Our Areas of Work
We are serving from last 7 years.
The African Youth Commission (AYC) is an independent Pan-African youth network founded by youth leaders to foster synergy amongst youth and youth organisations on the African continent and Diaspora.
Policy and Advocacy
AYC facilitates the collective participation and engagement of young people in official, formal and informal avenues of policy design, implementation, monitoring, follow-up, and review at all levels.
Movement Building
AYC consolidates youth voices through grassroots organisations linkages to build a strong youth movement on the continent through our national consortium platforms.
Youth Engagement
Impactful youth engagement recognises and seeks to change the power structures that prevent young people from being considers as key stakeholders and drivers o f their own needs and priorities.
Capacity Strengthening
Through workshops, trainings and experience sharing, we provide and facilitate engagement of young people in various advocacy processes to expand their knowledge skills and experience in policy influencing processes as well as key frameworks such as African Youth Charter and Agenda2030 & Africa We Want - Agenda2063
Knowledge and Action
We provide young people a platform for dialogue to create an evidence base for best practices through joint learning, collaboration and partnerships and joint programming build, manage and transfer knowledge to inspire local led action.
How We Organise
The National Consortium Platforms
The National Consortium will serve as an umbrella body to organise and coordinate activities of the AYC member organisations at national level as well as to promote and support other in-country youth initiatives
Membership is open to youth organizations, youth groups, youth networks, youth coalitions, youth councils, youth commissions, youth associations, youth parliaments, youth professional and think tank bodies, youth chambers of commerce, youth clubs in high schools and colleges, and associations of university students from all member states of the African Union and Diaspora.