ITS EDUCATION ASIA ARTICLE

ITS Foundation Youth Advisory Committee launched

By Danny Harrington, MD ITS Education Asia

On Tuesday 7^th June, the inaugural meeting of the ITSF YAC took place at the ITS offices. In attendance (and pictured, left to right) were Jane Poon, Josephine Jaume, Mira Chan, Michelle Wang, Kadence Wong (elected president), Danny Harrington (Foundation member), Anna Wei (elected Secretary), Chantal Sun, David Won and Aiden Howe. Their respective schools are: HKIS, FIS, CDNIS, ISF, STC, VSA, AISHK, GSIS, and CIS.

Justin Cheng of DBS is also a member.

The committee will meet formally 4 times per year – 3 term meetings and an AGM – to

• advise the Board on current thought trends among sustainability-minded youth
• provide both feedback on ideas, and suggest new ideas, for programmes that the Foundation can and should pursue
• provide both feedback on ideas, and suggest new ideas, for youth peer-to-peer collaborations that the Foundation can and should pursue
• advise on, and facilitate, events to lead and participate in

This is a great step for the Foundation to implement best practice for non-profit entities and for this group to get hands on experience of how non-profit companies work. We’ll be profiling each of the members in the coming months as well as reporting on the events and initiatives that they help establish and carry out.