The International Award for Young People www.iayp.in (of the Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award www.intaward.org) is the world’s leading youth achievement award, bringing together practical experiences and life skills to create committed global citizens and equipping young people for life. Since it was founded in 1956, over eight million people have participated in the Award in over 140 countries and territories. The IAYP has been in India for over 50 years and over 100,000 young persons have benefited from participating in the Award Programme successfully. The award works with everybody who participates because they are working towards achieving something, and not necessarily because they are better than others. Why does this work? Because every individual sets his or her own goals and then works toward achieving them. The participants impute the Award with giving them energy, self-discipline, commitment and a capacity for teamwork.
The Centre for Community Economics and Development Consultants Society (CECOEDECON) is a Not for Profit, Non Governmental Organization (NGO), registered under the Rajasthan Societies Registration Act, 1958. The organization was initiated by a group of young social workers to provide relief to the flood victims in Jaipur district in 1982. Over the last 33 years the organisation has become one of the leading Non-Governmental Development Organisations in Rajasthan. It is committed to building the capacity of the poor and vulnerable sections of society to effectively and independently claim their rights. The interventions of CECOEDECON extend from building the capacities of partner communities in Rajasthan to lobbying and networking at the national and international levels. CECOEDECON has a multi-disciplinary team and a dynamic board where the members come from different walks of life, including professional social work, education, research, community leaders, judiciary, social activism,
