YOUTH CONSULTATION

2ND ANNUAL HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE ON GOVERNANCE AND DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA: TRENDS, CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS

THEME:

50 YEARS OF OAU/AU: ENHANCING CONSTITUTIONAL ORDER AND RULE OF LAW IN AFRICA

23 24 NOVEMBER 2013 KING FAHD PALACE HOTEL, DAKAR - SENEGAL

PROPOSED SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES Time DAY 1 8:00 - 8:30 Registration Opening Ceremony & Music Interlude Secretariat Activity Chair

8.30 9.00

Welcome Remarks: Mr. Motlana Lebogang - Director, Regional Service Centre, UNDP Mr. Olabisi Dare - Ag. Director, Department of Political Affairs Mr. Abdul Latif Coulibaly - Minsiter of Good Governance, Senegal

9.00 - 9.30

Young People in Political Spaces: Quality or Quantity 1. Luke Onofiok, Chair, House Committee on Appropriations, Anambra State House of Assembly, Nigeria 2. Gerald Karuhanga, Member of Parliament, Uganda 3. Pamela Kanora, East African Community 4. Lawrence Muli, African Observatory for Policy Practice and Youth Studies 5. Caren Wakoli Emerging Leadesr Forum

Moderator : Hadeel Ibrahim Founding Executive Director Mo Ibrahim Foundation

10.00 10.30

Photo Session and Tea Break Chair: Emmanuel Etim African Observatory for Policy Practice and Youth Studies Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

10.30 11.45

Panel Discussion: Youth, Constitution and Rule of Law Constantine Manda Twaweza Samson Itodo Youth Coalition on Constitution Review Dinah Musindawerzo FEMNET Florence Mutesi Rwanda Governance Board Eyob Balcha CCP-AU

11.45 1.00PM

Panel Session: Charting Africas Future: Youth and the AU 2063 Agenda Hadeel Ibrahim Mo Ibrahim Foundation Idris Ayo Bello Oxford Africa Society, UK Philip Thigo - INFONET Faty Kane Plan International

Chair: Tsepiso Makwetla South Africa Broadcasting Corporation, News and Current Affairs Anchor

1.00PM 2.00PM

LUNCH

2.00PM 3.30PM

Speed Geek Session with Young Change Makers Technology: Seun Onigbinde - BUDGIT / Lukman Jaji Africa Youth Charter MobileApp Education: Nivi Mukherjee eLIMU Kenya / Mary Wambui Githinji - Akirachix Philanthropy: Hadeel Ibrahim Mo Ibrahim Foundation Entrepreneurship: Maty Ndiaye-Cisse Kaya Clothings Creative Arts: Ibrahim Cisse Movie Producer, Gambia Finance & Investments Tarek Mouganie Affinity, Ghana

Moderator: Rotimi Olawale YouthHub Africa & Head, WorldBank Youth Forum, Nigeria

3.30PM 5.30PM

Presentation from National Consultations on Enhancing Constitutionalism and Rule of Law in Africa West Africa; East Africa; Central Africa; South Africa; North Africa;

Chair:

Time DAY 2

Activity

Chair

9:00 10.15

Pan African Consciousness; Towards the 8th Pan African Congress Daniel Adugna African Union Commission Philip Thigo SODNET Kijala Shako, Oxfam Grace Ruvimbo Chirenje

Chair: Brian Kagoro Governance Team Lead UNDP Regional Service Centre Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

10.15 11.30

Youth Engagement and Advocacy for the Implementation of the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance Panelists (Essay Finalists from the ACEDG Essay Competition)

Chair: Essay Evaluators 1. 2. 3. Sola Fagorusi, YouthHub Africa Samuel Onyenobia, AUC Kijala Shako, OXFAM Novib

11.30 12.00

Tea Break

12.00 13.00

Panel Session : Using Emerging and Innovative Tech and Platforms to drive change around Constitution and the Rule of Law : 1. 2. 3. Seun Onigbinde, BudgIT Nigeria Philip Thigo SODNET/INFONET (Uchaguzi) Idris Ayo Bello Oxford Africa Society

Chair:

13.00 14.00 Learning Platforms (Season 1) 1. 2. 3. Using Infographics to Tell your stories The How To? of Crowdmaps Twitter 101

14.00 15.00 15.00 16.00

LUNCH

Learning Platforms (Season 2) 1. 2. 3. 4. UsingInfographics to Tell your stories The How To ? of Crowdmaps Twitter 101 Mobilising Support for New and Emerging Ideas

16.00

Official Closing and Presentation of Youth Consultation Communiqu Partners Director, UNDP Regional Service Centre Ag. Director, Political Affairs Presentation of Youth Communique to the Commissioner for Political Affairs Closing Remarks by H.E Dr. Aisha Laraba Abdullahi Commissioner for Political Affairs

18.00h

Creative Evening Featuring Artistic Performances by Participants and Select Artists from Senegal