Program for Young Politicians in Africa
The KIC team was in Dar Es Salaam to host PYPA alumna for a workshop and women’s conference in which the newly published Youth Study was launched in Tanzania. Thought-provoking discussions were held to remedy some of the challenges identified in the study. A similar conference was held for the Ugandan alumna. The series of [...]
25 young politicians from five political parties were welcomed in Nairobi, during a three day-intensive, but satisfying Strategic Planning process, in which each Youth League drafted a document that captured their aspirations for their league, contextualized the challenges that leagues face and developed strategic interventions. KIC is honored to continue our effort in building the [...]
During KIC’s Add on training in Mombasa, 16 young politicians from across five political parties in Kenya were introduced to Regional Integration; The why, benefits and risks with case studies, Agenda 2063 of the African Union including the history and evolution of the African Union (AU). The participants were also introduced to the SDGs and [...]
It’s a been a tough but fulfilling weekend (1-3 April) working with three youth leagues as KIC takes them through a strategic planning process that will culminate into them developing their respective youth league strategic plans. The Youth League Development Academy is part of KIC’s effort to institutionalize its support by building enduring organizations with [...]
This week PYPA in East Africa dedicated three days to train Councilors from 11 districts in Uganda. The training focused on leadership, public speaking as well as sharpening the participants skills in value based leadership. The training also had sessions on local Government system, budgeting process and how to make interventions in it. At the [...]
Green Forum, a partner of the PYPA Program, together with the Center For Young Leaders in Africa have published the report 'The Status of Youth Participation in Political Parties in Malawi and Zambia', which we share below. For a democracy to be representative, young people must be engaged in formal political processes and have a [...]
The Program for Young Politicians in Africa (PYPA), the leadership program for young members of political parties, is done in 16 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. In West Africa, PYPA is run by CIS (the Swedish Centre Party International Foundation) and IGD (l’Institut pour la Gouvernance et le Développement) in Burkina Faso, Benin, Togo, Mali, Niger, [...]
KIC is honored to be hosting District Councilors for a two-day training in Entebbe. The training is part of the effort to fill the induction and skill gap on the role of district councilors. The training cover leadership skills, roles and responsibilities of councilors and budgeting among other things. The session on leadership is followed [...]
On November 29-30 and December 2-3 Green Forum and CYLA carried out a Gender Mainstreaming Training for the PYPA mother parties, in Malawi and Zambia respectively. The training was attended by senior party representatives, women leagues and youth leaders who were tasked to draft to internal policies on sexual harassment and learned about gender sensitive [...]
ETU is holding an alumni workshop 22-25 November in South Africa with the title: 'Future challenges and solutions for Africa'.
