The programme operates through professional training courses and reporting operations at international conferences. A two-day workshop at the Global Environmental Youth Convention helped prepare a group of environmental reporters for the Amman Congress. The 15 participants represented Jordan, Argentina, Sweden, China, Mexico, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Russia, Bahrain, Brazil, India, Mongolia, and Iran. Guided by trainers, these participants analysed and discussed articles on the environment. Basic tools and concepts were transmitted, but additional expertise, the participants were told, is needed to attract people's attention to most environmental stories.

Reporting operations are meant to give the young reporters an opportunity to develop that expertise. GYRP is producing daily news, stories, and photo sets for the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), August 26 - September 4, 2002. A special focus of the coverage is young people's perspectives on what world leaders are doing to address environmental problems. Live news feeds from the WSSD, as well as articles (which will be distributed to conference delegates and offered for publication to national and international media) are available in English at the Earth Youth site. At that site, articles may be searched and viewed by region and/or by environmental issue. The reports may also be delivered as email attachments in Word format. Some photographs may be offered in electronic form. The GYRP reporting operation consists of 8 young reporters, aged 18 to 26, from 8 countries: Argentina, Australia, Czech Republic, Singapore, South Africa, Uganda, UK, and USA.

Youth, Environment.

The GYRP concept was first tested at the Congress of International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) - The World Conservation Union in Amman, Jordan, in 2000.