The Second Edition of Annual Youth Summer School

Following a successful first summer school for youth cadres of political parties in Africa that was held in May 2017, the Africa and West Asia Programme of the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) and the Department of Political Affairs (DPA) of the African Union Commission (AUC), in collaboration with the National Consultative Forum of Political Organizations in Rwanda (NFPO) and with the support of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, will convene the 2nd Annual Youth Summer School on 6-8 June 2018 in Kigali, Rwanda, under the theme:  “Youth participation in political processes. Emerging trends of the negative aspects of money in politics’’.

 
The specific objectives of the forum are to:

• Provide a platform for youth cadres of political parties on the continent to reflect on emerging challenges linked to the negative impact of money in politics that hamper meaningful youth political participation in Africa;

• Identify and discuss strategies to mitigate these challenges that can be submitted to political parties decision-making organs and to other stakeholders involved in the fight against these new trends—including electoral management bodies and those dealing with Financial Crime ; and

• Explore the role that can be played by DPA/AUC and its partners at regional and national levels, to overcome these new challenges and enhance youth political participation.