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Multigenerational Committee Survey

Tell Us Your Stories
We Want To Hear
The Voices and Perspectives of Youth & Ageing

The Multigenerational Committee of the 59th Annual DPI/NGO Conference wants to hear your stories. The conference title is “Unfinished Business: Effective Partnerships for Human Security and Sustainable Development.” We would like to hear your comments, suggestions and opinions on these topics. This survey is an opportunity for you to tell the NGO community what you are doing, what is working and what is not working and also to ask questions.

We are planning for the 59th Annual DPI/NGO Conference 6-8 September 2006 at the United Nations headquarters where hundreds of representatives from NGOs around the world will congregate this September to hear vital NGO news and to share their stories and experiences. We wish that you could join us but since it isn’t possible for everyone to attend we hope that you can participate by sharing your stories and experiences with us through the internet so that we can bring your voice to the table.

At the conference there will be roundtable discussions and we will be submitting the information that we compile from this survey to the youth and multigenerational representatives at each roundtable. In addition, if you are following the parts of the conference that are web cast, there will be opportunities for you to write in your questions directly to the speakers of the plenary sessions. To find out more about the conference you can go to the conference website http://2006.undpingoconference.org

We hope that you find a moment to share your stories with us because only by listening to all of you, can we really understand the full picture.

MULTIGENERATIONAL COMMITTEE SURVEY on 59th Annual UN/DPI NGO Conference

1. What is your name? (NOT mandatory)

2. How old are you?

3. What is your current occupation/or are you a student?

4. What country are you from?

5. We are defining multigenerational, as a group containing people of diverse ages, like Youth and Ageing or a mixed group of many ages. Is this a term you are familiar with? (yes or no)

6. Have you ever worked in a multigenerational organization to try to accomplish any of the MDGs or any other significant issues? (yes or no)

7. If Yes, what age group are you primarily working with? (mixed, youth, or ageing)

8. Do you know what the 8 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) consist of? (Refer to www.un.org/millenniumgoals) (yes or no)

9. Have you ever worked on any of the MDGs? (yes or no)

If yes, in what way?

10. What is the primary issue, mission or MDG you are working on?

11. Do you think that Youth and Ageing communities can work together and make an impact on achieving the MDGs or any other significant issues? (yes or no)

If yes, in what way? If no, why do you think that is?

12. Do you have a story to share illustrating accomplishments or challenges you have had attempting to achieve the MDGs from a youth or ageing perspective?

13. If you could attend the conference, what would you like to say, ask or contribute?

We will not be able to respond to you individually. We will post information regarding the outcome of the survey and the conference on the conference website under the Multigenerational Sub-Committee link in September. If you don’t want your survey read by other participants, please post your name as anonymous.