Call for Applications: UNDP African Youth Co-Creators Council 2026 – YOA

Deadline: July 31, 2026

Apply to affix the UNDP African Youth Co-Creators Council 2026. Shape youth-centred options. Champion younger voices. Transform Africa’s future. UNDP is deciding on 11 younger leaders from throughout Africa and the diaspora to advise and co-create its work with and for younger individuals.

The Council’s mandate follows a triple-A method:

• Advise. Guide the design and supply of UNDP tasks and flagship initiatives throughout the area and contribute to how outcomes are monitored, evaluated and realized from.
• Anticipate. Surface rising developments, dangers and alternatives going through younger Africans and suggest the coverage and programme responses to match.
• Amplify. Strengthen their very own management by means of devoted capability-constructing and carry these abilities again into their communities as efficient leaders of change.

In observe, members will take part in consultations and coverage discussions, establish and doc youth-led options price scaling, have interaction UNDP Country Offices and UN nation-degree youth buildings when related and be part of regional dialogues with companions together with the African Union Commission and Regional Economic Communities. At the top of its mandate, the Council will produce a consolidated report on youth priorities and rising developments throughout Africa which is able to act as a useful resource for UNDP and growth companions alike.

Most conferences will happen on-line, with a number of key moments comparable to onboarding, the mid-time period assessment and the closing ceremony, bringing members collectively in individual. Members are anticipated to take part in a minimum of 75 p.c of Council actions. Participation is voluntary, and UNDP will fairly cowl the prices of journey, lodging, meals and digital communications for Council actions.

Eligibility

You are eligible to apply if you happen to:

• are an African nationwide aged between 18 and 34 on the time of choice, residing on the continent or within the diaspora (a most of two seats are reserved for diaspora candidates);
• have demonstrated management, neighborhood engagement or innovation expertise in a number of of the next areas: methods considering, communication, governance, political transitions, peacebuilding, local weather motion, psychological well being, gender, the inexperienced, blue or orange financial system, poverty discount, or digital innovation;
• are dedicated to inclusive growth and youth empowerment;
• haven’t beforehand served on a Youth Advisory Council, Youth Sounding Board or comparable advisory mechanism of the UN or one other growth accomplice—the Council is designed to usher in contemporary views;
• can take part in common digital conferences and periodic in-individual engagements;
• have robust written and spoken English; and
• are capable of serve in a private and apolitical capability.

You can apply as a person or as a member of a youth group; nevertheless, belonging to a corporation doesn’t imply you’ll signify it on the Council.

Application

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For extra data, go to African Youth Co-Creators Council.