Contents
History
of AISYN
AISYN
structure(Aims and Objectives, organizational set up)
Sponsors
Joining
as a member
Contact
information (Head office and regional hubs)
History
of AISYN
The process to consolidate
Africa’s place in the information society began in October 1999, with the
African
Development Forum (ADF 99'), organized by the United
Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
African Youth were accorded a special focus group as a crosscutting feature
of the conference themes. The Youth Focus group members participated in
all the parallel thematic discussion sessions, and presented a report at
plenary touching on all the thematic areas from a youth perspective. A
major recommendation was the critical need for the establishment of a region
wide youth electronic network to coordinate and facilitate Youth targeted
ICT initiatives in the context of the African
Information Society Initiative (AISI) framework.
In the post ADF 99' era,
a youth preparatory process was initiated to prepare African youth for
the GK II. In conjunction with the International Institute of Sustainable
Development (IISD) and the GK II conference secretariat, a youth advisory
council comprising of ten young professionals from around the world was
established to coordinate global youth input to the GK II conference. A
global youth E-conference was initiated in February 2000 (Youth:
Building knowledge societies E-conference). For three weeks, discussions
were conducted, recommendations and action items proposed, along the three
themes of: access, education, and youth livelihoods. The final two weeks
of the global YBKS e-conference were dedicated to regional discussions
to facilitate more region specific discussions, and the development of
regional youth action plans to be presented at the GK II conference. [More
details on discussions]
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AISYN
Structure
a) Aims and objectives
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To provide young people in all
parts of Africa with easy access to information and knowledge resources;
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To facilitate further education
and training, especially career and health related training and guidance
for youth;
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To develop, coordinate, and
extend electronic, economic and other networks and databases that can empower
and develop young women and men;
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Develop a workforce capable
of creating and sustaining a knowledge -based economy;
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Enforce the fundamental human
right to communicate, and to participate in society through equitable access,
and use of, ICTs;
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Promote access to local
content and the use of local language through appropriate systems
for capturing; sharing and exploiting local information and knowledge resources
for community development;
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Promote access by youth to global
knowledge resources through ICTs, and customize it to local social economic,
and cultural priorities;
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Promote sustainable youth livelihood
in the knowledge creation and capture, access, packaging and dissemination
industry (information economy);
Ensure effective access
by youth to the international and regional institutions that influence
global development and trends in the ICT sector;
b) Projects and Activities
AISYN will be involved in
various projects including information audits, further development of its
web site as an interactive information resource, an electronic journal
that will report ICT activities in Africa and beyond, youth exchange programmes,
an African youth information society trust, and a Pan African youth information
society conference. [more details]
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Sponsors
The AISYN is a regional youth
information and communication electronic network. Its objective is to facilitate
and coordinate the implementation of youth-targeted ICT-programmes in the
context of promoting sustainable youth livelihood, education and enterpreneurship
opportunities in Africa.
The network endeavors to
enter into collaborative partnerships with local, regional and international
development. partners in the areas of: programme development and implementation;
resource mobilization and allocation; policy formulation and advocacy.
The UNECA has been proposed as the ideal host of the AISYN, under the AISI.
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Joining
as a member
The membership of the electronic
AISYN is opened to all African youth-individuals and organizations including
those based outside the continent. However, the Youth Conference will further
deliberate on the issue and explore if foreign youth organizations can
be given associate membership status. [More details]
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Contact
information
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Head office
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Regional hubs
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