African Youth Commission

Organization's name: African Youth Commission
Organization's acronym: AYC
Headquarters address  
Address: Jawara Building
Westfield, Serrekunda, Kanifing Municipality
Banjul, The Gambia
Gambia
Phone: +254722565212
Email: ayc@auyc.org
Web site: africanyouthcommission.org
Organization type: Non-governmental organization
Languages:
  • French
  • English

Activities

Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
Economic and Social:
  • Agriculture
  • Business and Industry
  • Climate Change
  • Development

Financing for Development:
  • Increasing financial and technical cooperation for development
  • Mobilizing domestic financial resources for development
  • Mobilizing international resources for development

Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
  • Advocacy and outreach
  • Capacity building
  • Education and training of women
  • Information and communication technologies

Population:
  • International migration

Social Development:
  • Information and Communications Technologies
  • Youth

Sustainable Development:
  • Agriculture
  • Capacity-building
  • Climate change
  • Information for decision-making and participation
  • Major Groups
  • Sustainable development for Africa
  • Technology

Peace and Development in Africa:
  • Development in Africa
  • Peace in Africa

Conflict Resolution in Africa:
  • Conflicts Resolution

NEPAD:
  • Agriculture and Food Security
  • Climate Change and Natural Resource Management
  • Crosscutting issues (Gender and Capacity Development)
  • Regional Integration and Infrastructure
Geographic scope: Regional
  • Africa
Country of activity:
  • Eswatini
  • Egypt
  • Guinea
  • Liberia
  • Lesotho
  • Benin
  • Niger
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe
  • Gabon
  • Gambia
  • Nigeria
  • Ghana
  • Botswana
  • Cameroon
  • Ethiopia
  • Guinea Bissau
  • Malawi
  • Kenya
  • Central African Republic
  • Namibia
Mission statement:
Year established (YYYY): 2013
Year of registration (YYYY): 2017
Organizational structure: General Assembly - Comprised of network membership, elects the members of the Executive Council Executive Council - Comprising of the Executive Chairperson and the Deputy with 8 commissioners. Appoints the Secretariat Secretariat - Led by the Executive Secretary they are responsible for the day to day running of the network
Number and type of members: 246 Members organisations spread across 46 African countries
Funding structure:
  • Membership fees or dues
  • Fundraising campaigns
  • Donations and grants from domestic sources
  • Foreign and international grants

Additional Information

Sustainable Development

Major group affiliation:
  • Children and youth
Involvement in UN Partnerships: Yes
If yes, explain in detail: The AYC has had multiple partnerships and engagement with various UN systems including; UNFPA, UNDP, UN Volunteers, UN DESA and UN Women. AYC was a key player in the organisation and mobilisation of the recently concluded ECOSOC YF, being a regional Caucus coordinator of the MGCY. We were also the lead youth co-organiser at the Africa Regional Breakout Session. AYC works very closely with the UNECA as a member of the steering committee of the Africa Regional Mechanism for MGoS where we actively support the organisation of the Africa RSD Forum feeding into the ongoing HLPF process.
Affiliation with other organizations: Member of - MGCY Member - Pan Africa Climate Justice Alliance Member - Africans Rising Member - Climate Action Network - Africa

Advancement of Women

Affiliation with other organizations: FEMNET GIMAC Network

Forests

Major group affiliation: Children and Youth

Informal regional network of NGOs

UN-NGO-IRENE Newsletter: Yes

Other UN Entities

Accreditation with other UN Entities:
  • UNDP
  • WHO
  • ITU
  • UNEP
  • UNESCO
  • UNCTAD
  • UNICEF
  • ECA
  • UNFPA
  • UNDCP