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Libreville Pan-African Forum: African Youth and the Challenge of the promotion of Culture of Peace in Africa
an article by UNESCO Priority Africa
From 11 to 13 December 2014, there will be a
Pan-African Forum “Youth and Culture of Peace”
with the theme: “African youth and the challenge
of promoting a culture of peace in Africa”. 
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This Forum, jointly organized by the Omar Bongo
Ondimba Foundation for Peace, Science, Culture
and the Environment, the Gabonese National
Commission for UNESCO with the support of
UNESCO and the African Union, will be held in
view of launching a Youth Network for a Culture of
Peace in Africa.
In the context of the preparation of this forum, and
in order to support the Youth Network for a
Culture of Peace in Africa, an online platform will
be set up to help youth organizations share
experiences and projects, ideas and visions,
exchange views and collaboratively form
strategies and policies to jointly promote a culture
of peace. In view of the Libreville Pan-African
Forum, the first task of the online platform will
consist in the preparation of the terms of
reference and the concrete modalities of
cooperation of the Youth Network for a Culture of
Peace in Africa.
The Forum will bring together the Presidents and
Representatives of National Youth Councils of the
54 Member States of the African Union, the
Representatives of African youth organizations
recognized by UNESCO and the African Union
and other relevant organizations and the
Secretaries General of National Commissions for
UNESCO of the Africa region.
The expected outcomes of the Forum are the
following:
* The establishment of a dynamic and
sustainable network of youth organizations of the
African continent as well as of its governing
bodies;
* The Youth Network for a culture of peace in
Africa;
* Sharing best practices relating to culture of
peace;
* The launch of a "Youth and Culture of
Peace" International Award to support the
existence of the network.
For more information:
* The concept
note of the Forum
* The Forum agenda with names of
participants
* The
background document of the on-line platform
(Click here for a French version of this article)
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DISCUSSION
Question(s) related to this article:
Will UNESCO once again play a role in the culture of peace?,
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Latest reader comment:
It is very appropriate that this new impulse for the culture of peace at UNESCO should come from Côte d’Ivoire, since the global movement for a culture of peace was initiated at a UNESCO conference in that country in 1989. See Yamoussoukro and Seville in the early history of the culture of peace.
Note added on September 2:
The official reports from the UNESCO Conference in Abidjian are now available:
English
French
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