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1st National Youth Conference on Youth Participation in Politics and Decision-Making Process in The Gambia
Beakanyang, on Saturday June 2, 2012, organised the first National Youth Conference on Youth Participation in Politics and Decision-making Process in The Gambia.
The conference, held at the Tango Conference Hall in Kanifing on the theme: ‘Putting youth at the centre of decision-making’, was funded by the British High Commission in Banjul.
In officially declaring the conference open, the permanent secretary at the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Mambayick Njie, said young people have a very critical role to play in nation-building.
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The conference, held at the Tango Conference Hall in Kanifing on the theme: ‘Putting youth at the centre of decision-making’, was funded by the British High Commission in Banjul.
In officially declaring the conference open, the permanent secretary at the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Mambayick Njie, said young people have a very critical role to play in nation-building.
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Training of Local Authorities on Human Rights
Beakanyang on May 5th 2012 in Basse, the administrative capital of the Upper River Region organized a daylong training workshop on democracy and human rights for the region’s district authorities.
The forum which marks the final activity in our project, brought together local authorities from across the region including all the seven chiefs in URR, members of districts tribunals, ward councilors and some village heads.
The training fifth of its kind and final activity was supported by the US Embassy in The Gambia and was held under the theme ‘Strengthening human rights and democracy at the grassroots level’.
The daylong training, held at the Regional Education Office Conference Hall, was attended by over fifty participants and lectures were made in local languages at the pleasure of the participants.
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The forum which marks the final activity in our project, brought together local authorities from across the region including all the seven chiefs in URR, members of districts tribunals, ward councilors and some village heads.
The training fifth of its kind and final activity was supported by the US Embassy in The Gambia and was held under the theme ‘Strengthening human rights and democracy at the grassroots level’.
The daylong training, held at the Regional Education Office Conference Hall, was attended by over fifty participants and lectures were made in local languages at the pleasure of the participants.
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