BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.6.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news5288@zasb.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260817T174427 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260825T080000 SUMMARY:MEA Young Leaders Forum DESCRIPTION:The Emerging Leaders Forum\, hosted by the MEA Institute for St rategic Studies on Tuesday\, 25 August 2026\, is a dedicated space for the next generation of policymakers\, researchers\, and changemakers to engag e with the defining global issues of our time.\\r\\nAfrica’s Transformat ion Crossroads\; Youth as Policy Drivers\\r\\nAfrica stands at a defining inflection point. The convergence of demographic momentum\, technological possibility\, and shifting geopolitical tides is reshaping the continent ’s trajectory. The theme Africa’s Transformation Crossroads\; Youth as Policy Drivers captures this pivotal moment with urgency and resolve\, ce ntring the voices\, visions\, and agency of Africa’s most powerful and a bundant resource: its youth.\\r\\nAcross Africa\, young people are no long er waiting at the margins of governance. They are entering its engine room s\, contesting its assumptions\, and rewriting its rules. From grassroots movements to legislative chambers\, from digital policy platforms to pan-A frican institutions\, a new generation is asserting not merely the right t o participate\, but the power to lead. This theme challenges the long-held framing of youth as beneficiaries of policy and reimagines them as its dr ivers\, moving beyond representation as performance toward leadership as a n institutional norm\, one that makes space for dissent\, not only applaus e\, and recognises young people’s lived insight and moral contributions as indispensable\, not optional.\\r\\nThe crossroads is not metaphorical. Consequential decisions are being made now\, about climate adaptation\, fo od sovereignty\, artificial intelligence governance\, debt architecture\, democratic consolidation\, and intra-continental trade. At each intersecti on\, the question is the same: who gets to decide? This Forum insists the answer must structurally include young Africans\, as genuine partners with meaningful authority over outcomes that will define their lives.\\r\\nIn this spirit\, the Forum seeks to foster substantive policy dialogue betwee n African voices and Swiss and European institutions\, building the interg enerational bridges and policy pipelines that a transforming continent dem ands\, and anchoring Africa’s strategic priorities within a broader and more informed European public discourse.\\r\\nProgramme\\r\\nPlease use th e following link to consult the programme : Basel High-level Week 2026 Pro gramme\\r\\nVenue and Registration\\r\\nPlease use the following link to r egister to the forum: Link to the registration page X-ALT-DESC:

The Emerging Leaders Forum\, hosted by the MEA Institute for Strategic Studies on Tuesday\, 25 August 2026\, is a dedicated space for t he next generation of policymakers\, researchers\, and changemakers to eng age with the defining global issues of our time.

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Africa ’s Transformation Crossroads\; Youth as Policy Drivers

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Africa stands at a defining inflection point. The convergence of demograp hic momentum\, technological possibility\, and shifting geopolitical tides is reshaping the continent’s trajectory. The theme Africa’s Transf ormation Crossroads\; Youth as Policy Drivers captures this pivotal mo ment with urgency and resolve\, centring the voices\, visions\, and agency of Africa’s most powerful and abundant resource: its youth.

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Acr oss Africa\, young people are no longer waiting at the margins of governan ce. They are entering its engine rooms\, contesting its assumptions\, and rewriting its rules. From grassroots movements to legislative chambers\, f rom digital policy platforms to pan-African institutions\, a new generatio n is asserting not merely the right to participate\, but the power to lead . This theme challenges the long-held framing of youth as beneficiaries of policy and reimagines them as its drivers\, moving beyond representation as performance toward leadership as an institutional norm\, one that makes space for dissent\, not only applause\, and recognises young people’s l ived insight and moral contributions as indispensable\, not optional.

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The crossroads is not metaphorical. Consequential decisions are being made now\, about climate adaptation\, food sovereignty\, artificial intell igence governance\, debt architecture\, democratic consolidation\, and int ra-continental trade. At each intersection\, the question is the same: who gets to decide? This Forum insists the answer must structurally include y oung Africans\, as genuine partners with meaningful authority over outcome s that will define their lives.

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In this spirit\, the Forum seeks t o foster substantive policy dialogue between African voices and Swiss and European institutions\, building the intergenerational bridges and policy pipelines that a transforming continent demands\, and anchoring Africa’s strategic priorities within a broader and more informed European public d iscourse.

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Programme

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Please use the foll owing link to consult the programme : Basel High-level Week 2026 Programme

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Venue and Registration

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Please use the following link to register to the forum: Link to the registration page

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