“We move it”
The Premium Youth Engagement Initiative of the East African Community. — Ivan Sebastian Ssegawa, Regional Coordinator, EACYAP
EAC Youth Ambassadors Platform (EACYAP) is a youth engagement initiative of the East African Community (EAC) under the Political Affairs Department within the framework of the Nyerere Centre for Peace Research.
The Platform’s mandate is fostering youth participation in national and regional governance and EAC integration processes. This mandate extends to being active influencers of EAC programmes and policy frameworks to address the emerging day-to-day realities of young people within the community.
Its leaders are selected through competitive processes which feature an annual regional integration-themed debate.
Countries
Ambassadors
Youth
Our
Initiatives
01
The EAC Youth Agenda Consultations
Nothing for us without us. The East Africa We Want Consultations were part of pre-summit activities, organized together with YouLead consortium members at national level (one convening per EAC Partner State). The consultations were conducted online in the form of open webinars with each country having a dedicated day of consultation.
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The East African Community National Youth Council Roundtables
YouLead and EAC YAP in partnership with the Kenya National Youth Council convened the East African National Youth Council Roundtable as a pre-summit activity, bringing together National Youth Councils and representative bodies from the 6 member states to consolidate the gains made for youth participation in the regional integration process.
03
Border Outreach Programme
Under the African Union Border Program (AUBP), the East African Community Youth Ambassadors undertook a multi-stakeholder outreach programme targeting the border districts/communities aimed at sensitizing the youth within the border communities, local leaders and actors as well as border agencies on issues hindering regular cross border movements and threats linked to irregular movements such as smuggling or trafficking as well as evaluation of the response to the covid-19 pandemic in line with the EAC Response plan.
We work as a well-oiled machine with each part working in tandem to bring out the best results. At the helm of this operation is our talented and revolutionary leadership at the EAC Secretariat and on the platform.
Our partnership and engagement with the ambassadors is always on the most critical issues of the time and the team always delivers in the engagement of government and the youth. The latest evidence of this is the AUBP Report on the response to the covid-19 by border communities in the EAC which was delivered especially and despite the prevailing circumstances.
Alex Parkinson
EAC-Giz
Our partnership and engagement with the ambassadors is always on the most critical issues of the time and the team always delivers in the engagement of government and the youth. The latest evidence of this is the AUBP Report on the response to the covid-19 by border communities in the EAC which was delivered especially and despite the prevailing circumstances.
Alex Parkinson
EAC-Giz
