“Youth for Clean Air (YCA)” is a project conducted by CEE, SAYEN with support from UNEP, as a part of the implementation of the Male` Declaration on Control and Prevention of Air Pollution and its Likely Transboundary Effects for South Asia. The project includes two components-

“Youth for Clean Air” Document- CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE DOCUMENT

The process for the publication began with the Inception Workshop attended by selected youth (5 members) from the South Asian Countries. The content outline for the “Youth for Clean Air” document was developed and its structure was finalised. The document was developed under two sections. Section A contains Introduction to Air Pollution, in general, its sources and impacts on various spheres of the environment. Section B focused on the mitigation measures at various levels- as individual, collective efforts, efforts at local, regional, government and global levels. It was decided to follow the same structure for the Interactive CD also. Based on the outputs from the Inception Workshop, the content was developed.

The content was shared at the Editorial Workshop with UNEP representative and the youth themselves. The Editorial Workshop was held in Sri Lanka from 21st to 23rd September 2007. About 25 Sri Lankan youth participated in this workshop along with the youth from other South Asian Countries who were a part of the inception workshop. Discussions were held on the content of the document and by the end of the workshop, the document content was finalised.

The document was designed and the draft was shared with the Ministers of all the countries under the Male` Declaration at the Male` Ministries Regional Stakeholders Meeting held on the 3rd-4th October, 2007 in Male` Maldives. The draft document was appreciated very much and few very strong suggestions were made, particularly on the Government efforts and global efforts. The comments and suggestions from the Regional Stakeholders meeting were incorporated and the draft was updated.

Currently, the document has been edited and approved by the Ministries of all the Male` Declaration Countries. Under the Government level efforts, information on India is still awaited. Once the information is obtained, it will be updated and the document will be ready for publication.

YCA Interactive CD Click here

The structure of the interactive CD was determined in the Inception workshop itself. The CD has been divided into four modules following the format of the YCA printed document – Understanding atmospheric emissions, Sources of atmospheric emissions, Impacts and Measures to reduce atmospheric emissions. The objective of the CD is to provide information to the young people in South Asia so that they have a better understanding of issues related to Air and its pollution. It would support the ‘Youth for Clean Air’ document and drive the educated youth from a reading mode to an action-oriented mode.

metalearnTM Services Pvt Ltd, Bangalore was chosen to develop this interactive CD. The content outline was analysed and the script was developed based on the YCA document. A workshop on fixing the script of the CD was conducted at CEE, Ahmedabad. The workshop was attended by representatives from UNEP and metalearn. The storyboard content was finalised during the workshop.  The discussions of the workshop were carried forward and the modules were finalised. The Modules were shared with UNEP and their comments and suggestions were incorporated into the  updated storyboards.

To view the updated CD storyboards, Click here.