opening in Labé of the thematic workshop for the production and proposals of legal texts in favor of young people – Aminata.com Information in Guinea and in the world

2023-08-27 18:41:33

The Amadou Dieng University campus of Labé is hosting on August 27 and 28, 2023, a thematic workshop for the production and proposal of reform texts on the youth component of gender. It was at 10 a.m. sharp that the work was launched in the presence of the governor of the administrative region of Labé, Colonel Robert Soumah, the mayor of the urban commune of Labé, Mamadou Aliou Laly Diallo, Mountaga Sylla, Country Director of lFES Sékou Doré, representative of the president of the CNT.

Officials

This two-day activity is organized by the National Transitional Council (CNT) with the technical support of the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) in its Support for Transition and Electoral Processes (STEP) project under funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

This workshop is part of achieving the objective of supporting a more inclusive process both in the process of drafting texts and in the implementation of electoral operations to take into account the gender.

According to the organizers, the objective is to support the CNT in understanding and producing basic proposals for the development of texts to take into account the youth dimension in legal reforms.

“At the end of the workshop, participants will have: A good knowledge of the nation’s youth inclusion in political and electoral processes: Good practices and Comparative Analysis; The capacities of young people in the field of gender-sensitive law-making are strengthened; Proposals for the wording of the texts are formulated“, are among other things the expected results.

Mamadou Aliou Laly Diallo, mayor of the urban commune of Labé

In his speech, Mamadou Aliou Laly Diallo highlighted the joy that animates him to see the representatives of young people from all over Guinea converge in Labé without forgetting to thank the partners who facilitated this communion.

Speaking, the IFES Country Director recalled that the United States has been supporting the people of Guinea and their government since the year 2022 in December, particularly in the momentum of democratization and the involvement of young people as a linchpin. of development and guarantee of sustainable and sustainable development within the framework of the STEP project.

Mountaga Sylla, IFES Country Director

Mountaga Sylla said that this workshop follows a series of activities which is part of the development of the new constitution. These include the symposium on Guinean constitutionalism, a forum on the proposal of texts in favor of women first and disabled people second. He also recalled that inclusion is essential and transversal, specifying that USAID makes it a point of honor and expects the young delegates gathered to standardize their proposals and visions.

The regional governor, Colonel Robert Soumah estimated that the young people thus gathered constitute the cream of the layer on which, it is necessary to count to make emerge the positive ideas of development.

Colonel Robert Soumah, governor of the administrative region of Labé

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Physically absent, the head of the governance and human rights team, the USAID representative, through the magic of information technology tele-reacted to the workshop, recalling: “Many human rights organizations young people express the need for their participation in public, economic, professional, political and socio-cultural activities.

It is crucial to specify that young people represent 48% of the country’s population.

Honorable Sékou Doré, representative of the president of the CNT

The last to speak is Honorable Advisor Sékou Doré of the CNT who presided over the opening ceremony. He recalled that the initiative comes from its president who has created a web of partnership with technical and financial partners such as IFES and USAID. For him, it is a holistic approach aimed at including young people both in the drafting of texts and in the implementation of legal reforms.

During this workshop sixty (60) young leaders from the prefectures of Guinea and the communes of Conakry as well as members of the National Councils of the Transition (CNT), the executives of the Ministry of Youth will exchange around these themes: Concept on the inclusion of young people in political and electoral processes: Good practices and Comparative Analysis; Presentation of the Mission and role of the National Youth Council and institutionalization of the National Youth Day; Writing gender-sensitive text.

Thematic workshop for the production and proposals of legal texts in favor of young people in Labé

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