{"id":1059,"date":"2020-11-10T10:35:36","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T11:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wecare.center\/?p=1059"},"modified":"2020-11-10T10:35:38","modified_gmt":"2020-11-10T11:35:38","slug":"desafio-de-inovacao-afcfta-da-uniao-africana-2020-para-jovens-lideres-africanos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wecare.center\/en\/bolsas-e-fundos\/desafio-de-inovacao-afcfta-da-uniao-africana-2020-para-jovens-lideres-africanos\/","title":{"rendered":"African Union AfCFTA Innovation Challenge 2020 for young African leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This challenge involves young people developing and curating political ideas for the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Registration deadline:<\/strong>&nbsp;23<sup>Rd<\/sup>&nbsp;November 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the Award:<\/strong>&nbsp;The aim of the challenge is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Identify and disseminate innovative ideas, solutions and actions that will maximise the benefits of the AfCFTA, especially for women and young people<\/li><li>To increase the capacity of young Africans to develop and implement policies<\/li><li>Integrating young Africans into AfCFTA's policy-making processes<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Type:<\/strong>&nbsp;Competitions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Eligibility:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Candidates must be nationals of one of the 55 AU member states<\/li><li>Applicants must be between 15 and 35 years old. We strongly encourage submissions from female candidates<\/li><li>Engaged in political\/commercial development or interested in building experience in political\/commercial development<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Eligible countries:<\/strong>&nbsp;African countries<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Number of awards:<\/strong>&nbsp;Not specified<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Premium amount:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>The 10 finalists will benefit from:-<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Development of an AfCFTA implementation plan for a country or regional economic community, with mentoring from leading trade experts, captains of industry, trade negotiators.<\/li><li>Masterclass on 'maximising opportunities in AfCFTA' led by senior policy officials and leading young entrepreneurs<\/li><li>Online publication and presentation of the AfCFTA Implementation Plan to high-level policy officials<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How to apply:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Registration will be online in English or French through<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/38j5YXC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/38j5YXC<\/a>&nbsp;English&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2JPprFd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/2JPprFd<\/a>&nbsp;French<\/strong><\/li><li>Candidates will answer&nbsp;<strong>just one question on the AfCFTA essay question policy<\/strong><\/li><li>Submissions should be 250 to 300 words, Arial font, 11, 1.5 spacing, justified margins.<\/li><li>Attachments must be labelled correctly with the name of the applicant and the question answered<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It is important to go through all the entry requirements on the Award Page (see Link below) before applying.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttp:\/\/1millionby2021.au.int\/afcfta-innovation-challenge\n<\/div><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Este desafio envolve os jovens a desenvolver e curadoria de ideias pol\u00edticas para a implementa\u00e7\u00e3o da \u00c1rea de Livre Com\u00e9rcio Continental da \u00c1frica (AfCFTA) Prazo da inscri\u00e7\u00e3o:&nbsp;23Rd&nbsp;Novembro de 2020. Sobre o Pr\u00eamio:&nbsp;O objetivo do desafio \u00e9: Identificar e disseminar ideias, solu\u00e7\u00f5es e a\u00e7\u00f5es inovadoras que maximizar\u00e3o os benef\u00edcios da AfCFTA, especialmente para mulheres e jovens [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1060,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[11,55,15],"class_list":["post-1059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bolsas-e-fundos","tag-africa","tag-inovacao-2","tag-juventude"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wecare.center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image-26.jpg?fit=900%2C450&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wecare.center\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wecare.center\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wecare.center\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wecare.center\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wecare.center\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1059"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wecare.center\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1061,"href":"https:\/\/wecare.center\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1059\/revisions\/1061"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wecare.center\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wecare.center\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wecare.center\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wecare.center\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}