Africa - Youth AIDS Prevention Forum
Creating a synergy between youth organisations and specialized bodies in order to be better equipped to fight AIDS in Africa, was the challenge of the Pan-African Youth Forum called "AIDS: A Question of Education", that took place in Dakar, in March 2004, at the invitation of the President of the Republic of Senegal, Abdoulaye Wade.
The event involved close to 220 young members from the largest global youth organisations represented in Africa, and experts from forty-five African countries in order to devise national plans to fight AIDS together in their respective countries.
In order to ensure the most efficient involvement, a three-stage approach was established.
1.A preparation phase in order to create a partnership with national and international organisations with the aim of developing a common action plan.
2.The strengthening of the alliance between the different partners through the Forum itself.
3.A follow-up phase in order to implement the action plan with the technical and financial support of the partners: UNAIDS, UNESCO, UNICEF, WHO, UNFPA, Francophonie, CNLS (national councils fighting AIDS) and the World Bank.
The participants themselves devised, refined and developed the joint contribution of their organisations to the national plan to fight AIDS for their respective countries. United by the same ideal of voluntary social engagement and community spirit, they were ideally placed to transmit a convincing message to their peers regarding the fight against AIDS.
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