The African Governance Platform through its Secretariat based at the Department of Political Affairs, African Union Commission will convene Regional Youth Consultations under the theme ‘Leveraging Youth Capacities for the fight against corruption in Africa’.This is line with the AU theme of the Year: Winning the Fight Against Corruption: A sustainable path to Africa’s Transformation. The overall goal of the regional youth consultations is to provide a collaborative, open and inclusive space to leverage and foster meaningful participation of young people in the fight against corruption in Africa. It is expected that the consultations will provide actionable recommendations on meaningful youth engagement in the prevention and fight against corruption amongst others.
WORTH
- Scholarships for travel & participation: the travel, visa and accommodation of selected youth participants will be covered by the African Union and its Partners. No additional application is needed for sponsorship. Self sponsored participants are also encouraged to apply.
ELIGIBILITY
Participants will be selected on the basis of their submission from an open call using the following selection criteria:
- Youth-led and oriented organisations implementing activities that are related to anti-corruption, transparency and accountability, open governance systems, as well as freedom and access to information programmes and activities in the Member States at all levels taking into consideration the diversity of young people;
- Representatives of national anti-corruption agencies, parliaments, security institutions as well as the judiciary amongst others;
- Think tanks and academic research institutions with experience in promoting youth participation in anti-corruption initiatives;
- Media practitioners;
- Youth participants should be between 18-35 years of age; and,
Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
DEADLINE: May 30 2018
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