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Hearing the Voices of African Youth: 13 November, 2017

UNICEF and the European Commission Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO), are organising a special event at which young Africans will articulate their message to African and EU leaders

The message will be based on the outcome of a newly-conducted opinion survey among 128,000 young people in four African countries

BRUSSELS, Belgium, November 8, 2017/APO Group/ --

WHAT: ‘Investing in Youth’ is the theme of the forthcoming African Union–EU Summit in Abijan, Cote d’Ivoire (29-30 November 2017).

Ahead of the summit, UNICEF and the European Commission Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO), are organising a special event at which young Africans will articulate their message to African and EU leaders attending the summit on the critical importance of education to their futures.

The message will be based on the outcome of a newly-conducted opinion survey among 128,000 young people in four African countries.

WHO:

Attendees at the event will include:

  • African youth U-Reporters from Chad, Nigeria and Uganda; youth participants from the AU-EU Youth Plug-In Initiative
  • EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides;
  • UNICEF Nigeria Representative Mohamed Malick Fall.

WHERE: “The Office” Event Space, Rue d’Arlon, 80 (ground floor) B-1040 Brussels

WHEN: Monday 13 November 2017. 10:30am to 12:00.

The event will be followed by refreshments.

Additional information: Enhancing prospects for youth was among the priorities identified in the EU Joint Communication for the AU-EU partnership, released in May 2017.

Ahead of the Abijan Summit, UNICEF carried out an opinion survey among young people living in west and central Africa using U-Report, UNICEF's mobile-messaging-technology tool.

128,000 young Africans took part in the survey and answered questions about the importance of education in times of conflict. At the event on 13 November, the survey outcome will be presented by the U-Reporters themselves, before relaying it to leaders attending the AU-EU Summit.

  • European Commission website for the 5th African Union-EU Summit
  • African Youth Voices Event page.

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