{"id":12274,"date":"2026-10-02T14:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T12:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/minjec.gov.cm\/site\/?p=12274"},"modified":"2026-10-02T14:50:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T12:50:28","slug":"creatives4peace-youth-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minjec.gov.cm\/site\/en\/creatives4peace-youth-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"Creatives4Peace Youth Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Yaounde Opens Its Doors to Africa\u2019s Young Creators for Peace<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Convened by the UNDP and Samsung’s Generation17 Young Leaders at the Hotel Djeuga Palace in Yaounde, from the 29th to the 30th septembre 2026, the event explores how culture, the arts and creative industries can drive peace, inclusion and social cohesion across Africa. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

By Charlie Lekisabih<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Its aims are to showcase innovation against misinformation, connect young creators with policymakers and investors, and build long-term networks for peacebuilding. Prudence Nonkululeko Ngwenya of the African Union Commission Specified that this youth forum Convened by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Samsung\u2019s Generation17 Young Leaders, explores how culture, the arts, and creative industries drive peace, inclusion, and social cohesion across Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cameroon’s Minister of Youth Affairs and Civic Education, Mounouna Foutsou, thanked the UNDP for choosing Yaounde and said Africa’s youth creativity must be structured and supported so it becomes jobs, skills and a force for cohesion and conflict prevention. He hoped the forum would be a \u00ab\u00a0laboratory\u00a0\u00bb of ideas for peace, closing with: \u00ab\u00a0Creativity is the tool. Peace is the path.\u00a0\u00bbThe forum aims to show how young Africans can use creative and cultural industries (CCIs) to drive jobs, economic growth, peace and social cohesion. It also aims to turn the discussions into concrete recommendations. Day 1 builds the case and showcases examples: Opening panel and a presentation of UNDP\u2019s preliminary study on CCIs and youth in Africa, with input from young people, Pitches from the three Creatives4Peace Challenge winners (Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Kenya) on youth-led initiatives that promote peace through cultural expression, workshops on financing and investment for CCIs and on youth skills and a cultural gala and a fair for networking with UNDP, UNICEF, MTN and Orange.Day 2 turns to solutions and outcomes with a panel on digital platforms and the Fourth Industrial Revolution, including inclusive access for young women, rural youth and marginalized groups, a \u201cworld caf\u00e9\u201d on what youth need to thrive in CCIs, community reconciliation, rebranding Africa through creativity, and how partners can better support young creatives, workshops on digital storytelling and on intellectual property, roundtables on regional collaboration and on harmonizing policies and mobilizing resources for youth-led CCI ventures, a closing ceremony that adopts the forum\u2019s outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In short, the forum brings together youth, government, UN agencies, the private sector and creatives to share good practices, build networks, and agree on recommendations for supporting youth in the creative sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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