Calling Young People for the 4th Africa-Europe Youth Summit and the EU-AU Youth Plug-In Initiative!

Calling Young People for the 4th Africa-Europe Youth Summit and the EU-AU Youth Plug-In Initiative!

BRUSSELS, 28 July 2017 / PRN Africa / -- Do you want to be part of the 4th Africa-Europe Youth Summit and the subsequent EU-AU Youth Plug-In Initiative? We are looking for young people for the Youth Summit and the Youth Plug-In Initiative between the age of 18 and 35 from Africa, Europe and Diaspora, to help develop recommendations and solutions to put forward to Heads of State at the 5th AU-EU Summit in November.

On November 29-30, African and European Heads of State will meet in Abidjan for the 5th AU-EU Summit to discuss the priorities for the partnership between the two continents for the years to come. The overarching theme will be “Investing in Youth” and ensuring an active and meaningful inclusion of young people in the run-up and at the Summit is a given.

African and European youth today have many challenges in common such as limited access to resources, education, and employment, along with social discrimination, lack of participation in decision-making and conflict resolution. By bringing together African and European Youth organisations and motivated and engaged young people, the 4th Africa-Europe Youth Summit and the EU-AU Youth Plug-In Initiative will strengthen the direct participation in a the political process affecting the livelihoods and future prospects of youth on both continents.

The 4th Africa-Europe Youth Summit will gather 115 youth leaders from both continents, including African Diaspora, on 9-11 October in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, to agree on a declaration with recommendations and messages on 6 themes including education, peace & security, climate & environment, business & job creation, political inclusion and culture.

A follow-up group of 36 youth selected for the EU-AU Youth Plug-In initiative will continue the work between October 27 and November 29. The group will be embedded in the AU and the EU as two Euro-African groups in both Addis and Brussels, to develop further ideas and proposal relating to the 6 themes for solutions, actions and initiatives.

The work of the Youth Summit and the Plug-In Initiative will be presented to the Heads of State at the 5th AU-EU Summit on November 29-30 in Abidjan.

If this has caught your interest, please start your application to participate in the Summit. Participation in the Youth Plug-in Initiative is optional in section 6.

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SOURCE European External Action