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Youth Volunteerism Infrastructure In Africa African Union Commission COMY IV September 2012

Youth Volunteerism Infrastructure In Africa African Union Commission COMY IV September 2012 Addis Ababa. Topics. African Union Youth Volunteer Corps (AU-YVC). Hosting of AU-YVC Trainings by Member States. Institutionalizing Youth Volunteerism In Africa.

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Youth Volunteerism Infrastructure In Africa African Union Commission COMY IV September 2012

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  1. Youth Volunteerism Infrastructure • In Africa • African Union Commission • COMY IV September 2012 • Addis Ababa

  2. Topics African Union Youth Volunteer Corps (AU-YVC) Hosting of AU-YVC Trainings by Member States Institutionalizing Youth Volunteerism In Africa

  3. African Union Youth Volunteer Corps (AU-YVC) • Progress • Challenges • Expectations

  4. MANDATE • “African Union to establish a continental youth volunteerism infrastructure” • “Promote Youth participation through volunteerism” • “Establish and Launch a Continental Youth Volunteer Initiative by Dec 2010” ADF V “21st century and Youth Development-Outcome statement African Youth Charter Article 13 section k AU/Assembly/Dec.274 (2010)

  5. Achievements

  6. Deployed Volunteers

  7. What are Volunteers Doing? • Education • Health and HIV/ AIDS • Peace and Security • Information and Communications Technology • Business and Youth Entrepreneurship • Agriculture and Environment

  8. Challenges & What M/S can do • Financial Constraints ; • Free movement of Youth doing volunteer work; • Provision of opportunities within national programs and government institutions; • Hosting pre deployment AU-YVC training; • Setting up of national and sub regional youth volunteer initiatives;

  9. Hosting of AU-YVC Trainings by Member States

  10. Hosting AU-YVC Training • AUC plans to organize 2-3 trainings a year; • As per Malabo decision, M/S hosting the July AU Summit is to host training as side event; • Hosting a training has cost implications as well as benefits • Member States are expected to offer to host for the period 2013 – 2017 • COMY Bureau is to facilitate the process

  11. Institutionalizing Youth Volunteerism In Africa

  12. AU POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR INSTITUTIONALIZING YOUTH VOLUNTEERISM IN AFRICA • Reaching a common understanding of volunteerism and a shared appreciation of its values in socio-economic development; • Promoting a popular and all-inclusive policy in all Member States and Regional Economic Communities; • Creating and develop an enabling environment for youth to direct their knowledge and creativity to Africa’s development; • Promote the concept of professional volunteerism among Africa’s youth as well as Africa’s institutions, organizations and society at large; • Propose mechanisms for sustainable and reliable funding through contributions of – government, private sector, and the international organizations;

  13. Overall Goals • The policy framework through active engagement of Member States, RECs and Development Partners shall achieve a continental volunteering infrastructure with: • National level volunteer programs (managed by M/S) • Regional level volunteer programs (managed by RECs) • Continental level (managed by AUC – AU-YVC) • Strongly interrelated • Continental level reporting on Volunteer work • Joint resource mobilizations

  14. Overall Goals

  15. Roles of the AUC • Promote common standards and policies in all AU Member States and Regional Economic Communities in setting up youth development and volunteer programs; • Provide technical assistance to national and sub-regional institutions in setting up national/ regional volunteer programs; • Monitor and report on all volunteer related activities in all Member States and RECs; • Provide oversight for the implementation of the African Union Youth Volunteer Corps (AU-YVC); • Mobilize resources and partnerships at African and international

  16. Merci Beaucoup 

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