Vishwa Yuvak Kendra (International
Youth Centre) is a pioneering organisation in the field of youth
development. It was established with the active support of Pandit
Jawaharlal Nehru and was inaugurated in 1968 by the then President of
India, Dr. Zakir Husain. It organizes workshops, seminars and training
programmes for the youth workers of NGOs.
Democracy is considered as one of the
best forms of government because it ensures liberty of thought,
expression, belief, faith and worship, equality of status and opportunity,
fraternity as well as the right to participate in political
decision-making. Participation and control of governance by the people of
the country is the essence of democracy. Such participation is possible
only when the powers of the state are decentralized to the district, block
and village levels where all the sections of the people can sit together,
discuss their problems and suggest solutions and plan execute as well as
monitor the implementation of the programmes. It is called the crux of
democratic decentralization.
