UNESCO Nigeria 2020 Call for Submission/Nomination of Stories of African Youth-Led Organizations

UNESCO Multisectoral Regional Office Abuja in partnership with the Pan-African Youth Network for a Culture of Peace (PAYNCoP), and the Center for Youth Advocacy and Development (CEYAD) invites African youth organizations to submit original and innovative experiences that document impactful youth engagements spanning across development pillars that have and/or are currently transforming the trajectory of African youths at the local, regional and global level.

Public narrative is an art of storytelling, which UNESCO and its partners recognize as a powerful tool to communicate activities, outcomes and results. This tool will create a platform for most youth engagements, especially those that occur at the local level, facing difficulties in gaining visibility and contributing to the compendium of impacts championed by African youths for significant change on the continent.

This initiative aims to highlight and amplify the work of youth organizations that have and/or are in the process of deepening youth engagement, to encourage the engagement of young people as key actors in the development of their communities.

• Table of Content
• About United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• UNESCO Stories of African Youth-Led Organizations
• Aim and Benefits of UNESCO Stories of African Youth-Led Organizations
• Requirements for UNESCO Stories of African Youth-Led Organizations Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

UNESCO is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. It seeks to build peace through international cooperation in Education, the Sciences and Culture. UNESCO's programmes contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals defined in Agenda 2030, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2015. Political and economic arrangements of governments are not enough to secure the lasting and sincere support of the peoples. Peace must be founded upon dialogue and mutual understanding. Peace must be built upon the intellectual and moral solidarity of humanity. I... continue reading

UNESCO Stories of African Youth-Led Organizations

Aim and Benefits of UNESCO Stories of African Youth-Led Organizations

This activity aims to promote youth-led actions as well as to provide them with the space to tell their stories of commitment to social transformation and sustainable peace. This call will respond to part of the challenges faced by youth-led initiatives, innovations and/or organizations, namely the lack of visibility. By supporting them through this activity, we celebrate the importance of youth engagement and give them the visibility they deserve. In addition, this activity provides an excellent platform for UNESCO to establish a directory of credible youth-led organizations or initiatives working around youth engagement and peace building.

Requirements for UNESCO Stories of African Youth-Led Organizations Qualification

Stories/experiences/examples of initiatives of nominated or interested candidates must contain the following elements:

1. Context, objectives and theory of change ;
2. Date or period of implementation, beneficiaries (specify number of women and men), partners
3. Information on the challenges encountered during the implementation. If encountered challenges, what were they and how were they resolved?
4. Precision of the impact on the initiator and on the beneficiaries?
5. Share two or three ideas for future planned engagement with other partners.
6. At least two action photos of your engagement

Application Deadline

How to Apply

All submissions must:

1. Be original stories from youth organizations in Africa.
2. Be presented in English or French, in Word format, double-spaced, Times New Roman, 600 words minimum and 900 words maximum.
3. Contain a brief profile of the organization (100 words maximum) and should include the full name of the organization (including acronym, if applicable), country, email address and contact person.
4. Indicate references for easy validation
5. Be addressed to the UNESCO Regional Office Abuja via one of the following means
   1. online form: https://forms.gle/TGUejwiQ6PF98mEu9
   2. e-mail sent to [email protected](link sends e-mail)  as an attachment formatted in Microsoft word.

Submissions from young African women groups or organizations of people living with disabilities are highly encouraged.

For more details, visit UNESCO website