East African youth for leadership summit

YOUTH form Uganda, Kenya and other East African Community countries are meeting to discuss how to unlock their leadership potential and issues of integration.

The East Africa youth leadership Ssmmit is scheduled for November 27 to December 1, 2017 at the Training Center for Development Cooperation (MS-TCDC) Campus in Usa River and at the EAC Headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania.

Themed Unlocking youth leadership potential: Youth at the centre of the East African integration, the summit is being organised by the EAC secretariat in collaboration with MS TCDC.

The objectives of the East African youth leadership summit, according to news from Arusha include; facilitating a step-by-step appreciation of the current opportunities within and beyond the region; challenging young people to think and act beyond conventional takes, and creating an opportunity to deepen the partnership and cooperation among youth from participating sectors/countries.

Other objectives are to: encourage youth to develop sustainable projects by rolling regional and global issues, and; to nourish constructive exchange of ideas and good practices, hands-on skills development among the youth in the region.

The summit will feature myriad stakeholders including youth leaders from business, government and civil society sector, policy-makers, thought-provoking academics, daring social entrepreneurs, media people, CEOs, civil society advocates, and other inspirational practitioners.

Participants will range between 15 and 35 years of age with at least 30 representatives from each EAC Partner State.

Partner States' ministries responsible for Youth and EAC affairs, national youth councils, youth networks, institutions of higher learning and all stakeholders and champions of Youth are expected to fully and actively mobilize participation in the Summit.

The Summit, abbreviated as YouLead, has been organized in line with the provisions of the EAC Youth Policy (2016) Priority 14 which mandates the EAC Secretariat to build networks and partnerships and particularly to "institute an annual youth leaders' forum with the EAC Secretary General as a regional platform for youth engagement with the EAC leadership."