CALL FOR NATIONAL CONVERSATIONS FACILITATORS: 2015 DGTRENDS

Note: Deadline for the receipt of proposal is Friday 21st August 2015.

As part of the activities of the 2015 (4th) High Level Dialogue (HLD) on Democracy, Elections and Governance which will be held in Kigali, Rwanda from 26-27 November 2015, the African Union Commission (AUC) will facilitate the inclusion of young people’s specificities and voices into the conversation through National Conversations. 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.

In an effort to deliver on the above goal national conversations will specifically aim at:

• Sharing evidence-based knowledge and analysis on youth and particularly young women’s participation in political parties in Africa;
• Exchanging comparable lessons, experience and practices on the roles of young people in fostering accountable, responsive and effective governance throughout the continent;
• Assessing the effectiveness of the existing participatory structures of youth and particularly young women in political parties; and
• Identifying the specific roles of state and non-state actors (especially civil society) as well as National development partners towards strengthening youth engagement in democratic governance.

Successful organisations 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. In addition, these organisations will be required to work with other organisations in their respective Member States. The national conversations should be undertaken between August 24 and September 25,2015. Interested organisation should address their two page proposal to Ibraheem Sanusi at sanusii@africa-union.org. Deadline for the receipt of proposal is Friday 21st  August 2015.

For more information, download the guidance note for the call 

Source: DGTrends Website