Panafrican Youth Union

The Panafrican Youth Union (PYU) is the apex body for National Youth Coordinating Bodies and Mechanism in Africa,known formerly as the Panafrican Youth Movement (PYM) it was transformed into the PYU at the organisation's 2003 congress in Windhoek, Namibia.

About

The organisation based in Algiers, Algeria was formed in Conakry the capital of the Republic of Guinea, on 26 April 1962, at the urging of African Heads of State and Government at the time, who wanted to create a platform to rally African youth behind the cause of the African liberation.

The Organisation's structure consist of a Congress, Executive Committee, Secretariat, Regional Bodies and Specialsied Committees, which are elected (once every four years), out of the 53 African member countries on the continent. The current Secretariat is lead by the Republic of Angola and includes , the Republics of Namibia, Senegal, and Congo, the Federation of Tanzania and the Islamic Peoples Jamahiriya of Libya. Algeria, as the host member also forms part of the secretariat.

The Organisation is the principal youth body on the continent and enjoys a special status within the African Union, (AU) and is often consulted amongst other by its Assembly of Heads of State and Government, the Executive Council, and the standing conferences of the AU such as Health, Youth, Immigration, Education and Gender on matters relating to youth.

The PYU is a founding member of both the International Coordination Meeting of Youth Organisations (ICMYO) and the Global Co-operation Co-ordinating Committee (GCCC).

ee also

*Youth voice
*Youth participation