The German Federal Government together with the African Union (AU) have launched the first open call for project proposals under the African-German Youth Initiative (AGYI).
The aim of the AGYI is to improve youth exchange and mobility between African countries and Germany and to develop essential competencies and skills among young individuals from African countries and Germany by focusing on sustainable global development and strengthening the idea of ‘global citizenship’.
Eligible for funding are projects in the fields of:
- enabling African alumni from German-African youth exchange programs to act as multipliers for youth exchange and youth voluntary services
- promotion of innovative and inclusive approaches of African-German or trilateral youth exchange for skills development in line with the UN Agenda 2030 and AU Agenda 2063
- promoting innovative community-based change projects within the context of African-German youth exchange and voluntary youth services to implement AU Agenda 2063 and UN Agenda 2030.
Interested applicants from Benin, Ghana, Togo, South Africa and Tanzania are invited to submit their project proposals until the 14th of November 2019 by midnight South African and Central European Time.
