About NEPAD_EY
A Platform with Purpose
NEPAD_EY is a UNESCO REF platform of collaboration, designed to galvanize stakeholders, align resources, and proffer solutions for education and youth empowerment across Africa.
The platform is not an implementing agency. Its role is to act as a catalyst, a convener, and a solutions‑broker, ensuring that diverse efforts are harmonized, that investments are strategically directed, and that opportunities for young people are amplified in every dimension of development.
A Convening Space
NEPAD_EY provides a neutral, trusted space where governments, development partners, private investors, civil society, academia, and youth leaders converge. Within this space:
- Priorities are aligned with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the African Union’s Agenda 2063.
- Fragmented initiatives are connected into coherent, scalable frameworks.
- Innovative solutions are surfaced, tested, and shared across borders.
The Platform’s Role
- Galvanizing Action: Inspires and mobilizes stakeholders to commit resources and expertise.
- Proffering Solutions: Identifies systemic challenges and curates’ evidence‑based responses.
- Amplifying Voices: Elevates youth perspectives and ensures they shape policy and practice.
- Building Synergy: Connects actors across sectors to avoid duplication and maximize impact.
Why It Matters
Africa’s demographic trajectory makes education and youth empowerment a continental priority. NEPAD_EY ensures that this priority is not addressed in silos, but through collective intelligence, shared responsibility, and coordinated solutions.
The platform’s value lies not in direct implementation, but in its ability to:
- Shape policy dialogue at national, regional, and global levels.
- Broker partnerships that unlock new streams of financing.
- Curate knowledge that informs smarter investments.
- Empower youth as co‑architects of Africa’s future.
Guiding Principles
- Inclusivity: Ensuring no group is left behind.
- Collaboration: Harnessing the comparative advantage of every stakeholder.
- Sustainability: Promoting solutions that endure beyond short‑term interventions.
- Youth‑Centredness: Positioning young people as leaders, innovators, and partners.
Call to Engagement
NEPAD_EY invites all actors, governments, donors, investors, civil society, volunteers, and youth, to engage with the platform. By contributing ideas, resources, and expertise, stakeholders become part of a continental movement that transforms potential into prosperity.
NEPAD_EY, A Platform with Purpose. Galvanizing action, proffering solutions, and shaping Africa’s future.