The #KofiAnnan Dialogue has ended. It was deeply inspiring to listen to young people from many parts of the world who clearly articulated the challenges in their country and concerted efforts being taken by governments and partners to address these challenges based on the MDG Framework. It was equally motivating to listen to the former Secretary General Kofi Annan share useful insights about the MDGs and what should define the post2015 development agenda. He strongly proposes that 1. young people must organize themselves and create a coherent voice. They must coalesce to form a force that can be reckoned with; 2. young people must embrace entrepreneurship, to create jobs for themselves and for others; 3. young people must take politics seriously; vote and seek to be voted for; 4. young people must use their number, knowledge and technology at their disposal to build strong civil society that can pressurize government to deliver on their promises; 5. young people must be ensure governments pay a price for ignoring them He also encourages African countries to embrace intra-Africa trade to facilitate regional development. He encourages leaders involved in the post-2015 development process to ensure the post2015 goals are easy to understand so that "every man and woman" can see the goals as theirs!
Posted on: Mon, 09 Sep 2013 19:37:27 +0000