The Department of Information and International relations has finalised the dates for the Five-Fifty Youth Forum. This forum open to Tibetan youth aged 20-40 will run for four days, from August 17-20 inclusive. The forum will kickstart on August 17 evening and culminate with an audience and an address by His Holiness the Dalai Lama on August 20.
The forum presents a unique opportunity for young Tibetans across the globe to converge in the beautiful town of Dharamsala, the headquarters of the Central Tibetan Administration. But more importantly to deliberate on CTA’s Five-Fifty Vision in shaping Tibet’s political future and strengthening the Tibetan freedom movement.
The forum is a confluence of young, bright minds to voice their concerns, share their ideas and learn from one another while discussing the challenges and opportunities facing the Tibetan freedom movement.
The four themes that will be discussed at the forum are:
1) Tibet and China: Historical ties, Establishing Dialogue with PRC—institutional, civil society, individual level.
2) Young Voices in the Tibetan Freedom Movement: Communications, Advocacy, and International Relations
3) Homeland and diaspora—building linkages between Tibetans inside and outside Tibet.
4) CTA’s Leadership toward the Five-Fifty Vision- creating visionary leadership, and resource mobilization within and beyond CTA frontiers.
The forum will feature plenary sessions, breakout sessions, social evenings, gorshey nights, hiking and site visits.
The plenary sessions will juxtapose representatives and speakers from CTA, the private sector, government, academia and civil society with the objective of engaging a plurality of views on how to best implement the Five-Fifty vision.
The breakout sessions will delve into discussions about chalking out a strategic action plan on how to maximize the potential of Tibetan youth in shaping Tibet’s political future.