What Yal did as recommendations to Obama

The Young African leader (Yal), the voice of Mrs. Ada Padane which was received yesterday at Gorée Institute, presented to U.S. President Barack Obama a series of recommendations on the role of youth in strengthening democracy and economic development and social.

 Aïssatou Padane the Yal, who had invited last Tuesday at Warc, all leaders of youth organizations to a national dialogue on the role of youth in strengthening democracy and economic and social development, was among the members of civil society, received by President Barack Obama. A series of recommendations was forwarded to the U.S. President. In the field of education and training, youth recommend that there is a training / job matching, a focus on technical education, research and new technologies, the integration of leadership in the school system basic and continuing education, the promotion of "role models" to create references around the young, encouraging the media to the local and international promotion of "success stories" (success stories) and reduce the focus on sports fighting like wrestling, music, non-profit television series, using a web platform as a key tool to facilitate communication between educational communities in order to facilitate trade and access to information, reduce the digital divide in schools and universities, to strengthen educational exchanges between the United States and Senegal (facilitation and increase local and foreign exchanges and international exchange programs), education egalitarian girls / boys, cultivate a sense of citizenship and patriotism in the elementary and in the "daara" (Koranic school) and learning centers. In the field of adolescent health and youth, youth ask that there is a plea for universal health coverage for all young Senegalese, which enhances access to information and services SRAJ at school and outside school, easy access to information using ICT and social media integration to promote sex education for adolescents and young people in school curricula. For employment and entrepreneurship component, young people are for the networking of all associations working in the development of youth entrepreneurship, the establishment of funds for financing or guarantees to support innovative youth projects, a better support for agricultural banks (cultural and craft) and make available agricultural training (university level). For governance and civic engagement, they proposed the involvement of young people in the context of participatory democracy, the fight against corruption, promoting good governance, gender and generational equality in decision-making bodies the introduction of mass media to make available data, statistical and budgetary situations, inform the taxpayer about how their money is spent. The section on leadership and youth participation, a federation of youth actions, the formation of an important to effectively advocate the culture of volunteerism and concrete actions and promoting frameworks and exchange lobby (forums, workshops, conferences) prominently on the document. On the environment and sustainable development, youth asked the President of the first world power there is a reduction in pollution, the introduction of waste recycling system, the integration of preservation of the environment in the school curriculum, involvement in campaigns to protect the environment in areas at risk and in the fight against land degradation, promote sustainable development through renewable energy and organic agribusiness.

HAROUNA FALL