Federal Education Minister Julia Gillard has invited all schools to participate in the proposed 2020 summit involving 1000 of Australia's best and brightest minds in April.
In a bid to tap into the minds of Australia's best and brightest students, Ms Gillard said she wanted all primary and secondary schools to host their own ideas summits. She said the schools summits would offer a unique opportunity for students throughout the country to make sure their views are heard on the 10 key themes of Australia 2020.
Each school will be able to hold their summit at a convenient time over a three-week period beginning March 17, with every school being encouraged to participate. Feedback from the schools summits will be collected and consolidated by the Federal Government, and will provide material for discussion at the youth summit, to be held on 12-13 April 08.
Register at:www.australia2020.gov.au
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For another option to the 2020 Summit, the online community created a wiki so people across Australia could post, discuss, and vote on the best ideas for the country. It’s like a virtual 2020 Summit for the whole country. It’s totally a grassroots effort. It’s free, can be anonymous, and isn’t being sponsored by any political party, corporation, union, or special interests. It’s just people who want to encourage an online national brainstorming session.
The site is at http://ozideas.wetpaint.com/?t=anon. There are pages for over 20 different issues and even an online petition to get the best ideas heard at the actual Summit.
So far, we’ve had over 180 ideas submitted, 2000 unique visitors and 15,000 pages views.
The more people know about it, the more ideas are submitted, and the better the discussion.
It’s a great way for everyone to participate in the summit.
Jim Rettew
http://ozideas.wetpaint.com/?t=anon
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