Information about YES-DC
What is YES-DC?
The Young Energy Specialists and Development Co-operation (YES-DC) is an association of students
and young professionals interested and/or working in the field of energy and international co-operation.
YES-DC started informally as a means to improve contacts within the network, and to facilitate the exchange
of information and experiences. Since March 1996, YES-DC has officially been established as an association.
Personal contact and member's initiatives have remained the foundations of YES-DC.
Who is YES-DC?
The members of YES-DC are young professionals and students in the field of energy and/or development.
They work with universities, government, research institutions, NGOs and in the private sector. Several are
working outside the Netherlands. The board of YES-DC consists of 7 members and has a facilitating and stimulating
role: taking care of a financial and organisational framework. Within this framework, members organise activities,
choosing their own subjects and approaches. In a yearly assembly, members decide on the goals, framework and
activities of YES-DC, and a new board is elected.
What do we do?
YES-DC organises monthly activities,
such as excursions, lectures and debating sessions in the field of energy
and/or development co-operation. A special activity is the DEO-Day (Debate on Energy), which is
organised on a biannual basis. Various junior and senior experts are
invited to participate in energy and development co-operation related
discussions. In a quarterly newsletter,
members are informed on new developments, congresses, ideas and job
opportunities in the field. For its members only, YES-DC publishes an
annual member directory, which contains relevant personal and professional
data on members. For interested third parties, YES-DC provides additional
networking facilities in exchange for a small donation, for instance to
communicate job opportunities. In
this way, YES-DC has already been able to tie several members and employers
happily together. Furthermore, YES-DC hosts a
discussion list, which is frequently used for
discussions and exchange of information on the field.
Click here for an introduction of the members of the YES-DC Board 2008.