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Africa On the Move!

Youth voicesfrom the 17th OrdinarySession of the African Union

Youth and the AUC

In This Issue

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Youth and the AUC

High Level Media

Colloquium on Youth

Employment

A Grande Debate

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Quote of the Day

"...what we need is little more action and a little lessstrategising." MelesZenawi

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Media Colloquium on YouthEmployment

Mr. Ezin, in his welcomingspeech praised theentrepreneurial effort that someyouth are doing in an effort toemploy not only themselves butalso others. He said that it is hightime for the youth toinnovaterather than to simplyseek employment.

Ms. MosunUmoru in her speech

said that African youth have thecapability to employ themselvesbut they face several problemssuch as access to land and accessto capital.

She added that most youthentrepreneurs are still dependenton micro financing but thechallenge is that these institutionsusually have high interestrates.

Furthermore, she statedthat the currenteducational system inAfrica does not prepareyoung people for globalemploymentmarket.

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Seventeen members of the African UnionYouth Volunteer Corps trainees took parton a high-level media colloquium onyouth employment. The colloquium tookplace at the Sipopo Conference Centre onJune 29th 2011.

The panel for the colloquium includedMr. Charles Dan, Assistant DirectorGeneral of the International LabourOrganization; MsMosunUmoru, a

Young Agro Entrepreneur from Nigeria;MrKariukiGathitu, a Young Innovatorfrom Kenya; Mr. AndyNziendguiNziendgui representing thepan African Youth Union; Ms.JanahNcube, Executive Director of theCentre for Citizens Participation in theAfrica Union; and Ms RosemaryMuseminali, representative of UNAIDSto the African Union and UNECA.

The first half of the colloquium waschaired by His Excellency Mr. Jean

Pierre Ezin, the AU CommissionerDepartment for Human Resource,Science and Technology. Dr.RaymondeAgossou facilitating thediscussion offered a word of welcome tothe youth represented, the media and thepanelists.

Mr. KariukiGathitu, a younginnovator, insisted that theyouth have passion andvigourrequired and that theyonly need support. He urged thepublic to look beyond age andsee the capabilities that liewithin.

All panelists were given achance to express their opinions

on the issue. UNFPArepresentative and four otheryoung people from the audiencegave their comments before theclosing remarks were given bythe Director of the AU HRST.


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The 17th Ordinary Session of the AfricanUnion has been officially opened today,

30th June 2011.

The theme of this Summit is Accelerating

Youth Empowerment for Sustainable

Development. As such, it is anticipated

that the decisions made at this Heads of

State and Government gathering is to

highly reflect on youth participation. In

addition to that the importance of

inclusion in realising sustainable

development and enacting the Plan of

Action for the Decade of Youth (2009-

2018) was dubbed paramount.

Following the official opening ceremony of

the event, a discussion on the theme is

expected to commence with presentations

by the Commissioner for HRST, Mr. Jean-

Pierre Ezin and the Prime Minister of

Ethiopia H.E. Ato. MelesZenawi.

According to the programme, interventions

and responses will ensue by other speakers.

The main aim of this interactive session is

to structure the session that comes after it -

a Grand Debate. This panel will be an

intergenerational dialogue between

selected Heads of State and Government

and eight youth representative;

Ms.ClotildeAbeso, the Assistant Chair of

Equatorial Guinean of the National Youth

Council; Mr.AmrAwad, a Public Health

Mr.KariukiGathuti, a young

innovator from Kenya,Ms.MosunUmoru; an Agro-

Entrepreneur from Nigeria; Mr.

Ben Duntoye, Ms.TendaiWenyika

and Mr. Andy Roland

NziendguiNziendgui representing

the Pan-African Youth Union.

TheDebate is expected to

provideanewapproachtoguide the

immediateimplementation

ofconcrete andtangible It is

anticipated that an emphasis will

given to employment and

innovation as a means of

achieving sustainabledevelopment

for the African continent.

Further, the African Youth

Charter and the Plan of Action

for the Decade of the Youth will

be prioritised in the discussions.

This is expected to direct and

identify the key actions that the

Heads of State and Government

must commit themselves to.

Most importantly, it is

imperative for the Heads of

State and Government to decideand take concrete actions in

their respective countries to

achieve the goals related to

youth development in Africa.


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