Annual Meeting 2007 The 43rd Annual Meeting of The Association for International Agriculture and Rural Development
June 3-5, 2007
Speakers
Paul Sully is Project Director of EQUIP3/Youth Trust, for the Education Development Center, Inc. This project is a four-year old USAID- funded consortium of 13 international organizations focusing on preparing and engaging youth in work, community and family life. For 10 years, Sully was the lead global technical specialist for Youth and Community Development for the US Peace Corps. In that capacity he supported and encouraged the creation of 16 new national youth programs and numerous cross-sectoral programming efforts.
HHe has worked with youth and adults from over 30 countries on youth issues in organizational and leadership development. Sully published Working with Youth: A Guide for Volunteers which is distributed to Peace Corps Volunteers worldwide. For over 25 years, he has worked in youth efforts in government and non-governmental agencies addressing health, agricultural, environmental, small business, and educational sectors in the U.S. and numerous countries in the Caribbean, Latin America, the Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa. He has founded advisory committees and served on Boards advancing youth development and youth leadership.