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Designathon Open Call New Extended Deadline of March 7, 2023

Designathon Open Call New Extended Deadline of March 7, 2023

A designathon (aka hackathon, sprint collaboration, intensive workshop) is a three-stage activity that includes an open call for ideas and participants, an intensive period of collaborative work, and follow-up activities. The purpose of this open call is to gather practices and practical tips related to designathons for health in order to inform the development of a global SIHI/TDR consensus statement on organizing health designathons. Our team are organizing this call for descriptions of how people have organized their designathons. 

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Designathon Open Call

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Designathon Open Call

Have you organized a designathon, hackathon, or similar process focused on health? Our open call to gather practices and practical strategies for health designathons is now open!

The Social Entrepreneurship to Spur Health (SESH) team, the Social Innovation in Health Initiative (SIHI), and the Ending HIV Transmission by Optimizing PrEP in East Asia (HOPE) consortium are organizing this call for descriptions of how people have organized their designathons. 

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Join A Global Open Call For Youth Voices On Health Innovation

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Join A Global Open Call For Youth Voices On Health Innovation

The Youth Cafe is thrilled to partner with the Go Youth and supports disseminating the Go Youth! Open Call to its networks, given its work in youth innovation. The Go Youth! Global Open Call 2022 is a crowdsourcing open call for Youth Voices on Health Innovation. This open call strongly focuses on supporting social innovation in health research; therefore, ideas with evidence on pilot or early-stage implementation are preferred. Are you a youth (18 to 35) interested in youth-led social innovation in health initiatives worldwide? We search for youth-led health innovations to receive seed research funding, mentorship and support, networking opportunities, and international recognition.

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The Youth Cafe Wins UNESCO Global Award!

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The Youth Cafe Wins UNESCO Global Award!

The Youth Café is proud to announce that our digital/media information literacy projects with African youth has won FIRST place in UNESCO GLOBAL AWARDS. The award cements our goal to become a world leader in Media Information Literacy (MIL) and recognizes our extensive work on digital/media information literacy in the continent.

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Fostering Jobs, Entrepreneurship And Capacity Development For African Youths | The Youth Cafe

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Fostering Jobs, Entrepreneurship And Capacity Development For African Youths | The Youth Cafe

The conference is jointly organized by the African Development Bank, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and the United Nations Development Programme, on the theme “Jobs, Entrepreneurship and Capacity Development for African Youths,” The topic aligns with the sustainable development goals on ‘inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all’.

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Debating Jobs, Skills And Capacity Development For Africa’s Youth | The Youth Cafe

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Debating Jobs, Skills And Capacity Development For Africa’s Youth | The Youth Cafe

The three-day conference, from 2-4 December, brings together researchers, youth representatives, business leaders, policymakers and media representatives from Africa and around the globe – to hammer out policies and strategies for successful inclusive growth and job creation in the region.

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Addressing Skills Mismatch in Skills For The Youth | The Youth Cafe

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Addressing Skills Mismatch in Skills For The Youth | The Youth Cafe

The second day of the 2019 African Economic Conference, exploring ways to create jobs for Africa’s youth,  focused on the youth skills gap issue across the continent.

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Listen To The Youth To Create Jobs For Africa’s Next Generation | The Youth Cafe

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Listen To The Youth To Create Jobs For Africa’s Next Generation | The Youth Cafe

It needs governments to work together and share experiences; international organizations to join hands, the private sector to work with policymakers, the youth to voice their concerns, and researchers to share policy-relevant evidence that will inform policies.