African Youth Center for Sustainable Development

Education and Awareness: Developing educational materials, conducting workshops, and organizing awareness campaigns to promote understanding of the SDGs and their importance among different stakeholders, including youth, communities, and decision-makers
Monitoring and Evaluation: Establishing monitoring and evaluation frameworks to track progress towards the SDGs and assess the impact of interventions. This includes collecting data, analyzing trends, and reporting on the performance of projects and programs.
Climate Action and Environmental Conservation: Implementing activities that address climate change mitigation and adaptation, promoting sustainable land use, biodiversity conservation, and resilience-building efforts.
Youth Engagement and Empowerment: Prioritizing the engagement and empowerment of young people in sustainable development initiatives, providing platforms for their participation, and amplifying their voices in decision-making processes.

Capacity Building and Training: Providing training programs and capacity-building activities to empower individuals, organizations, and communities to implement sustainable practices and effectively contribute to the SDGs.
Partnerships and Collaboration: Collaborating with other organizations, government agencies, and stakeholders to leverage resources, expertise, and networks to achieve collective impact. This could involve forming partnerships for joint initiatives, knowledge sharing, and resource mobilization.
Social Inclusion and Gender Equality: Incorporating a focus on social inclusion and gender equality within all aspects of SDG work, ensuring that vulnerable groups and marginalized communities are not left behind.

In September 2015 the United Nations made history - 193 member states unanimously adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): seventeen goals that the world aspires to achieve by 2030.
These goals aim to economically develop the world in a way that eliminates poverty, respects planetary boundaries and leaves no one behind. The international community agreed that every country is responsible for achieving these goals, and that all members of society - governments, business, and civil society - need to participate.
The SDGs are in direct alignment with the African Union’s Agenda 2063, the continent’s long-term transformational blueprint for the pan-African region. Agenda 2063 calls for all segments of African society to work together to build a prosperous and united Africa. The SDGs complement the first 15 years of the agenda, and strengthen it by being grounded in globally agreed upon values.
The African Youth Center for Sustainable Development aims to develop new tools to achieve the visions of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the African Union’s Agenda 2063. Innovations in long-term planning, study and data collection, as well as providing education development solutions, strengthening youth capacities and adopting effective leadership to contribute to achieving global sustainable development plans .

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