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African
youth information society trust
AISYN web
site
Electronic
journal
Information
audit
Pan
African youth information society conference
Youth
exchange programmes
African youth information society
trust
The YBKS-Africa has
recognised the need to mobilise resources on a sustainable basis and
distribute them equitably across the continent. Robert Nkuna (South
Africa) and Andrew Ndiretu (Kenya) have been mandated to facilitate
the establishment of a trust, which will include nominated
development activists drawn from organisations like the IDRC, UNECA,
and AYISN. The trust will mobilise, manage and disburse resources to
projects at national, sub-regional and regional level of which 60%
of the resources will go to AYISN based projects given their
regional scope.
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An interactive youth
managed website is being established to promote the activities of
the AYISN and the African youth information society projects in
general. The interim web address is http://aisyn.8m.com/AISYN.htm
but there are plans to get a sponsor to support the site's further
development.
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The AYISN electronic
journal, that has been named YouthNet @frica journal, will
report on youth ICT activities in Africa and beyond. Youth
organisations from the continent and the world will be invited to
send articles based on their experiences in the use of ICTs to
promote sustainable youth education, entrepreneurship and
livelihoods.
- Current
issue
- Previous
issues
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The past few years have
seen the establishment of various youth based information society
projects across the continent. These include the IDRC Acacia, Ytech
in South Africa, Schoolnet, etc. To ensure the success of the
conference and to promote youth exchange programmes, the AYISN will
conduct an information audit at the national, sub-regional and
continental level in collaboration with the IDRC and other
organisations involved in similar projects. The audit will focus on
identifying resources and youth projects aimed at promoting youth
education, entrepreneurship and sustainable livelihoods. The
information gathered will be disseminated to various youth
organisations and prospective donors through the AYISN website and
the electronic journal.
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society conference
The AYISN is planning to host a
Pan African Youth Information Society Conference soon. While a lot of
groundwork is yet to be done prior to the conference, we expect it to
emerge with a concrete programme of action, which we will
implemented at the AYISN level. Some of the issues we hope to deal with
in the conference include:
- Youth and the local
and global information and communication policies
- Exchange
Programmes
- Youth
Entrepreneurship, education and livelyhoods
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Today we live in
an era where young Africans get information about each other from
Europe and the US of America, as a result there is an urgent need to
promote youth exchange programmes that will eradicate the status
quo. Furthermore the exchange programmes will also be South-South
and South-North on an equitable basis. The development and
implementation of the exchange programmes will be informed by the
information and resource audit. As soon as this document is adopted,
a note will be sent to to the e-conference participants to explore
youth exchange opportunities.
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