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African Development Forum V

African Development Forum V. Theme: Youth and Leadership in the 21 st Century Presented at the Regional Meeting on Youth Development in Africa June 27-29, 2006. Objectives and Expected Outcomes. Develop synergies for youth development in Africa

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African Development Forum V

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  1. African Development Forum V Theme: Youth and Leadership in the 21st Century Presented at the Regional Meeting on Youth Development in Africa June 27-29, 2006 Economic Commission for Africa

  2. Objectives and Expected Outcomes • Develop synergies for youth development in Africa • Promote development and implementation of youth development initiatives, including WPAY and proposed African Youth Charter • Design “catalytic” and “reconnaissance” frameworks for youth dev projects • Review approaches for meeting the challenges of girls and young women • Initiate process for Africa Youth Report 2007 Economic Commission for Africa

  3. Background • Situation of youth in Africa • Political • Economic • Social • Institutional and policy landscape • National • Regional • International • Africa youth in a globalised world • Threats and opportunities Economic Commission for Africa

  4. African Youth in a Globalised World • Outcomes of UN GA 60th Session • Role of ECA and other UN agencies • Role of African leaders, CSOs, youth • Emergence of Youth groups- for MDGs, PRSs, Peace & Conflict Resolution, etc • AU African Youth Charter Economic Commission for Africa

  5. Rationale for ADF on Youth • Youth as an economic asset • Labour force, investment demand, innovations • Youth as a social force • Social transformation, community development; issues of African identity • Youth as a political force • Leadership in political dev; issues of citizenship • To translate these potentials into real benefits for development through partnerships and policies underpinned by the youth agenda Economic Commission for Africa

  6. Principles and Strategies • Attending to Youth inspired, legitimate & coherent interventions • Building on partnerships • Revolving on organised consultations with and among youth • Collating best practices • Leveraging implementation through political and institutional leaderships Economic Commission for Africa

  7. Proposed Activities and Outcomes • Pre-ADF • National, regional consultations • Country briefs • Forum • Dialogue Session (youth, govt, partners) • Consensus Statement • Workshops, Exhibitions, etc. • Post-forum • Implementation and Monitoring task force • Africa Youth Report 2007 Economic Commission for Africa

  8. Proposed Work Programme • Plenary sessions • Youth and leadership in the dev. process • Youth situation in Africa • AU African Youth Charter • Breakout sessions • Nurturing youth as an asset • Utilising youth as an asset • Building an environment for youth engagement • Multi-stakeholder dialogue • Workshops, exhibitions, etc. Economic Commission for Africa

  9. Participation • Political leaders, ministers • UN leadership • Heads of Collaborating organisations • Key personalities, resource people, experts • Youth (min.40% of total) • Criteria • Selected at country levelIndividual Activity • Nominated, sponsored Economic Commission for Africa

  10. Timing • Event- tentative October 2006 • Regional Pre-Meeting- June 2006 Economic Commission for Africa

  11. Current Status of ADF preps • Partnerships arrangements to be firmed up • Compilation of background reports to start • National level consultations in partnership with UNICEF/UNCTs to start August 2006 Economic Commission for Africa

  12. ADFV Organisation and Processes • Joint Organisers- ECA and AU • Steering Committee- Core partners (UNDP, ILO, UNESCO, UNICEF, OIF) • Internal Coordination Committee • Secretariat • Sub-committees- Programme & Documentation, Youth Participation, Media & Publicity, Budget & Finance Economic Commission for Africa

  13. Youth Role in ADFV- summary • Documentation • Country briefs • Main conference document • Thematic papers • Consensus Statement • Publicity • Organisation • Post-forum Follow-up • Monitoring & Evaluation Economic Commission for Africa

  14. I want your responses on these • How best to conduct the national consultations • How best to receive youth inputs into Forum programme, documentation, selection of key personalities • How best to incorporate WPAY and AU Youth Charter • How best to engage youth in documentation, publicity & organisation kboateng@uneca.org Economic Commission for Africa

  15. Thank you Economic Commission for Africa

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