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Sommet International des Bénévoles Africains

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Presentation of SIBA

Sommet International des Bénévoles Africains (SIBA) is a platform for reflection, sharing of experience, opportunities, and capacity of building volunteers through in particular education to change mentalities, commitment to taking action. initiatives and responsibilities, with a view to developing a new breed of young people who are sufficiently well trained and aware of their role in the development of the different communities.

History of SIBA

Côte d'Ivoire, like most of these countries on the African continent, has a predominantly young population. According to the estimates of the General Population and Housing Census of 2014, 77.7% of the country's inhabitants are between 0 and 35 years old and 36.2% at an age which varies between 15 and 34 years. The youth of the Ivorian population is, without a doubt, a real opportunity for the development of the country; because this constitutes an available workforce, full of potential and creativity. In doing so, this youth offers serious opportunities for innovation and accelerating economic and sustainable growth on the continent. The youth of our dreams will therefore be called upon to innovate, that is to say to create new solutions that will meet the needs of the continent and of their respective States.

It is in this dynamic that a group of 18 Ivorian organizations committed to the sustainable development of Africa, under the Lead of the Association of Volunteers for Social Development_AVSD, have considered organizing the International Summit of African Volunteers-SIBA with for theme: Young people, let's be conscientious actors for the development of our communities. Scheduled for September 02, 03 and 04, 2021 in Yamoussoukro.

Goals of SIBA

The general objective of the International Summit of African Volunteers-SIBA "International Summit of African Volunteers-ISAV" is to enable young people to appropriate the values of volunteering and Civic Service in order to work today to forge future desired by all.

Expected results

Young people are empowered and committed to promoting the UN's Agenda 2030 and the African Union's Agenda 2063 and are ambassadors in their different communities through volunteering;
The different ideas of youth leadership on peace, social cohesion, climate change and Sustainable Development in Africa are shared and explored;
A good network of collaboration between all non-profit organizations in Côte d'Ivoire and Africa while exploring the area of competence of each organization is created;
A framework for exchanges and discussions with influential leaders, decision-makers, accomplished social innovators from various backgrounds with similar objectives in the field of social entrepreneurship is created;
Volunteers who are members of civil society organizations are trained with a view to training members of the organizations from which they come;
Opportunities for the integration of young volunteers into the professional fabric by strengthening their employability in order to fight against unemployment, irregular migration and the vulnerability of young people in Côte d'Ivoire and Africa are created.
Resolutions on the best way forward by young people to tackle climate change, irregular migration, contribute to the promotion of peace and social cohesion are developed and facilitated through debate.

Why being a sponsor / partner?

The International Summit of African Volunteers (SIBA) also aims to facilitate contact and exchanges between participants, institutions, partners and sponsors in order to promote the creation of new collaborations.

Discussion times planned between interventions;
B to B meeting spaces and Stands visits;
Lunches and coffee breaks promoting discussion.
A gala dinner promoting networking during the SIBA closing ceremony on Saturday, September 4, 2021.

Program and activities of SIBA

DAY 1

Official opening ceremony with artistic and cultural performances (in the presence of various government authorities, administrative authorities, Institutional Authorities, religious and customary leaders, students, student associations, Volunteers and Summit partners, etc.).

Conference 1 on Youth Leadership with the theme: Africa and Development: what if I became the builder of tomorrow?

High-level panel led by specialists (6) in youth issues, training, employment, sustainable development and entrepreneurship on the theme: Young people, let's be conscientious actors for the development of our communities;

Conference 2 on the change of mentality with the theme: IRREGULAR MIGRATION: what communications for an awareness of African Youth?

Exhibition stands (with private companies, banks, Schools and Universities, Institutions specialized in the field of employment, Consulting institutions, Companies and communication agencies etc.)

Four reflection workshops at the same time and per group of participating volunteers in order to come up with proposals for solutions to the problems that undermine the daily lives of young people.

DAY 2

1-Motivational speaker conference on the theme: How to build a winning personality?

Conference 2-sharing of experience with a view to making participants discover models of success on the theme: From volunteers to young executives: the place of associative activities in the applications of young graduates.

Conference 3 on the importance of managing and controlling information on social networks (delivered by young UNICEF bloggers) on the theme: the use of social networks and disinformation: Raising awareness to empower every citizen .

Practical exercises on changing mentalities to assess participants' understanding;

Panel (2) which will make it possible to put on the same exchange platform, face-to-face as well as online Volunteers from Côte d'Ivoire, Volunteers from the diaspora and Africa (by videoconference), experts on the theme: African Youth: Between potential and disillusion worsened by the health crisis of COVID-19;

Training workshop on the four (4) themes of the first day are as follows:

Web professions, opportunities for young people;
How to build a CV and a Competitive Cover Letter;
Techniques to easily obtain a scholarship to study abroad;
Agriculture: challenges and employability

Training workshop on the four (4) themes of the second day are as follows:

How to become a good administrative letter writer?
Youth entrepreneurship for a sustainable future
Professional project: foundation for guaranteed integration
Time management

Writing of a white paper which will serve as an advocacy document for the recognition and valuation of the efforts of young African volunteers for their contribution to the achievement of sustainable development goals in their respective States.

DAY 3

Visit of the tourist sites of the District of YAMOUSSOUKRO political capital of Ivory Coast in the morning: (Notre-Dame de la Paix Basilica, Presidential Palace, Houphouët Boigny Foundation for Peace, INPHB…).

Youth engagement conference on the theme: Youth Leadership for the Promotion of Peace and Gender Equality.

Recreational Activities: Games-Sport-Punch-dance competition etc ... Civic action in favor of peace in Côte d'Ivoire and in the world, called: Marathon of volunteers for peace (walking in White Tee-shirt with a white card in hand to say yes to peace, followed by tree seedling);

Gala dinner in the evening furnished with: cultural services (each organization will represent the colors of its country), artistic, karaoke, inspiring testimonies,

Restitution of the work of the reflection workshops and preparation of the summary of the points of the white paper to be submitted to the administrative, institutional, business authorities, etc.

Prize giving: donation packages, scholarship vouchers, tourist travel vouchers, national or international internship vouchers, certificates of participation and recognition.