Closed: APPLY: African Youth Commission Membership to the National Consortium for Youth Groups 2018

The African Youth Commission (AYC) is an independent Pan-African youth network founded by youth leaders to foster synergy amongst youth and youth organisations on the African continent and Diaspora.

Officially inaugurated on January 2017 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the network is determined and committed to provide a space and voice for youth and youth organisations to set and drive their own agenda, promote the involvement of young people as key partners in the implementation of the Africa 2063 Agenda as well the UN Agenda 2030 for sustainable development, support advocacy actions on the ratification and implementation of the African Youth Charter, other youth rights-based legal instruments and contribute to advancing the AU Shared Values through a network of locally based youth actors.

WORTH

Members of the National Consortium are entitled to the following;

• Certificate of membership.
• AYC Secretariat will contribute a grant up $2,500 minimum and $5,000 maximum for the operations of National Consortium in each Member State (this will be subjected to the size of National Consortium and compliance to the internal terms and conditions).
• Participation in activities (Capacity Building, Training Workshops, Consultations and Conferences) organised

ELIGIBILITY

Youth structures seeking for membership to the National Consortium shall be required to fulfill the following minimum requirements:

• Subscribed to the ideals and Pan African vision of “an integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa, driven by its own citizens and representing a dynamic force in the global arena.”
• Be a national youth structure from any member state of African Union or African Diaspora.
• Acquired legal status to operate in a country or Diaspora where the structure exists.

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