Creating avenues for youth to reshape narratives and to drive strategies aimed at strengthening the youth, peace and security agenda.
Staying abreast of global frameworks aiming to strengthen the youth, peace and security agenda
Building a bridge between research, policy and practice to strengthen the youth, peace and security agenda.
Best practices to strengthen national efforts towards the meaningful inclusion of youth in peace and security.
This Policy and Practice Brief (PPB) draws extensively from the rich online conversations which attracted almost 200 youth peacebuilders from different parts of Africa, organised by the African Union (AU) Youth for Peace (Y4P) programme and UNESCO-International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa (UNESCOIICBA) and, with additional assistance from the GIZ AU-APSA Programme.
Youth recongnised as key agents of change
Unpacking the fifth priority of the AU Continental Framework of Youth Peace and Security
Strong partnerships and coordination are critical components in moving beyond just popularizing the Continental Framework for Youth Peace and Security (CFYPS). Accordingly, ACCORD and its Training for Peace Programme, in
Youth are often at the forefront of agitating for change – a pattern recognised by the United Nations in its recently released Global Report on Protecting Young People in Civic Space
Strengthening the understanding of conflict analysis, triggers for election-related conflict, as well as conflict styles, methods and approaches of responding to election-related conflict