What is the Horizons Expo?
What are its objectives?
Who is organising the Expo?
What format does the Expo take?

What is the Horizons Expo?

The Horizons Expo is a new initiative, aimed at showcasing to young people in Ireland the wide range of opportunities for involvement in civil society. At the Expo, twenty leading not-for-profit organisations, including Concern Worldwide, Special Olympics Ireland, Amnesty International, Barnardo's, Suas Educational Development and the Washington-Ireland Program will have stands. The audience will be third-level students, who can discuss with exhibitors opportunities ranging from volunteering to full exchanges and career prospects.

What are its objectives?

The objective of the Expo is to promote the spirit of volunteerism, public service and active citizenship through connecting leading civil society organisations with third level students.

Participation in civil society, as epitomised by last year's Special Olympics, is the ideal way of making a difference in Irish society. This wealth of citizenship is a huge untapped resource on the island of Ireland, particularly among young people.

The Expo will serve as a meeting place for interested young people and the participating organisations- international NGOs, national charities and local action groups. For more on all the exhibitors, click here.

Who is organising the Expo?

This unique event is being co-ordinated by the Washington-Ireland Program Alumni Network. The Washington-Ireland Program (WIP) is a personal and professional training program taking third level students from the island of Ireland to Washington DC for an internship, public service and leadership training. Our Alumni Network is active in promoting public service and youth leadership, as seen in such schemes as the Youth Empowerment Scheme in Belfast and the 2004 conference on post-conflict society. For more on the Washington-Ireland Program and its Alumni Network, click here.

What format does the Expo take?

From 11am until 4pm on Thursday, 9th March, exhibitors will have stands in the Venue, Dublin City University. Interested students from all third-level institutions in Dublin will be invited to attend, where they can discuss with organisations various opportunities for involvement, from helping out on a small scale to full exchanges and career opportunities.