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[1/9, 1:22 PM] Mama Gi: 🇮🇳 MODEL ECOWAS SUMMIT 2016🌍
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📌Under the Auspices of Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Regional Integration
📍CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: DELEGATES
📋Theme: “Accelerating Youth Empowerment for Sustainable Development”: Bridging Cultures to Achieve Peace and Development”
📅Date: Saturday 28th May, 2016
Venue: Accra International Conference Centre (AICC)Ghana
Targeted Groups: Youth, civil society actors, private sector and stakeholders from West Africa
📌IF YOU WILL LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 2ND EDITION OF THE SUMMIT AS A DELEGATE
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[1/9, 1:23 PM] Mama Gi: 📍MODEL ECOWAS SUMMIT 2016📍
📌The Model ECOWAS Summit Commission (organizing committee) invites applications from young people from West Africa to apply for the position of Delegates (Ministers of State) for the 2 nd edition of the Model ECOWAS summit scheduled to take place in Accra-Ghana on Saturday 26 th May, 2016.
📌 Delegates will play the role of Ministers of State from ECOWAS member states during the summit. Eg: Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Defence etc.
📌The Model ECOWAS Summit is a bi-annual event that brings together the youth, civil society actors, private sector and stakeholders from West Africa to deliberate and share ideas on issues.
📌The focal area(s) for the 2 nd edition of the summit is Peace Building and Security. The purpose of the summit, among others is to enhance the policy of transformation ECOWAS from ECOWAS of States to ?? ECOWAS of People , create a good platform for exposing the youth to the operations of ECOWAS, interact, create partnerships, build relationships.
📌That is, ensuring that, the youth actively engage development partners, civil society and government to contribute to developmental issues through dialogue. The summit which is a high research based program follows the format of the ECOWAS heads of state and Government meeting.
📌Participants (delegates) represent ECOWAS member states and share their perspective on thematic areas of the summit. Participants also represent ECOWAS member states in different Specialized Technical Commission during breakout sessions to present practical solutions. Therefore, prior to the summit, participants shall thoroughly research their assigned nations policies and position concerning the thematic areas of the summit and present position papers accordingly.
📌The objective of each break-out session (Specialized Technical Commission session) is to enable participants to write a resolution that deals with the thematic areas and provide a framework that solves the issue(s), or at least addresses the need for action. The summit comprises of a plenary session , and a break-out (specialized
