African Youth First meeting
At our first African youth meeting on Monday the 28th of September we shared our goals for the UNFCCC climate talks in Bangkok.
Present were:
Kenneth Amoateng-Ghana
Grace Mwaura-Kenya
David Ssomwegerere-Uganda
Sena Alouka-Togo
To be joining us will be: Akpadja Yaogan & Sylvia Wachira
A summary of our goals are as follows:
1. See, learn and share from this meeting: from the delegates, the youth and the adult NGOS, etc
2. Deliberation the African youth coordination towards COP 15 & beyond- clear long term strategy & management.
3. Create new partnerships & networks-
a. With our country delegations
b. With the AMCEN team
4. Assess the level of fundraising and African support for COP 15, and draw up a matrix, of all the African youth seeking support, either confirmed or not, including sub regional representation
5. Attend and participate in Bangkok youth daily meetings and activities and contributing in the Global South affinity group
6. Follow up thematic specific negotiations in Bangkok ( African group resolutions, Mitigation, Adaptation, Financing, LULIUCF, REDD, etc)
7. Attend everyday African youth review meetings at 8.00pm, and a major evaluation meeting over the weekend.
8. Party with each other;
Having the objectives set out, these are some of the things you expect to be posted on the Blog, to be happening amongst us, or to be followed up with your inputs.
- New comers Orientation (preferably tomorrow, Tuesday with CAN-SCB coordinator Shruti and German Watch colleagues.
- Daily posts on the blog, from each one of us, on what we learnt that day. The new networks formed and the new opportunities available for the youth
- A comprehensive discussion from our end, which you will be expected to contribute to, on how better we can organize the African youth
- News from the African delegates, NGOs, youth organizations etc that we shall contact.
- Updates on the fundraising progress for the African youth, the matrix of the level of support already sough and confirmed
- Updates on the blog, of the African youth engagement with the Bangkok youth and details of activities/meetings/actions attended.
- Updates from specific negotiations followed up by us here in Bangkok.
- Review and minutes of everyday African youth review meetings.
Most of these will be on the Blog, so we encourage you to blog and send all your responses via the blog.
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The Thai Prime Minister said "there is no plan B he added if we no not realze plan A, we go staight to plan F which stands for failure"
ReplyDeleteArican youth we also do not have plan B let as a infuence the outcomes of the UN climate talk now befor we get to copenhagen
Dear Grace and African reps,
ReplyDeleteI think you will have a fairly full agenda in Bangkok. Kudos to you all.
While I look forward to other updates from you, I would like to ake comments around points #2 & 4.
In point 4, you mentioned sub-regional representation. That is not clear to me. Are you making reference to sub-regional representatives on the out-going Steering Committee of AYICC?
For point 2, first I thn there is a typographic error in the sentence, lok at it again and correct it, if you can. The sentence reads - "Deliberation the African youth coordination towards COP 15 & beyond- clear long term strategy & management". Change the first word "deliberation" to deliberate around or deliberate on...
I think we need some level of continuity in AYICC's leadership. I don't know how much we are still in touch with Rachael - the former Chair. As her co-chair, it was an opportunity to have served AYICC in that capacity but of course I have my opinions on what could have been done differently in certain areas of AYICC's existence. Those could be valuable learning points for AYICC's leadesrhp improvement.
That said, I did indicate an interest to "move up" to serve as chair knowing I have the drive, courage and passion on one hand and humility, network and commitment on the other, to take AYICC to a next level.
I'd like to read the proposal for the long-term management strategy of AYICC. I have several opinions around this. So, I loo forward to the proposal that emerges from Bangkok.
Good luck to the African reps.
Long live AYICC!
Long live Africa!!
Long live Mother Earth!!!
Excellence,
One Young African from Nigeria...
I think i love the agenda so far!! Also, emphasize on establishing contacts and partnership as well as a focus on fundraising!
ReplyDeleteJohn