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COMMITTEES, PROGRAMS AND COMMISSIONS


Standing and Special Committees

There are no Standing or Special Committees appointed yet for the 2009-2011 term. It is expected a Special Committee on Constitutional Reform and a Standing Committee on Socio-economic Studies to be formed in the Fall 2009.


Programs

Every Spring, the Congress' Special Committee on Culture, in cooperation with the provincial Congresses and the major Greek Communities, organizes a National Greek-language Essay Competition for students in Greek schools across Canada. The top submissions from each region are rewarded in a ceremony that every year takes place in a different city. The program has been a great success since its inception in 2004, with all participants being winners.


Youth Commission

Defining the Canadian Hellenic Youth Commission and Action Plan
The Canadian Hellenic Youth Commission is the highest level of Hellenic youth representation in Canada, under the auspices of the Canadian Hellenic Congress, uniting Canadian youth of Hellenic descent to preserve and promote Hellenism.

Mandate
Adopt the mandate of the Canadian Hellenic Congress as amended; to help and facilitate on matters regarding youth of Hellenic descent.

Ink-amendments

1. To act as a liaison between the youth of the various Hellenic communities and youth organizations across Canada.
2. To represent and advocate before the Federal, Provincial and Municipal Governments, agencies, institutions, the views, aspirations and desires of our youth in matters of interest to Canadians of Hellenic descent at large.
3. To provide a means for expanding local or regional activities, with the consent of the organizations concerned, into a national scale so that more people may participate in and benefit from them.
4. To promote and encourage the involvement of Hellenic Youth in public affairs at the Municipal, Provincial and Federal levels.
5. To disseminate, at a national level, information beneficial to our youth at large.
6. To foster the rich cultural heritage of Hellenes in Canada, and participate in multicultural activities in order to interpret the attributes of our heritage to Canadian youth of other cultural and ethnic groups.

Action Plan

1. Enhance Communications:
   • nationaly, by creating a cross-Canada database of youth organizations for Canadians of Hellenic descent
   • internationally, through our SAE Youth liaison
2. Job Placement Initiative for career opportunities in Greece:
   • The establishment of a working dialogue between the Canadian Hellenic Congress and the Government in Greece
   • Providing summer internship experience to current university students as well as post-graduate employment
3. Coordination of existing cultural and educational programs available from GGAE for Canadians
4. Establishment of academic university exchange programs between Greek and Canadian universities

Youth Convention
The primary focus of the long term planning initiative is to organize cross-Canada Conventions of Hellenic Youth.