MINDS North and West Africa Regional Civic Education Workshop in Elections and Governance

MINDS North and West Africa Regional Civic Education Workshop in Elections and Governance - 2016

The Mandela Institute for Development Studies (MINDS) is pleased to announce that applications for the North and West Africa Regional Civic Education Workshop in Elections and Governance are now open.
The workshop will take place on the 19th - 20th April 2016 in Dakar, Senegal.
The aim of the workshops is to create awareness, enhance knowledge and develop relevant skills in electoral and governance processes and leadership among participants, in order for them to effectively communicate and apply them in influencing and mobilizing other youth to actively participate in the processes and other community and national development activities.

Applications will be open to people between 18 and 45 years old who are from:
Algeria, Benin, BurkinaFaso, Cameroon, CapeVerde, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Guinea-Conakry, Liberia, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Morocco, Senegal, SierraLeone, Sudan, Togo, Tunisia or Western Sahara.

MINDS will cover all travel and workshop expenses.

Interested individuals can apply by completing and submitting the online application which is available on our website on this link: www.minds-africa.org/Events.html

Applications close Midday (12PM CAT) on Friday the 19th of February 2016.

Kindly share and link with your networks and/or recommend the workshop to young African leaders who have demonstrated a commitment to creating the #Africa they want to see by mobilizing their peers towards relevant goals with tangible results.

If you have any questions or if you would like more information, do not hesitate to contact us on dialogues@minds-africa.org.

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