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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
Issue 2 June 30, 2011
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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.
BerukMengistu and Eden Yohannes
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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T e ranDebate
IntergenerationaDialogue between Heads of State an
Government Youth Representatives o
Accelerating Youth Empowermenfor Sustainable Developmen
YemisrachGebruWolde
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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