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AU YOUTH DIVISION PROGRAMME
1. The AU’s policies and programmes
focusing on youth
2.The 1 Million Initiative
3. Contact Us
CONTENTSTHE AU’s POLICIES AND PROGRAMMES
FOCUSING ON YOUTH
Agenda 2063
“Aspiration 6 -An Africa Whose Development is people driven, relying on the potential offered by African People, especially
its Women and Youth, and caring for Children”
Africa Youth Charter
“Article 26a calls on young people to be custodians of their own development”
African Plan of Action for Youth Empowerment (APAYE 2019-2023)
Provides the blueprint for youth programming at continental, regional and national levels in Africa through:
Game-changing flagships – Education, Foundations for implementation – Data,
Employment, Entrepreneurship, Technical assistance to and capacity
coordination, partnerships and resource
Engagement & Health building for AU Member States mobilization
1 Million by 2021
Flagship programme of APAYE focused on providing opportunities for 1 million young people in the areas of Education,
Employment, Entrepreneurship and Education (4Es)
AU DD TVET CESA STISA
DPOA MPOA Roadmap Strategy
2THE 1 MILLION BY 2021 INITIATIVE
FOCUSING ON YOUTH
VISION
To provide one million African Youth opportunities in Education,
Entrepreneurship, Employment and Engagement by 2021.
EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT ENGAGEMENT ENTREPRENEURSHIP
● Scholarships ● Internships & ● Leadership ● Growth Capital
● Alternative Apprenticeships Programs ● Nurturing
PATHWAYS TO
Pathways ● Job Centres ● Exchange Startups
SUCCESS
● Teacher ● Digital Skills Programs
Development ● Forums
● Youth
Engagement
3APAYE
COUNTRY
WHAT WE DO ADVOCACY BROKERAGE DEMONSTRATION ENGAGEMENT
ACCELERATION
HOW WE DO IT
Education and Skills Entrepreneurship Youth Young Professionals
Development & Innovation Engagement Development
Health & Wellbeing Communications Policy & Evidence
Partnerships
4YOUTH ENGAGEMENT
THE AUC YOUTH ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY
ENGAGING YOUTH ON THESE THREE (3) TIERS
SELF DEVELOPMENT
Activities, trainings and initiative which build up
1 the individual young person and equips them with
the necessary tools to meaningfully engage
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Bringing together young Africans who are
2 equipped with the requisite tools to engage at the
community level, in order to cascade trainings and
activities to young people in communities
ADVOCACY AND PLATFORMS
3 Providing spaces for individuals and youth groups
to have conversations and exchange with each
other and their duty bearers.
6DELIVERING YOUTH ENGAGEMENT & LEADERSHIP
MOCA
New online and offline networks
ESTABLISH Establish new online networks through web-based and social media engagement and sensitization, as well as physical
meetings, conferences and activities.
MOBILIZATION
Existing Groups and Networks
MAINTAIN Engage and maintain existing networks, including self-organized youth groups to create a continent-wide network of
diverse groups who can organize in numbers for meaningful engagement and impact.
Youth Engagement Toolbox
ORIENTATION TRAININGS The toolbox provides the minimum standard training , mentorship and incubation for all youth who come into the AU
Youth network to create solutions for the continent, and builds capacity on the 3 tiers of youth engagement.
Online Presence
VIRTUAL Increase reach and engagement of youth voices across the continent through webinars, online advocacy, social media
engagement and other online methods.
CONVERSATIONS
Conferences, Events and Meetings
PHYSICAL Facilitate important conversations, advocacy sessions, knowledge exchange and experience sharing through high-level
events – AU Summit, STCs, etc – and specific youth events of the AU, Member States,
COMMUNITY Individual and groups
ACTIVATION ENGAGEMENT Implement engagement and solutions at community level to create change and achieve positive results; and advocate on
& ADVOCACY issues for better societies at different levels.
7SKILLS DEVELOPMENT & EMPLOYMENT
STRATEGY
Catalyzing Education and Enhancing skills
Skills revolution underpinned development systems that
by Science, Technology and are responsive to changing
Innovation with greater links skill needs
with industry.
Focus on a Paradigm Shift Fostering Digital Skills
where young people are Development and
trained to be job creators Entrepreneurial training to
rather than job seekers enhance youth employability.
8AU LEARN AT A GLANCE
- AU Learn is an e-learning
platform
- It provides user-friendly,
relevant and inclusive
professional development
opportunities to young
people across the 55
Member States.
9WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO ACHIEVE
To develop relevant knowledge and skills through eLearning.
Offer knowledge, capacity building and skills development opportunities to learners from the continent
To provide an inclusive and widely accessible platform for youth among the 55 Member States
Offers relevant and engaging learning resources and trainings (interactive, discussion, quizzes, infographics, videos
and case studies) for young people
10HOW
SELF-PACED
Where learners can learn in their own time and schedule.
BLENDED
Where there is a combination of offline and online learning in
a way that one compliments the other.
TUTORED TRAINING
Where learners and trainers meet virtually in a classroom,
following a schedule.
11AU YOUNG PROFESSIONALS PATHWAY 12
Empowering Youth in Nuclear Sciences
● Build the capacity of young people in Nuclear sciences
● Engage
with the African Young Generation in Nuclear (AYGN) in to increase youth
engagement, capacity building, and knowledge transfer in the Nuclear and allied fields
● Throughthe Division’s network to mobilize young people to maximize the
opportunities in the Nuclear sciences
13GET IN TOUCH
FOLLOW US
AUYouthProgram
Speak to us by emailing
AUYouthProgram youth@africa-union.org
AUYouthProgram
You can also learn more by heading over
African Union Youth Program to www.1millionby2021.au.int
African Union Youth DivisionTHANK YOU
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