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Economic &. Social Affairs. Youth Development in Africa Practicalities and Objectives Addis Ababa, 27 to 29 June 2006. Objectives of the Workshop. To examine the current situation of young people in sub-Saharan Africa;
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Economic & Social Affairs Youth Development in AfricaPracticalities and ObjectivesAddis Ababa, 27 to 29 June 2006
Objectives of the Workshop To examine the current situation of young people in sub-Saharan Africa; To promote awareness among regional and national policy-makers about the need to incorporate youth perspectives in development planning To advance recommendations for addressing youth issues and social integration in Africa To identify further capacity-building needs for follow-up activities To foster intra-regional collaboration for youth development
Some underlying objectives… To open up communication channels To share and learn from our collective experience in doing youth work To see how we can work together to accomplish more than we would if we worked alone To possibly contribute to ADF V and WYR2007 To accomplish one or two personal objectives you may wish to set for yourself!
Structure of the workshop - 3 themes Youth in Civil Society participation (today) Youth in a Global Economy poverty (tomorrow) employment education Youth and their Wellbeing health (Thursday) conflict