1. Introduction Many young people in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region have become interested and actively engaged in the world development process, and some are continuously making efforts to have their voices heard when policies are considered that affect them. The objectives of this seminar is to support those efforts. This seminar will bring together youth leaders, Bank staff, and policy-makers from the region, to discuss development programs initiated by youth. The seminar will also explore the potential for increasing youth participation in the decision-making process at national levels. The focus of this seminar is in line with the key message of the World Development Report 2007: Development and the Next Generation, which emphasizes youth as partners in the development agenda. By acknowledging the efforts of youth and their potential as effective partners, this seminar should serve as first step toward the creation of a more permanent dialogue between youth, the Bank, and national policy- makers on issues of mutual concern relating to international development. For further information, visit http://www.worldbank.org/wdr2007http://www.worldbank.org/wdr2007 or http://www.worldbank.org/eapSeminar This seminar is the first of two that will be implemented. Supported by the key writers of the World Development Report and the Bank's youth focal points in each participating country, the seminar will include presentations by selected youth who have had the opportunity to work in development projects or participate in organizations with strong involvement in their respective country's development agenda. The seminar will seek to stimulate discussion and dialogue among the participants with the goal of finding ways for youth to become more engaged in development issues. World Bank specialists will also participate. Seminar Two (scheduled in June) will focus on increasing youth participation in the decision-making process at the national level, inviting key policy-makers to the session. In cooperation with the following World Bank Offices and GDLN affiliates: Seminar One of a Two-part Series Supporting Youth Voices A distance learning seminar organized by the World Bank, and the Vietnam Development Information Center An Inter-Regional Knowledge Sharing Series on the 2007 World Development Report Global Development Learning Network Featuring Moderator - Nina Bhatt (PhD), Social Development Specialist, Social Development Sector, World Bank Key Note Speaker - Emmanuel Y. Jimenez, Director, World Development Report 2007 and Director, Human Development (Education, Health, Nutrition and Population), East Asia and Pacific Region, World Bank Youth Presenters -  Speaker 1 - Chalongkwan Tavarayuth, Representative of the Youth, Development, and Peace Network Steering Committee, Thailand  Speaker 2 - Chanthalangsy Sysouvanh, PADATC Team Building Trainer, Member of Youth Council, Lao PDR  Speaker 3 – Tsutomu Yasui, Member of the Executive Board of YDPJN (Youth, Development & Peace Japan Network), Japan  Speaker 4 - Anarbold Odonkhuu, Coordinator of youth self organized network, Mongolian National Authority for Children, Mongolia Locations, Local Times, & Contacts  Bangkok, World Bank Office, 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM, April 19, Tinnakorn Sareenun. Email: tsareenun@worldbank.org  Hanoi, Development Information Center, 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM, April 19, Mai Thi Hong Bo. Email: mbo@worldbank.org; Nuong Dieu Nguyen. Email: nnguyen2@worldbank.org  Jakarta, World Bank Office, 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM, April 19, Wiwiek Sonda. Email: wsonda@worldbank.org  Phnom Penh, World Bank Office, 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM, April 19, Bou Saroeun. sbou@worldbank.org  Port Moresby, Development Learning Center, 13:00 Pm - 15:30 Pm April 19, Dwain Brian Tomavoko Email: dtomavoko@worldbank.org  Singapore, World Bank Office, 11:00 AM - 13:30 PM, April 19, May Ann Lim. Email: mlim3@worldbank.org  Tokyo Development Learning Center, 12:00 PM - 14:30 PM, April 19, Mika Iwasaki. Email: miwasaki@worldbank.org  Vientiane, World Bank Office, 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM, April 19, Viengsamay Srithirath. Email: vsrithirath@worldbank.org  Ulaanbaatar, Development Learning Center, 11:00 AM - 13:30 PM, April 19, Sunjidmaa Jamba. Email: jamba@worldbank.org  Washington DC, GDLN Studio, 11:00 PM, April 18 - 01:30 AM, April 19, Cesar Gordillo. Email: cgordillo1@worldbank.org Program Contacts  Sonya Woo. Knowledge Coordinator, East Asia & Pacific Vice Presidency. Email: swoo1@worldbank.org  Bob McGough. Instructional Designer. Email: rmcgough@worldbank.org April 19, 2007 Vietnam Development Information Center Tokyo Development Learning Center WB Office Thailand U.S.A. (Washington D.C.) GDLN Studios WB Office Indonesia WB Office Lao PDR WB Office Cambodia Mongolia Development Learning Center WB Office Singapore Papua New Guinea Development Learning Center