As part of the conversations leading up to the High Level Dialogue in November, AUC call upon Youth led and oriented CSOs to express interest to facilitate non-partisan national conversations on the theme of the 2015 Youth consultations.
These Conversations will be held around the theme “Youth participation and leadership in political parties in Africa: Special focus on young women” for the Continental Youth Consultations due to take place in Kigali, Rwanda from 23-25 November, 2015. The theme of the Youth Consultation is linked to that of the 2015 Dialogue under the theme “Women’s Equal Participation and Leadership in Political Parties in Africa”.
The overall goal of the 2015 Youth Consultations is to provide a collaborative, open and inclusive space for young people involved in different spheres of political life across their respective regions to discuss the current state of youth political participation particularly young women and the prospects that they envision for strengthening the ways in which young people and young women particularly can lead and serve in political parties and governments.
ELIGIBILITY
- Youth in political parties / youth wings
- Youth in civil society organizations that focus on political participation or youth and politics
- Non-partisan youth who are interested in participating in politics
- Young women currently within political parties or those interested in increased participation in political parties.
WORTH
- Successful organizations will be designated as National Conversation Leads and will be required to provide technical, logistical and financial support towards the convening of the national conversation.
- The organisations work with other organisations in their respective Member States.
DEADLINE: August 19, 2015
