The NEPAD Youth Expert Panel is a project of the African Youth Leadership
Program, of the Centre for Development Action International.

The NEPAD program was created by African Heads of State and aimed at
fighting poverty, consolidating democracy and good governance, fostering
trade, investment, economic, growth and sustainability.

The objective of the Youth Panel is to first, support youth mainstreaming
in the implementation of the NEPAD goals through the three tiers of
the NEPAD implementation framework.

The panelists shall operate from national constituencies, and global
alliances to provide the services required by the broad implementation
institutions and mechanisms of the NEPAD Programme.

The Panel will consist of one representative from each country selected
through a process that is gender sensitive and with intellectual diversity
as well as knowledge of the African development environment.

Interested persons with the following background can request for an
application form:

- Articulate and if you are bilingual will be an added advantage
- Should not be more than 30 years of age
- References to an intellectual capacity or active developmental
involvements.

All enquiry and request for application forms should be received latest
by 27th of September 2004 and attaching a Personal Profile.

The Project was conceptualized through an IIE grant of the Ford Foundation
Office for West Africa.

Application request should be addressed to the attention of:

Officer-in-Charge
Centre for Development Action International
12 Agboyin Avenue, Off Adelabu Street
Surulere, Lagos State, Nigeria
Email: ainpolicy@yahoo.com

Ehizua Imohimi
Email: ainhiv@yahoo.com