From July 4-5, 2006, young leaders, activists and professionals from accross Nigeria, the diaspora and the international community, will gather in Enugu for the second Nigerian Youth Leadership Summit.

Theme: Youth Leadership towards better health and sustainable development.

The Summit is an annual inter-generational gathering of youth and experts to address specific national development issues, with a view to finding the best solutions that meets our needs and yet fit into the international development agenda, as enshrined in the various international development goals and frameworks. During the first edition in 2005, the focus was on the NEEDS, this year the focus will be on health.

Registration: N3,000 for Nigerian Participants
$30 USD for International Participants and diaspora.

(This fee covers Lunch for two days, snacks and conference materials, participants will be expected to cover their own transportation and accomodation costs). We are currently in discussions with state governments and will explore other avenues to support youth to attend the meeting, however, we will encourage potential participants to seek their own funding to attend the summit.

Call for abstracts and workshops: We are calling for presentations and workshop sessions in any of the following areas: e-health, HIV/AIDS prevention, care, support and treatment, adolescent sexual and reproduscive health, maternal and child health, malaria prevention, health policy, international health agreements andframeworks and national health development research. We will greatly welcome workshops and presentations on innovative practices in Africa, Asia, Europe and the America's, on these issues.

More information will be available at www.developmentpartnership.org

For queries and enquiries, please contact DPI offices:
4 Eleme Road, off Eleme Junction, Port Harcourt 500001
Email: dabesaki@developmentpartnership.org or
Fax/ Phone: (+234) 084 751 002.
Mobile: +234 805 518 2526

See you in Enugu.