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Democracy and Governance in Africa – Youth Innovation Challenge

The African Union (AU), through the African Governance Architecture (AGA) Secretariat, in a joint project with the Common market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) have launched the “Democracy and Governance in Africa – Youth Innovation Challenge”. Youth innovators, innovation hubs and incubation centres across the continent, are invited to participate in the innovation challenge. The challenge calls for existing innovations that are making impact in the structural prevention of conflict through addressing issues of democracy deficit, lack of good governance and contribute to the promotion and protection of human rights.

The objective of this initiative is to identify and recognize existing youth innovations in democracy,
governance and human rights that are contributing to the African Union theme of the year – Silencing
the Guns in Africa.

Opportunity Focus Area:
Social Work
Human Rights
Development
Gender and Women’s Studies

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Specialities

Civic Engagement, Social work, Community work, Volunteering, Development Studies, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Human Rights, Humanities, International Development, Leadership& Human Development
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Details

  • Deadline
Deadline:
28 July, 2020
  • Location

Online

  • Funding type

Award/Prize/Funding/Grant

  • Duration

From 1 month to 6 months

  • Start date

28 July, 2020

  • End date

7 September, 2020

  • Opportunity type

Accelerators, Incubators, Funding, Grants, Competitions for startups, Competitions, Contests, Awards, Prizes, Non-Degree Opportunities

ELIGIBILITIES

  • Age

18 - 24, 25 - 35

  • The innovation should focus on Youth or innovation should be led by young person aged between 18-35
  • Gender:

Male, Female

  • Nationality

Algeria, Djibouti, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tunisia

  • Required languages
  • English
Level:
good
  • Application must be in English.
  • Specific requirements
  • Have Startup/Project/NGO idea or running
  • The idea or innovation should have been implemented/tested with a level of success/ impact but have room for improvement, replication or scale up at national, regional or continental level
  • Other requirements
  • Who can Apply
  • Innovators, Innovations, innovation hubs should be based in Africa; African diaspora are open to apply but innovation in focus should be focused or based in Africa
  • Innovations
  • The submission should be based on an existing innovative initiative (digital or non-digital) on a. enhancing good governance; b. promoting democracy; c. citizen participation; d. creating social cohesion; e. supporting public service; f. justice and rule of law; g. promoting human rights and h. other relevant thematic areas that contribute to the theme of the year.
  • Gender equality
  • Innovation must reflect the mainstreaming of women and gender equality;

Benefits

  • Others
  • The 20 applicants will receive an opportunity for an accelerator training to help develop their ideas further, for expansion and greater impact. Experienced trainers and experts will be supporting the ideas to refine, improve and transform them into initiatives that will be magnified, replicated or scaled up.
  • Others
  • The final selected innovation/s will then be recognized. The innovation/s will have a number of opportunities to be acknowledged namely on the African Union Commission’s initiatives on the theme of the year; AGA Annual dialogues, COMESA Policy-making bodies and others.

Required Documents

  • Application Form
  • The application should have three basic sections – (Total - 5 pages, single-spaced, Arial, 12 points)
  • Essay
  • 1) Brief description of the innovation.(600 Words -) a. Title, background, objective, rationale, target 2) The challenge the innovation is trying to address; (500 Words) 3) The Approach used to solve or contribute to solving of the problem; (500 Words) a. When was it rolled out, where? How was it rolled out? How was it financed? Any partners? 4) Results produced after the intervention (600 Words) a. Explain how and where the specific innovation has been applied. b. Provide a brief description of the impact of the innovation? What difference has it made since it was launched? c. Provide a brief about possibilities for upscaling of the innovation? d. How did your innovation bridge the gender equality gap?
  • Other
  •  Any other relevant information that can support the application. (300 Words)

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  • End date

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