Youth Volunteerism InfrastructureIn Africa

African Union CommissionCOMY IV September 2012

Addis Ababa

Topics

African Union Youth Volunteer Corps (AU-YVC)

Hosting of AU-YVC Trainings by Member States

Institutionalizing Youth Volunteerism In Africa

African Union Youth Volunteer Corps (AU-YVC)

Progress Challenges Expectations

MANDATE1. “African Union to establish a

continental youth volunteerism infrastructure”

2. “Promote Youth participation through volunteerism”

3. “Establish and Launch a Continental Youth Volunteer Initiative by Dec 2010”

1. ADF V “21st century and Youth Development-Outcome statement

2. African Youth Charter Article 13 section k

3. AU/Assembly/Dec.274 (2010)

Achievements ITEM TOTAL M F REMARKS

1. No of Applicants January 2011- June 2012

1554 1022 532 Including 9 non-African countries

2. Applicants eligible for AU-YVC Program

375 251 124  

3. Batch I AU-YVC Training, Obudu, Nigeria

49 32 17  

4. Batch II AU-YVC Training, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

74 43 31 Does not include 34 observer trainees

5. Batch III AU-YVC Training, (Planned for 2012)

150    

6. Deployed Volunteer 32 14 18 Includes 3 Diaspora

7. 2012 ongoing Deployments 30      

Deployed VolunteersFrom To

1. Botswana Central African Republic

2. Burkina Faso Ethiopia

3. Cameroon Ghana

4. Ethiopia Kenya

5. Kenya Nigeria

6. Malawi Tanzania

7. Mali Sudan

8. Mozambique

9. Nigeria

10. Rwanda

11. South Africa

12. Tunisia

13. USA

What are Volunteers Doing?

• Education• Health and HIV/ AIDS• Peace and Security• Information and Communications

Technology• Business and Youth Entrepreneurship• Agriculture and Environment

Challenges & What M/S can do

• Financial Constraints ;• Free movement of Youth doing

volunteer work; • Provision of opportunities within

national programs and government institutions;

• Hosting pre deployment AU-YVC training;

• Setting up of national and sub regional youth volunteer initiatives;

Hosting of AU-YVC Trainings by Member States

Hosting AU-YVC Training

• AUC plans to organize 2-3 trainings a year;• As per Malabo decision, M/S hosting the July

AU Summit is to host training as side event;• Hosting a training has cost implications as well

as benefits • Member States are expected to offer to host

for the period 2013 – 2017• COMY Bureau is to facilitate the process

Institutionalizing Youth Volunteerism In Africa

AU POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR INSTITUTIONALIZING YOUTH VOLUNTEERISM IN AFRICA

• Reaching a common understanding of volunteerism and a shared appreciation of its values in socio-economic development;

• Promoting a popular and all-inclusive policy in all Member States and Regional Economic Communities;

• Creating and develop an enabling environment for youth to direct their knowledge and creativity to Africa’s development;

• Promote the concept of professional volunteerism among Africa’s youth as well as Africa’s institutions, organizations and society at large;

• Propose mechanisms for sustainable and reliable funding through contributions of – government, private sector, and the international organizations;

Overall Goals

• The policy framework through active engagement of Member States, RECs and Development Partners shall achieve a continental volunteering infrastructure with:– National level volunteer programs (managed by M/S)– Regional level volunteer programs (managed by RECs)– Continental level (managed by AUC – AU-YVC)

• Strongly interrelated • Continental level reporting on Volunteer work• Joint resource mobilizations

Overall Goals

Roles of the AUC

• Promote common standards and policies in all AU Member States and Regional Economic Communities in setting up youth development and volunteer programs;

• Provide technical assistance to national and sub-regional institutions in setting up national/ regional volunteer programs;

• Monitor and report on all volunteer related activities in all Member States and RECs;

• Provide oversight for the implementation of the African Union Youth Volunteer Corps (AU-YVC);

• Mobilize resources and partnerships at African and international

Merci Beaucoup