Call for Submission of Presentation Proposals
The submission should not exceed one (1) page and should contain the following:
- Title of the presentation
- Role of the presenter in the project
- Region covered by the programme/project
- Alignment to the general theme and sessions
- Explanation concerning what is innovative in the programme/project
- Relevance in terms of development issue/challenge addressed by the programme/project
- Alignment to 2030 Global Agenda / Africa’s Agenda 2063 / African Union Commission strategies / national policies and or other strategies
- Description of the main component of the programme/project
- Explanation on how the programme/project’s impact was measured
- Description of the lessons learned and their relevance in terms of informing policy/programme
The proposals can be made for the following themes:
- Young Africans’ perspectives on the future of skills and jobs
- African Youth, digital competencies and creative media: “from skills to market” - New approaches for youth empowerment through digital skills and entrepreneurship: addressing the skills gap and fostering inclusive growth
- Empowering young women and girls through digital skills
- Conventional and emerging technologies (i.e. Virtual Realities, Open Educational Resources, Gamification, Robotics, Open Badges, etc.) - trends in skilling youth for new and future jobs?
- The role of technologies in developing youth skills in situations with budget restrictions, low capacity of the work force, fragile environments and conflict regions and post-conflict
Additional information:
- Submissions must be sent to tarek.chehidi@gesci.org
- Selected applicants notified: 15th December 2017
- Final Presentations due: 5th January 2018 (Selected presentation do not exceed 15 min)
- Only selected applicants will be contacted
- Selected applicants will need to cover all the costs of their participation (e.g. travel, accommodation, meals, insurance, visa, etc.)
