This participants’ manual will assist participants in following the sessions related to the African Governance Architecture (AGA) capacity-building training of trainers’ program for youth participation in political and electoral processes. The participant manual also provides information on methodologies and strategies to be adopted during training sessions. The youth needs to note that training content for youth participation must be context-specific. The content of this manual must be adjusted to the local, social, geographical, cultural, and political circumstances, and there is no standard training methodology and approach that can be replicated everywhere on the continent.
Training outcomes:
At the end of the training, participants will:
Be able to articulate reasons why the youth must participate in political and electoral processes, identify continental best practices, and contribute to the increase and sustenance of youth participative value in political and electoral processes.
Be able to name the social, cultural, economic, political, and other barriers to youth participation and proffer alternative approaches to break the barriers.
Be able to articulate the electoral processes and explain why the youth must participate in elections and how.
Be able to articulate the importance of leadership to youth participation in political and electoral processes and name the different leadership types and how each type impacts youth participation.
Be able to articulate requisite communication skills for youth participation and name different media platforms ideal for youth participation.
Be able to distinguish between advocacy and lobbying, articulate why they are important to youth participation, and when it is appropriate to use them.