth and ICT will select the best of the best, and award the innovators with the most creative and impacting projects with fellowships to attend the GAID Global Forum on ICT and Innovation for Education in September 2009 in Monterrey, Mexico. Other exceptional case studies will be published and presented at the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York this September. The publication will be distributed to governments, civil society, academia and private sector organizations around the world. Help us share case studies of dynamic and innovative projects that could range from youth media or train-the-trainer programs to online campaigning or entrepreneurship initiatives. So join us by sharing your vision and examples of how you are changing the world!

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A. Personal Information
* Name/Title for your Best Practice:
* Name:
* Email:
* Country:
B. Guiding Questions for Narrative
* 1. Describe the aims and motivation behind your initiative, the context of the problems being solved.
* 2. Why do you consider this initiative to be a best practice? Describe your impact (qualitative and quantitative).
3. What recognition did you receive (internal and/or external)?
4. What challenges did you face and how did you overcome them?
5. What key factors enabled your initiative to build momentum (internal and/or external)?
6. How did your initiative utilize technology to enable efforts (if at all)? Please provide examples.
C. Categorize your Best Practice
1. Tags: (suggestions could appear such as 'type' for example - ICT training, facilitation techniques, local development project, curriculum development, citizen engagement strategy, policy process)
* 2. Scope: Local
Regional
Global
* If Local, type the city name:
3. Organization/Company/Agency
* a. Sector: Nonprofit
Foundation
Government
Business
School Club
Youth Group
* b. Name of Organization
4. Related Issues
5. Do you consider this as a best practice on Youth Engagement? (yes / no) Yes No
D. Role of Youth
1. What role do youth serve within your initiative?
* 2. What did you learn about how to effectively engage youth?
3. How do you define youth? (i.e. a specific age range or life stage more broadly)
E. Additional Resources
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