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African Youth Resilience Initiatives Against

COVID19 and Pandemics

REGIONAL ONLINE CERTIFIED

WEBINAR

GENERAL REPORT

May 2020

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Table of content

Glossary ...................................................................... Erreur ! Signet non défini.3

Introduction ....................................................................................................... 4

Context .................................................................................................................... 4

Opening Ceremony ................................................................................................... 5

Introductory works: Objectives and articulations of the workshop ............................ 6

Session 1: Frontier between humans and nature: the degradation of nature and the emergence of pandemics....................................................................... 6

Understanding the causes of the emerging and neglected zoonotic diseases of a viral nature .............................................................................................................. 7

Coronaviruses diseases and the COVID 19 ................................................................. 8

Government measures against COVID 19 at the beginning of the outbreak ............... 9

Session 2: Understanding COVID19 pandemic and its impacts.Erreur ! Signet non défini.10

The environmental, socio economic, political, humanitarian impacts of the COVID 19 pandemic .................................................................... Erreur ! Signet non défini.11

Collapse of several health systems and deepen existing vulnerabilities and inequalities – COVID19 implications for young people, women and indigenous peoples. ................................................................................................................ 13

COVID19, waste management and environmental pollution .................................. 18

Session 3: Addressing the multi-sectoral challenges of the short and long term impacts of COVID19 by green grow recover to achieve the sustainable development goals ........................................................................................... 18

Strengthening investment and implementation of One Health, EcoHeath, green growth strategies, great Green Wall Initiatives and renewable energies: the WEF (Water, Energy, and Food) nexus and the return on investments ............................. 19

Move the nuclear and military weapons money to invest in environmental and sustainable development goals for present and future generations ......................... 23

Session 4: Role of the Coalition New Deal for Nature and People and Youth in the Fight against pandemics and COVID 19. .................. Erreur ! Signet non défini.

Working Session: Shaping together the African youth and civil society roadmap and declaration against covid19 and pandemics for a green growth recover in Africa and the in world. .............................................................................. 32

Sumary of the declaration and the roadmap ................................................................ 33

Conclusion ....................................................................................................... 35

Annexes ........................................................................................................... 65




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Glossary

AFCOR: Africa Coronavirus Task Force

ANYL4PSD African Network of Young Leaders for Peace and Sustainable Development

BCP: Business Continuity Plan

BDC: Biodiversity Convention

CDC: Center for Disease Control

CDD Convention on Desertification and Degradation

COVID-19: coronavirus disease 2019

CSO: Civil Society Organisation

C4P: Children for Peace

DRR: Disaster Risks Reduction

FSB: Financial Stability Board

GBV: Gender Based Violence

HRPs: Humanitarian Response Plans

RRP: Refugee Response Plans

HCT: Humanitarian Country Team

GHG: Greenhouse Gas

GHRP: Global Humanitarian Response Plan

IEA: International Energy Agency

IMF: International Monetary Fund

IPBES: Sciences and Policy for people and Nature

IPLC: International Labor Process Conference

LDN: Land Degradation Neutrality

OECD: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

OMVS: Organisation pour la Mise en Valeur du fleuve Sénégal

MERS: Middle East respiratory syndrome

ND4NP: New Deal For Nature and People

NGO: Non-Governmental Organizations

SARS: Severe acute respiratory syndrome

SDG: Sustainable Development Goals

SLM: Sustainable Land Management

SRHR: Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights

IUCN: International Union for Nature Conservation

UN: United Nations

UNCT: United Nations Country Team

UNFAO: United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization

WBG: World Bank Group

WEF (Water, Energy, Food)

WFP: World Food Program

WHO: World Health Organization

WWF: Worldwide Fund for Nature




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Introduction

Context

Africa and the world is grappling with the worst public health emergency in recent memory.

The recent outbreak of COVID-19 represents the latest in an unfortunately growing list of

disasters confronting humanity. The COVID-19 pandemic in Africa and the world is not only

a challenge for global health systems, but also a test of our human spirit. Its social and

economic impacts have been creating a global crisis unparalleled in the history of the United

Nations—and one which requires a whole-of-society response to match its sheer scale and

complexity. As many countries try to defend themselves through severe restrictions on

people's movement and interactions, the disease continues to decimate families, upend

governments, crush economies, and tear through the social sector. Fiscal stimulus packages

and emergency measures to address public health gaps have been put in place in many

countries to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19. On 5 April, the Secretary-General called for

a global ceasefire and an end to all violence everywhere so that we can focus our attention and

resources on stopping this pandemic. The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the need for

governments and the international community to focus more on health, environment, land

degradation and human security issues.

Youth has an important role to play in the fight against COVID 19 and pandemics in Africa.

The youth represent roughly 70% of the population of Africa and are considered as the

spearhead of the nation. With children, and women, young people are particularly the most

affected by this global crisis. Young people have a role in transiting from unwitting

perpetrators of environmental degradation to custodians of natural capital. Such a changeover

will potentially result in sustainability benefits contributing thereby to restore and regenerate

degraded ecosystems. However, despite the recognition of the important role of the youth as

changing agent, not enough has been done to enhance their ability to drive the fight against

COVID 19 and pandemics. Innovative resilient initiatives by young people can be a

steppingstone towards creating space for youth contributions to green growth and the

reduction of pandemics. For African countries to be free from pandemics-COVID 19 and to

transition to a green economy after the COVID 19, the youth needs to be organized and

empowered and equipped with the right set of knowledge, information, skills, values and

resources through various online and offline approaches.

Young people require capacity building to strengthen their internal capacities, external

engagement, and advocacy capacity and monitoring and evaluation capacity for effective fight

against COVID 19 and pandemics. Building their capacity would enable them to possess

participatory competencies, management competencies, technical competencies and

transformational competencies towards green growth and contributing to positive socio-

economic transformation of the Country and the Africa continent. This is the main reason




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justifying the organization of the regional online certified webinar entitled African Youth

Resilience Initiatives Against COVID 19 and pandemics.

Opening ceremony, objectives, program and articulations of the workshop

Organised on May 26, 2020, the regional online certified Webinar was held by video-

conference (including several social media and digital platforms as Zoom, WhatsApp, twitter

and Facebook) and gathered 11 panelists and facilitators coming from the four African Sub

regions, and 278 inspiring and interactive participants coming from more than 50 African

countries representing several sectors and social layers of the continent, namely civil society,

media, local elected, business/startups, indigenous people and refugee/IDPs).Were also

represented some countries of Asia, Europe and America like India, Nepal, Jordan, Ireland,

Bangladesh, Haïti, Republic of Korea, Pakistan, Canada, USA, Czech Republic, Peru,

Albania. Have also participated some staffs of international organizations as Worldwide Fund

for Nature (WWF).

1. Opening ceremony

The Online regional workshop was moderated by Emmanuel Andela, member of the

executive board of African Network of Young Leaders for Peace and Sustainable

Development and was chaired from Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon. The opening and

closing remarks was done by Patrick Tocko Maloum, Coordinator of ANYL4PSD. Durind the

opening remarks, Sir Maloum presented the online regional certified workshop as the first

milestone of the project “African Youth Resilience Initiatives Against COVID 19 and

pandemics” implemented by ANYL4PSD with the support of WWF. This project aims at

building a common future for all life on Earth through the increased engagement and

mobilisation of African youth leaders in the New Deal for Nature and People to tackle

COVID19 pandemics and address its impacts. He highlighted some key expected results of

the project namely:

o Improve the capacity of African youth leaders in internal and external engagement

through advocacy to constructively engage governments, local elected; traditional and

religious leaders, private sector, civil society, faith based organizations, and (

indigenous communities in collaborative gender based and inclusive resilience

initiatives to address the causes and the impacts of the COVID19;

o Set up and operationalise a regional New Deal for Nature and People Coalition of

civil Society Organisations is set up and operational in WWF countries of operation

and in others African Counties;

o Mentor African youth leaders in the drafting and implementation of their innovative

initiatives and advocacies in the frame of the campaign against COVID19 and

pandemics;

o Mentor and accompany African youth leaders to share through articles, videos, memes

and on several digitalized (online) platforms (YouTube, twitter, Facebook,

WhatsApp…) their stories related to the pandemic and their initiatives to sustainably

tackle COVID19 and its causes and to address its impacts




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During its intervention, Sir Maloum highlighted the importance to put “man and nature at the

heart of the governance” and he emphasized the necessity to unite voices in order to give

more weight to the concern of the degradation of the environment due to humans and the

resulting threat on human security in the broad sense. “Protecting nature is not only an

environmental issue; it is also a development issue, a social, moral and public health issue",

he added.

2. Introductory works: Objectives and articulations of the workshop

The objective of the workshop was to improve the capacity/knowledge of African youth

leaders and their communities in the intersection between COVID19, zoonotic diseases,

pandemics, nature conservation and degradation so as to enable them to be to define and

operationalize strategies and actions to cope with the COVID19 and its impacts. The regional

online certified workshop was articulated as follows:

Session 1: Frontier between humans and nature: the degradation of nature and the

emergence of pandemics.

The speakers of this first session were:

o Jean Emmanuel Essomba Mgbwa, Red Cross Committee (Cameroon)

o Esperance Chantal, Youth Café (Kenya)




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o Dr. Afjal Ahmad, Banaras Hindu University -UN Awardee on Water

Cooperation(India)

The session was essentially focused to understand the causes of the emerging and neglected

zoonotic diseases of a viral nature. Speakers discussed Coronaviruses diseases and the

COVID 19; and have analyzed on some management strategies that have been

deployed and employed so far by Governments to contain certain zoonotic diseases.

Understanding the causes of the emerging and neglected zoonotic diseases of a viral

nature

Dr Md Afjal Ahmad, the frontier between human and nature is obvious and is twofold. The

one which makes positive use of natural resources to meet its end, the other however is more

dangerous is the overexploitation of the nature basket. Speakers focused on the second part to

enable attenders to comprehend this webinar session.

During his intervention, Mr Jean Emmanuel Essomba Mgbwa, made a clarification between

an epidemic and a pandemic. The word “Epidemic”comes from the Latin epidemia which

means “at home” corresponds to development and rapid spread of a contagious disease, the

more often of infectious origin, in a large number of people. Whereas the word “Pandemic

comes from the Greek pan which means "everything" and demos which means "people", is an

epidemic with several outbreaks. The pandemic spreads to the entire population of a

continent, even worldwide. However, the fundamental difference between epidemic and

pandemic is difficult to grasp. The main difference lies in the geographic extent of an

infectious disease. The thousands of contaminations and deaths due to covid-19 mean that this

is officially a "pandemic" with the presence of the virus in nearly 187 countries of the world.

WHO officially reclassified Covid-19 as a "pandemic" on Wednesday March 11, 2020.

It came out that the 20th century was a period of unprecedented ecological change, with

dramatic reductions in natural ecosystems and biodiversity and equally dramatic increases in

people and domestic animals. Never before have so many animals been kept by so many

people and never before have so many opportunities existed for pathogens to pass from wild

and domestic animals through the biophysical environment to affect people causing zoonotic

diseases or zoonoses. The result has been a worldwide increase in emerging zoonotic diseases,

outbreaks of epidemic zoonoses as well as a rise in foodborne zoonoses globally, and a

troubling persistence of neglected zoonotic diseases in poor countries. Zoonotic diseases are

diseases due to viruses that jumped from wildlife to humans.

Madame Esperance Chantal highlighted that according to studies, around 60 per cent of all

infectious diseases in humans are zoonotic as are 75 per cent of all emerging infectious

diseases. On average, one new infectious disease emerges in humans every four months.

While many originate in wildlife, livestock often serve as an epidemiological bridge between

wildlife and human infections.

The most common zoonoses are divided into four main categories:




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o zoonoses of bacterial origin Example: leptospirosis, disease of cat's claws, Lyme

disease, tetanus, tuberculosis ...;

o zoonoses of viral origin Example : dengue, Lassa fever, hepatitis A, herpes virus B,

Ebola virus disease, rabies ...;

o zoonoses of parasitic origin Example : ascariasis, disease of sleep, malaria

The World Health Organization Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases

identifies priority neglected zoonotic diseases as rabies, taeniasis, schistosomiasis,

leishmaniasis, echinococcosis, and foodborne trematodiases. These are subsets of the

neglected tropical diseases. Studies show that neglected zoonoses affect the most poor and

marginalized populations. The affected regions are characterized by food insecurity, poverty

and poor housing systems.

Speakers all agree that the main causes of the emergence of zoonotic diseases often associated

with environmental changes or ecological disturbances, such as agricultural intensification

and human settlement, or encroachments into forests and other habitats. This is linked to

activities such as intensification of livestock; farming in areas favoring the emission massive

pathogens; the appearance of antibiotic resistant variants and strains; increase in population

and food needs, in particular in animal proteins, with strong market development live animals;

Globalization of human and animal exchanges; encroachment of human activities on natural

environments; Climate change (Christine K. Johnson et al, Global shifts in mammalian

population trends reversal key predictors of virus spillover risk, 08april 2020 in the Royal

society).

Coronaviruses diseases and the COVID 19

Concerning coronaviruses, all the speakers sustained that coronaviruses are zoonotic diseases.

Mr. Jean Emmanuel Essomba Mgbwa used a socio historical approach to explain these

diseases. The name "coronavirus", from the Latin meaning "crown virus", is first used in 1968

in the journal nature. Their existence dates back hundreds of millions of years. It was not until

the 21st century that they became important in terms of medical and epidemiological: five of

the seven human coronaviruses have been isolated during this century. In 1930 the first

disease due to a coronavirus was observed, in poultry in the United States. Nowadays, there

are more than 5,000 types of coronavirus. Seven main coronaviruses are commonly cited as

potentially contaminate humans, in particular B814 (the first human coronavirus identified).

The recent forms of coronavirus cause pneumonia. There are:

o Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) from 2002 to 2004

o Middle East respiratory syndrome MERS-CoV (from 2012),

o SARS-CoV-2, that of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) appeared in China in 2019

and responsible for the current pandemic

The new coronavirus known as COVID 19 can cause mild symptoms such as a cold, sore

throat, cough and fever, or more severe symptoms such as pneumonia, severe acute

respiratory syndrome and kidney failure. The disease causes respiratory infections of varying

severity and is easily transmitted. Once an outbreak has entered the community transmission




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phase, it can double in scale every 3 to 5 days. Hospitalization needs grow in leaps and

bounds – so fast that it can overwhelm a nation’s healthcare system. On average, 20 per cent

of those infected develop severe or critical symptoms with case fatality rates well over 1 per

cent, and much higher with older age and for persons with underlying conditions. While most

of those infected will recover, many require hospital treatment, threatening to overwhelm

health services. And for a minority, the complications can be fatal.

Government measures against COVID 19 at the beginning of the outbreak

After some months, the outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has gone from

an initially discrete outbreak to a raging pandemic. The COVID-19 outbreak has now affected

over 199 countries and territories. As of April, over 500 000 confirmed COVID-19 cases have

been reported to World Health Organization (WHO), and over 20 000 deaths. To limit the

further spread, and quickly suppress the transmission of COVID-19, many countries,

according to their resources and capacities, have taken some measures. Mr. Jean Emmanuel

Essomba Mgbwa and Madame Esperance Chantal pointed out some key measures:

o At international level, WHO has been playing a regulatory and coordinating role in the

response toCovid-19 through technical, scientific and financial cooperation. A Covid-19

strategic document has been produced; several calls to mobilize funds to support member

states through the implementation of the COVID-19 Response Fund, the action of the

G20, the IMF and of the WB have been done. Scientific and technical cooperation in the

search for a preventive and curative medicine is mobilized.

o At the regional level as soon as the first case of Covid-19 was declared, the African

Union Health Ministers met on February 22 to develop a continental strategy. There was

the creation of a working group, the Africa Coronavirus Task Force (AFCOR), which

includes six technical teams working closely with Member States, WHO and Africa CDC

(Center for Disease Control). The African CDC supported the 55 member states in

capacity building at national level by training on key priorities such as disease

surveillance in entry point, event surveillance in community health facilities and

diagnoses in laboratory. Since the start of the outbreak the WHO has been supporting

African governments with early detection by providing thousands of COVID-19 testing

kits to countries, training dozens of health workers and strengthening surveillance in

communities. 44 countries in the WHO African region can now test for COVID-19. At

the start of the outbreak only two could do so. WHO has issued guidance to countries,

which is regularly updated to take into account the evolving situation. The guidelines

include measures such as quarantine, repatriations of citizens and preparedness at

workplaces. The Organization is also working with a network of experts to coordinate

regional surveillance efforts, epidemiology, modelling, diagnostics, clinical care and

treatment, and other ways to identify, manage the disease and limit widespread

transmission. WHO is providing remote support to affected countries on the use of

electronic data tools, so national health authorities can better understand the outbreak in

their countries. Preparedness and response to previous epidemics is providing a firm

foundation for many African countries to tackle the spread of COVID-19.




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o At national level, several countries have adopted their strategy to stop the spread of the

Covid-19 pandemic in its population. Their response is part of a multisectoral logic and

therefore includes: Local awareness raising; massive screening (in the entrances of the

country); processing of reported cases; limiting and circumscribing infections by

prescription of restrictive measures as physical distancing, including quarantines,

isolation and even lockdowns, testing and contact tracing. WHO is helping local

authorities craft radio messaging and TV spots to inform the public about the risks of

COVID-19 and what measures should be taken. The Organization is also helping to

counter disinformation and is guiding countries on setting up call centers to ensure the

public is informed.

It came out of exchanges with participants that, Governments haven’t done enough to align

their decisions with scientific evidence and their responses are taking too long. Some

governments have also prioritized stabilizing the stock market rather than addressing key

public health concerns. The public, of course, is more interested in practical action rather than

hypocritical announcements. All the speakers agreed that presently, basic preventative

measures by individuals and communities remain the most powerful tool to prevent the spread

of COVID-19.

Session 2: Understanding COVID19 pandemic and its impacts.

"We are facing a global health crisis unlike any in the 75-year history of the United

Nations — one that is spreading human suffering, infecting the global economy and

upending people’s lives”, the UN Secretary General.

The speakers of this second session were:

o Dr. Elisée Libert Embolo Enyegue, Founder EcoClean Environnement (Cameroon)

o Dr. Herbert Kasiita CEO of Infowe Concepts Ltd (Uganda)

o Loupa Pius, Dynamic Agro-pastoralist Development Organization (Uganda).

It was essentially focused on the socio economic, political, humanitarian impacts of the

COVID 19 pandemic as well as on food insecurity. Speakers discussed on the effect of the

COVID 19 on vulnerable groups, in particular young people, women and indigenous

groups. The session highlighted waste management and environmental impact of COVID 19.

The environmental, socio economic, political, humanitarian impacts of the COVID 19

pandemic

According to Dr. Elisée Libert Embolo Enyegue, the economic crisis caused by the pandemic

could lead to an increase in unemployment of up to 25 million people worldwide. It also




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anticipated a drop in the income of workers likely to reach $ 3.4 trillion. The COVID 19

pandemic shows that societies must create the conditions that guarantee people quality jobs

that stimulate the economy without having harmful effects on the

environment. Decent employment opportunities and decent working conditions are also

needed for the entire working age population. Increased access to financial services is

necessary to manage income, accumulate assets and make productive investments. Increased

commitments to trade, banking and agricultural infrastructure will also help increase

productivity and reduce unemployment rates in the poorest regions of the world.

At the environmental level, with the economy stalled, the Covid-19 pandemic had several

induced effects on environmental markers. First, the estimated reduction in greenhouse

gas (GHG) emissions is over 45 million tones. The drop, for 2020, in GHG emissions in the

country is estimated between 5 and 15 %, with great uncertainty about the recovery in the

second half. Globally, the International Energy Agency (IEA) forecasts an overall decline

of 5 % for the current year. Air quality has also improved due to COVID19, especially in

large cities, with the decline in road and air traffic. But the stagnation in the level of fine

particles shows how agriculture contributes to air pollution, aided by particularly hot and

dry spring weather. There are reductions in gas and electricity consumption that are linked to

a shutdown industrial sector.

At the political level, in this context of social pressure, several political leaders are trying to

exploit the Covid-19, either to consolidate power in their country, or to pursue their interests

abroad. In the short term, many governments seem taken aback by the speed, scope and

danger of the epidemic and, in some cases, the disease has infected political elites. In many

African countries where the government is already grappling with the collapse of state

authority in much of the country, a wave of cases has affected members of the cabinet. The

virus is more likely to weaken the ability of authorities to make decisions about both health

issues and other urgent crises. As the crisis sets in, some leaders may order restrictive

measures that make sense to public health at the height of the crisis, and then extend them in

the hope of stifling dissension once the disease will have retreated. These measures could

include an indefinite ban on large public gatherings - which many governments have already

instituted to stop the spread of Covid-19 - in order to prevent public demonstrations. Again,

the Ebola crisis in West Africa has set precedents: local civil society groups and opposition

parties claim that authorities have banned meetings longer than necessary to quell legitimate

protests.

At the humanitarian realm, studies indicate that in food crisis countries, up to 80 percent of

the population relies on agriculture for their livelihoods. Therefore, any further disruptions to

food production and related value chains, for instance in the form of reduced availability of

critical inputs or restricted access to lands or markets, could be catastrophic for vulnerable




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populations. Furthermore, import/export restrictions, as well as challenges to transport key

food items between rural to urban areas and access processing units and markets, would affect

both producers and consumers. Such disruptions of the food supply chain are likely to have

significant adverse repercussions, particularly for the most vulnerable population groups,

including informal labourers, the urban poor, displaced populations and others, relying on

markets to meet their food needs. Food crisis countries that rely heavily on food imports or on

exports of natural resources to meet their food consumption requirements may experience a

further deterioration of food security.

Speakers discussed the potential combined impact of COVID-19 on unemployment,

households’ purchasing power, food prices, and food availability in local markets could

severely jeopardize access to food in the most vulnerable countries. This may lead to possible

instability generated by an outbreak and associated behavioural changes could result in

temporary food shortages, price spikes, and disruption to markets. Such price rises would be

felt most by vulnerable populations who depend on markets for their food as well as those

already depending on humanitarian assistance to maintain their livelihoods and food access.

The additional inflationary effect of protectionist policies through import tariffs and export

bans could cause a significant increase in the number of people facing severe food insecurity

worldwide.

Speakers and attenders discussed on the containment measures feasibility and implications

particularly in Africa. For many, the fight against the COVID 19 pandemic was essentially

based on containment. However, containment can only be done if all the elements are

gathered for the population. Participants noted that almost 70% of the population was unable

to confine themselves for fear of dying of hunger, because the latter live from day to

day. With the COVID 19 pandemic States need clearly to work for the eradication of hunger

worldwide. Indeed, the WFP (World Food Program) thinks that the world is on the verge of a

hunger pandemic. A major compounding factor for food crisis contexts is that due to the

pandemic resources may be diverted to support COVID-19 efforts, affecting budgets for

humanitarian assistance. Movement restrictions are likely to impact the mobility of medicine,

food supplies and staff, including the possibility to conduct field work. This could result in an

increase in the number of people requiring humanitarian assistance, posing a serious challenge

in terms of the ability of governments and organizations to address those humanitarian needs.

In fact, the pandemic threatens both the lives and the livelihoods of people. The disease is

spreading quickly. It is no longer a regional question but a global problem that requires a

global response. All speakers agree that if it is sure the disease will eventually subside, it is

difficult to assert how long it will take. The shock caused by the COVID19 pandemic is

relatively unusual because it strongly disrupts both the supply and demand for food products.




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Regarding the supply, the pandemic disrupted the supply affecting thereby not only the life

and well-being of people but also efforts to curb food insecurity. By reducing the mobility, the

pandemic has increased the costs for trade because of shrinking supply chains and

shrinking credit. Concerning the demand, it is noted a decrease due to increased uncertainty,

more cautious behavior, containment measures and financial costs which reduce the ability of

people to spend . Border closings, confinements, and disruptions in markets, value chains and

trade have helped reducing people's access to diversified and nutritious food, especially in the

poorest countries. It is expected an imminent food crisis , unless measures are taken quickly to

protect the most vulnerable, maintain activity in the value chains and mitigate the effects of

the pandemic on the entire food system.

Collapse of several health systems and deepen existing vulnerabilities and inequalities –

COVID19 implications for young people, women and indigenous peoples.

Over the past years, the international community has made progress in lifting people out of

poverty. The most vulnerable nations, the least developed countries, landlocked countries and

Small Island developing States scored points in reducing poverty. However, with the

COVID19 outbreak, inequalities are persisting and there are still wide disparities in access to

health services, education and other means of production. In addition, while income

inequalities between countries have been reduced, internal inequalities have increased.

There is growing agreement that economic growth is not enough to reduce poverty if it is not

beneficial for all and does not concern the three dimensions of sustainable development, that

is to say economic, social and environmental.

Concerning the health system, a humanitarian group warned that healthcare systems in

developing and conflict affected countries including in Africa could collapse under the weight

of the coronavirus pandemic since those countries have many hospitals that have already been

damaged and the basic such as clean water and soap necessary to fight the virus are in short

supply in many communities. In many developing countries already fighting against tropical

and epidemic disease (malaria, measles; cholera, corona virus Ebola), if the health care

system is not urgently supported, the future of children will be destroyed. Crucially, there is a

risk for stigmatization of some groups wrongly considered “responsible” for the diffusion of

the virus, and episodes of violence have been reported. The other problem is that of access to

care due to the geographical distance from health centers and the lack of investment in certain

areas, deliberately marginalizing many communities in access to essential services. There are

also cultural differences in the practice of medicine. Finally, access to information is difficult

due to linguistic differences and difficulties in accessing the internet.

Regarding gender and equality, it is noted that pre-existing gender gaps are worsening as

result of the pandemic. There is thus a risk of witnessing a widening of inequalities between

men and women during and after the pandemic and a loss of progress made little by little over




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several decades in the accumulation of human capital, economic emancipation and decision-

making capacity and women's action. To design policies that do not ignore the specific

situation of women, it is important to understand how the COVID-19 pandemic and the

ensuing economic crisis affect both sexes differently and how equality could be affected.

These disparities are highlighted in Figure 1, which summarizes the three fundamental

dimensions of the World Bank Group's strategy on gender and gender equality (a), namely

economic opportunities, human capital (health and education) and the capacity for decision

and action.

Figure 1: COVID-19 and gender equality (World Bank 2020)

Across every sphere, from health to the economy, security to social protection, the impacts of

COVID-19 are exacerbated for women and girls simply by virtue of their sex. Compounded

economic impacts are felt especially by women and girls who are generally earning less,

saving less, and holding insecure jobs or living close to poverty. While early reports reveal

more men are dying as a result of COVID-19, the health of women generally is adversely

impacted through the reallocation of resources and priorities, including sexual and

reproductive health services. Unpaid care work has increased, with children out-of-school,

heightened care needs of older persons and overwhelmed health services. As the COVID-19

pandemic deepens economic and social stress coupled with restricted movement and social

isolation measures, gender-based violence is increasing exponentially. Many women are

being forced to ‘lockdown’ at home with their abusers at the same time that services to




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support survivors are being disrupted or made inaccessible. As women take on greater care

demands at home, their jobs will also be disproportionately affected by cuts and lay-offs.

Such impacts risk rolling back the already fragile gains made in female labor force

participation, limiting women’s ability to support themselves and their families, especially for

female-headed households. Sustained disruption of education could lead to a rise in child

labour and child marriage, placing a further brake on developing countries growth. In many

countries, the first round of layoffs has been particularly acute in the services sector, including

retail, hospitality and tourism, where women are overrepresented.

Regarding young people and employment, Dr. Herbert Kasiita highlighted that the

population of Africa is the youngest population in the world. Roughly 60% of the population

is made up of young people. In some countries like Uganda, 75% of the population comprises

people below 24 years old. Young people are facing several challenges such as

unemployment, illiteracy leading in many countries to youth radicalization and terrorism as

the result of poor/bad governance. The lockdown measures due to COVID19 are affecting

severely the informal sector that represents in several African countries the sector in the active

life that employs more young peoples. These challenges require a solution to avoid young

people be more vulnerable.

The COVID 19 pandemic shows that societies must create the conditions that guarantee

people quality jobs that stimulate the economy without having harmful effects on the

environment. Decent employment opportunities and decent working conditions are also

needed for the entire working age population including young people in the informal

sector. Increased access to financial services is necessary to manage income, accumulate

assets and make productive investments. Increased commitments to trade, banking and

agricultural infrastructure will also help increase productivity and reduce unemployment rates

in the poorest regions of the world.

The combination of the above impacts could deepen the already high vulnerabilities in and

among societies and may lead vulnerable household to resort to negative coping strategies,

which will have lasting effects on their lives and livelihoods, including reduction in number of

meals, increased school drop-out rate, decreased means to cover health expenditures, etc. The

situation is of particular concern for IDPs and refugees, whose vulnerabilities are already

high. Increased food prices, disruption of markets and employment opportunities in

agriculture, and limited humanitarian assistance would have a particularly important impact

on them.

Concerning indigenous peoples, before the COVID19 they were already facing multiple

threats: invasion, exploitation and pollution of their territories, forced displacement or

changes in their lifestyle, racism and marginalization. Because of the degradation of their




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environment, there is a preponderance of factors risking aggravating the spread of the virus in

their community because of the quality of water, air and land pollution caused by oil, gas,

mining, agro-industrial projects that are sacrificing indigenous people future and exposing

them to diseases such as diabetes, obesity and hypertension. The increased vulnerability of

indigenous peoples is also linked to their precarious living conditions. Some live in

underprivileged areas of big cities, makeshift camps by the roadside after being driven from

their land, or in refugee camps. With the outbreak, their conditions and vulnerability are

worsening. Many today are living difficult conditions. Economic precariousness is thus

added to the difficulty of social distancing due to congested territories. For people who are

economically dependent on the sale of agricultural products, the pandemic puts their income

at risk, with the risk of quickly falling into poverty. Covid-19 could lead to the outright

disappearance of certain peoples. This is why it is essential to protect Indigenous people

territories and provide indigenous people with the needful to overcome the pandemic and its

impacts.

Special focus on COVID19 and pastoral communities including youth and women in

Uganda

Photo 1 credit: LoupaPius

This section has been presented by Mr Loupa Pius, Dynamic Agro-pastoralist Development

Organization (Uganda). He explained in its presentation that Pastoralism is a livelihood and a

food production system found all over the world's rangelands, and seasonally large areas of

farmlands. It is primarily a herding system. According to the UNFAO, 2018: Over 268

million people rely on pastoralism as a livelihood. Regarding some reports of the African

Union, in 2013 pastoralism in Africa made contributions to national gross domestic products




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(GDP) - 19%, 13%, 8% and 7.5% in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania respectively, and

80% of agricultural GDP in Sudan.

COVID 19 has several political, social economic impacts on pastoralist particularly on

women and youth. Since the COVID 19’s outbreak the Ugandan government’s as several

African governments took several restrictive measures. Herders are affected by the

introduction of radical policies as over tax exploitation. These strict and restrictive actions

have had some negative effects on pastoralists in Uganda, especially on women and youth. If

admittedly rural women and youth support up to 80% of labour force in agricultural sector of

Uganda, yet since the pandemic indigenous women and youth face the more and more limited

access to finance, they are affected by natural disasters and unequal control and access to

natural resources such inadequate rights to land and property (own few or no livestock).

Restricted pastoral mobility is causing loss of livelihoods and land among pastoral

communities. The country knows a decreased ability to provide food due to limited market

access and decreased demand for animal products. Closure of livestock markets suspended

access to income, and food for pastoralists hence rising in food insecurity, malnutrition. There

are acute sanitizer’s needs in rural areas affected by limited access to water. Access to

healthcare service/facilities is difficult as communities don’t reach to make ends meet.

Since the COVID19 outbreak, there is a shifting of attention away from other needs like land

and food security, conservation needs. It has been noticed a decreased ability to implement

locust control measures at levels (personal protective equipment limitations on locust; loss of

pasture and crops to locusts and climate change stresses); a decreased ability to deliver

emergency services; increased livestock raids and abductions of women by bandits and a loss

of property by women and youth due to banditry. Gender based violence is on rise due to

forced marriages, to obtain income and property. Inter-ethnic conflicts have increased.

Due to inadequate access and closure of markets pastoralists have resorted to extraction of the

natural resources like forests and quarrying. The large rural population is going for agriculture

hence more bush burning, deforestation, land degradation and loss of biodiversity habitats.

Charcoal production for energy supply has risen as large population of youth has lost jobs in

urban towns.

COVID19, waste management and environmental pollution

The Covid-19 epidemic has resulted in an increase in the production of waste classified as

“care activity waste with infectious risk”. According to Dr. Elisée Libert Embolo Enyegue the

coronavirus did not require special treatment for them. The High Council of Public Health has




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advised that contaminated waste be directed to the usual “care activity waste with infectious

risk” channel. However, the consumption of protective clothing such as gowns, masks and

gloves having increased sharply since the start of the epidemic, the volume of waste shows

35% of additional medical waste (actu-environnement, 2020).

Several African governments have reaffirmed the essential nature of the activity of collecting

and treating waste for the life of the nation. But no direction has been yet given concerning

the closure of waste management activities during this Covid-19 epidemic period.

Participants and speakers discussed about the role of local authorities in the management of

waste in the COVID19 period. It results that local authorities and businesses should ensure a

minimum collection and recovery or treatment service. Communities and businesses must

establish a BCP (business continuity plan). Measures contributing to reduce the number of

people per site, such as staggered hours, are to be preferred as well as telework. Sanitation

services must be provided as a priority, namely household waste and fermentable collections

as well as those concerning waste from healthcare activities at risk of infection and other

waste from health activities. If the number and frequency of door-to-door collections are

affected by the lack of staff, the activity must be maintained in priority establishments, such

as nursing homes or prisons for example.

Session 3: Addressing the multi-sectoral challenges of the short and long term impacts of

COVID19 by green grow recover to achieve the sustainable development goals.

The Speakers of this third session were:

o Mohamad Omar Mohammad Alawneh, International Union for Conservation of

Nature (Maroc/Jordan)

o Divina Stella Maloum, Founder Children for Peace (Cameroon).

The session explored the multiple ways to address the multi-sectoral challenges of the short

and long term impacts of COVID19 namely: strengthening investment and implementation of

One Health, EcoHeath, green growth strategies, great Green Wall Initiatives and renewable

energies. Here, focus has been made on the WEF (Energy, water, Nutrient) nexus and the

return on investments. The session emphasised also on the importance to Move the nuclear

and military weapons money to invest in environmental and sustainable development goals

for present and future generations.

Strengthening investment and implementation of One Health, EcoHeath, green growth

strategies, great Green Wall Initiatives and renewable energies: the WEF (Water,

Energy, and Food) nexus and the return on investments.




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Figure 2: Water, Energy, and Food

This presentation was done by Mr. Mohamad Omar Mohammad Alawneh. It aimed at

showing the benefits and methods of increasing returns on investment opportunities by

applying a nexus approach by studying Best practices nexus case studies in Africa. It showed

the possibilities and the opportunities of larger initiatives like The Great Green Wall Initiative

in a multidisciplinary and multi-sectoral projects on regional levels that address sustainable

energy strategies, technologies and applications in order to achieve a sustainable quality of

life for all. The purpose of this presentation was to showcase how increased returns on

investment opportunities can be achieved by applying a nexus approach and best practices of

the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus. The best practice cases focus on water, energy and

food security dimensions that advance socio-economic development and propose the nexus as

a promising approach to resolving competition over limited resources.

Case study on the Senegal Basin River:

The Senegal River basin is shared by four West African countries: Guinea, Mali, Mauritania

and Senegal. The river basin is characterized by high demographic growth, high poverty

levels (more than 50% of the population live on less than US $2 per day), and a high

dependence on agriculture for income and food security.

Figure 3: Senegal River basin, Organisation pour la Mise en Valeur du fleuve Sénégal (OMVS)




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In the basin, the quantity of water available is not only a concern because of economic and

climate change impacts, including drought across the region. Competing interests related to

water distribution and allocation of water among its different uses and different sectors create

challenges and demand trade-offs. Indeed, there is a high interdependency between water,

food and energy needs. The river basin is a key regional energy provider with several

hydropower dams in operation and planned (Figure). At the same time, the river is also used

for navigation, fishing and trade, making many people reliant on the health of the river system

and its surrounding riparian ecosystems.

The Organisation pour la Mise en Valeur du fleuve Sénégal (OMVS) is the transboundary

management authority responsible to manage the river system. Since its creation in 1972,

OMVS has put in place several legal, institutional and political mechanisms to foster regional

cooperation in order to develop the shared basin sustainably. Its mandate is to promote food

self-sufficiency in the basin, reducing economic vulnerability to climatic fluctuations and

external factors, accelerating economic development, and securing and improving the

incomes of people living in the basin. Through unique and innovative regional Conventions

(ratified at the regional level in 1978 and 1982), OMVS introduced joint ownership of water

infrastructure and basin management for equity of allocation. This included both the

allocation of the costs and the benefits based on the needs of the different Member States, and

included the capacity of the states to put to use the benefits provided by the river and

hydraulic infrastructure.

The macro benefits, such as energy, water supply and food security for the capitals and for

national level navigation are evident, but challenges remain. Issues concerning the sustainable

management of the basin persist, once infrastructure and other development options ‘open up’

benefits, making sure those benefits continue requires different ways of controlling

expectations from countries and stakeholders. This becomes evident in the context of the

management of the existing dams for hydropower generation, the Manantali, Diama, and

Félou dams, as well as dams under construction (Gouina), and those proposed (the Gourbassi,

Koukoutamba, Balassa, and Boureya dams).

Alongside the development of industry, energy and agriculture, the direct consequences of

intensive dam-regulated river flows have had an impact on ecosystem services. Hence, the

management of aquatic invasive plants, water quality concerns and equity of access to water

resources and the benefits from the river still dominate discussions amongst communities,

institutions and countries. Furthermore, water, soils and biodiversity impacts, especially on

the fishery sector, remain a priority to achieve sustainable economic and human development.

Lessons learnt from the case study presented above show that:

o Effective and balanced management of the river and the broader basin across different

uses and different scales builds on existing benefits from the management of the river.

o The Water Charter of OMVS played a critical role in raising awareness of decision

makers about the shared nature of the water resources. The introduction of this Charter

was only possible because existing institutions and structures (such as OMVS itself)




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promoted shared ownership and were afforded the power and necessary financial

resources by its Member countries.

o Good data collection, strong engagement with stakeholders and concrete

implementation of activities on-the-ground, beyond planning processes, has enabled

OMVS to stir the conversation away from questions and issues of water alone, and

instead focus on the benefits of the river across multiple sectors and, therefore, achieve

benefits along the WEF Nexus.

o To progress further, looking to better analyse trade-offs and identify synergies is key

in the Senegal basin. Determining a more balanced set of investments combining built

and natural infrastructure will help to alleviate pressures on the natural flows and

ecosystem services the river provides and this may potentially increase the investment

interests in the basin.

Why does WEF Nexus matter for the green growth in Africa?

Figure 4: WEF Nexus, benefits for sustainable green growth

WEF nexus offers a promising approach to the resolution of potential resource conflicts; it

also can expand development possibilities across the country and the region in times of

increasing competition over water, energy and food resources between stakeholders to

promote growth and development. The nexus is likely to increase the economic returns on a

given investment because of the multiple benefit streams that can result from multi-sectoral

investments that focus on the multiplier effects on investment and improved management as

well as better risk identification and joint mitigation.




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Figure 4: SDG addressed by WEF Nexus

The WEF nexus approach is effective in increasing Water security; increasing Energy

security; increasing Food security; increasing stability; contributing to Economic growth and

diversification and contributing to diversified livelihood opportunities. The WEF nexus is

important to reduce pollution; reduce poverty and contribute to sustainable habitat and

ecosystem services.

WEF approach applied to COVID 19 pandemics: How does it work?

The three nexus opportunities can be defined as follows:

o Trade-offs, whereby a preferred objective is traded for another, which may be absolute or

seasonal (for example hydropower storage and release of water for energy generation at

different times of the year);

o Compromises, whereby a result, which is less than perfect for one or more stakeholders is

accepted by all.

o Synergies, where one intervention covers multiple nexus objectives and as such would be

the way that a “win-win-win” can be achieved.

The WEF Nexus approach focuses on considering and engaging the agricultural, water and

energy sectors to ensure the recognition of impact. The scenarios after COVID-19 pandemic

make a strong case for nexus thinking at national level. Increasing resource insecurities,

especially related to essential resources not only pose threats to national security concerns,

and with that the well-being of the population, but also to the socio-economic development of

country as a whole due to its importance for basic human needs and economic survival. It will

be important to:

o Rethinking existing infrastructure and how improved management, governance and

capacity building may provide additional benefits, also considering traditional practices

o Involve the private sector to diversify sources of investment with a view to producing

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o And Finally engage stakeholders early in an iterative planning, negotiation and decision-

making approach to generate common understanding

In optimal scenario, water, energy and food security is increasing throughout the country and

the region, which itself becomes more stable. Economic growth and diversification will be

facilitated, leading in turn to increasing and diversifying livelihoods, reducing poverty,

reducing pollution and burgeoning trade. Utilization of natural resources will become more

productive and more sustainable in terms of social equity, economic growth, sustainable

habitats and valuable ecosystem services.

Move the nuclear and military weapons money to invest in environmental and

sustainable development goals for present and future generations.

This theme was developed by Divina Maloum, 2019 International Children Peace Prize.

During her presentation, in the wake of the International Women’s Day for Peace and

Disarmament (May 24, 2020) she expressed her concern about the humanitarian and

economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the aggravating impact of conflict and armed

violence, and the existential threats to humanity and the environment from climate change and

nuclear weapons. She emphasized on children and girls being the main victims of the

disastrous impacts of human misbehavior and the necessity of children and teenagers

participation in peacebuilding and disarmament processes locally, nationally, regionally and

internationally.

She shared her story as a girl who experienced the impacts of violent extremism,

radicalization and terrorism in her country Cameroon and who succeeded to found and has

been leading the first ever movement of peacebuilding led by children and girls Children for

Peace (C4P). Working in unfavorable cultural, religious, political conditions, they are making

their best to contribute to societal change and working for inclusive governance and to

democratize public sphere for more political and economic expression of children and girls in

public policies.




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Photo2: Capacity building of girls in peacebuilding, human-rights, Credit-Children for Peace

Her organization is networking with several stakeholders and organizations to implement

effective ways to syngergically and durably address security crises and contribute to the

mitigation of the impacts of pandemics through One Health and Eco-Health for all. They have

constituted a network with some religious, traditional leaders and local authorities and civil

society in several affected areas engaging them to work with children against identity-based

differences; mobilizing them in community-based activities to find gender sensitive

approaches to dealing both with conflict, gender based violence and early/wrought marriages

in their communities. Her organization and several African young leaders and international

networks she has been working with supports the United Nations Secretary-General (UNSG)

Antonio Guterres appeal of March 2020 for a global ceasefire to help combat the Coronavirus

pandemic. And is strengthening collaborations with regional and international organizations

and platforms for the implementation of high level initiatives and advocacies to combat

durably pandemics as COVID19 and to contribute to disarmament demobilization and

reintegration for ex children soldiers, through several campaigns as the campaign Silence the

guns.

Photo3: Some images Campaign Silence the Guns, Credit-Children for Peace

Divina insisted on the importance to change the paradigm if we want to recover green after

COVID 19.” Children and teenagers have to be seen as key partners. She talked about the

need of inter-generational dialogue and inclusion of diversity in political, religious and

cultural processes and governance if we want to build a durable peace conducive for the

achievement of the sustainable development goals (2030) and the African union Agenda

2063. UN Security Council Resolution 1325 and 2250 highlight the value children/teenagers,




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youth and women canals to contribute as active participants of peace. They have an important

role to transcend national borders, differing political persuasions and diverse religious beliefs

in order to advance humanity’s common interest for peace, public health, disarmament

sustainable development and ecological responsibility.

According to her, the Coronavirus pandemic has undeniably demonstrated that key issues of

human security cannot be resolved through military means or independently by nations, but

require diplomacy, global cooperation, common security and law, nonviolent conflict

resolution to address security issues, rather than the threat or use of armed force or punitive

sanctions. She highlighted the importance of the United Nations, and its agencies like the

World Health Organisation and United Nations Environment Program, for building such

cooperation, managing global issues and advancing human security. The global military

budget of $1,700 billion ($100 billion alone on nuclear weapons) should be substantially cut

in order to better fund the UN(currentbudgetof$6billion) and support climate protection,

public health, resilient economies and the Sustainable Development Goals. The Global

ceasefire should continue even as we emerge from the current pandemic, and should be

accompanied with significant cuts in the production and trade of conventional weapons and

small arms, with the goal of achieving sustainable world peace and reducing violence.

The UN and WHO should consider establishing an improved process for transparency and

information sharing, and for facilitating international cooperation and national management of

future pandemics. This process should be developed in consultation with governments,

experts and civil society including children and youth from all the social layers.

As the United Nations was established with an array of mechanisms through which nations

can resolve conflicts, negotiate armament and address humanitarian issues and achieve

security through diplomacy not war. She highlighted that governments should make better use

of these mechanisms, including to accept the compulsory jurisdiction of the International

Court of Justice for international conflicts (74 countries have already done so), and to replace

nuclear deterrence and provocative arms races with reliance on common security.

She concluded by a call to action highlighting that currently the world has become more

united to combat the Coronavirus pandemic. There is a need to build on that unity, and to be

torchbearers for a better world embracing human security for our common future. “The

threats to our planet – of climate change, poverty and war – can only be overcome by nations

and the global community working in cooperation – something not possible while nations

maintain large and expensive militaries and threaten to destroy each other. Children, Youth,

Civil society, NGOs should work with legislators, and local authorities for a nuclear

prohibition treaty that would prohibit not only the use of nuclear weapons, but also, inter alia,

their development, production, testing, acquisition, stockpiling, transfer, deployment, and

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Session 4: Role of the Coalition New Deal for Nature and People and Youth in the Fight

against pandemics and COVID 19.

The main speaker in this fourth session was Laurent Some, Head of Department Governance

and policies WWF-Africa (Kenya). The session focused on the understanding of the New

Deal for Nature & People and its stakes for sustainable green growth in Africa.

The Speaker introduced the topic by saying, regarding WWF Living Planet Report 2018 and

IPCC report, our planet is collapsing. We register:

o 1°C Temperature increase since pre-industrial times… most ecosystems will struggle

at 2°C warming

o 6th Mass extinction1, the first since the disappearance of the dinosaurs, and the first

driven by humankind (a.k.a. the Anthropocene)

o 60% Overall decline in vertebrate population sizes (i.e., mammals, mammals, birds,

reptiles, amphibians and fish) between 1970 and 2014.

At the current rate of nature loss, we are threatened with the extinction of up to 1 million

species, many within decades, and major loss of food and water. IPBES reports mention that

major economic cost of ecological degradation on lost productivity will be staggering ($24

trillion / year in the Americas).

1 When Earth loses 75%+ of species in geologically short interval, Barnosky, A. D. et al. "Has the Earth’s sixth

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He went on by adding that according to the science, with the double diversity collapse

(extinction and population decline) and the ecological challenges, progress towards 80% of

measurable SDG targets is threatened by current negative trends in biodiversity and

ecosystems2. Halting and reversing the loss of nature is vital for achieving the SDGs by 2030.

Today our food system is the single biggest threat to nature given:

o Food production is unsustainable. Our food production uses most of our natural

resources, 70% of all our water6 and 34% of our land

o Current agricultural methods leading to loss of production base. Industrialization of

agriculture involves monocultures for short-term yields, and high use of

agrochemicals. This contaminates and depletes the agricultural soil – in the last 40

years approx. 1/3 of agricultural land worldwide has been lost due to this degradation.

This is aggravated by global warming: Historically, 80% of agricultural production

loss are due to droughts… whose frequency and severity have dramatically increased

since the 1990s

o Wildlife trade including live animal markets has increased. We register 4 times

increase in sales of wild animal meat from 1975-2014.

o Nature destruction drives pandemics. Habitat destruction is directly linked to half of

the emergence events for zoonotic diseases since 1940. 60% of existing infectious

diseases are zoonotic. Up to 75% of emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic. The

number of new infectious diseases has quadrupled in the last 60 years with devastating

economic and health impacts. Early estimates of COVID-19 impact IS $2.7trillions.

From 2000 to 2012, the economic impact of 6 pandemics was estimated to $80billion.

The world register today over 3.6million COVID-19 cases and 250 000 deaths from

COVID-19

2 IPBES (2019))




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o Lack of access to clean water and sanitation, aggravated by environmental issues. The

quantity and quality of available water is at risk. There is a reduction of underground

water volumes due to more severe & frequent droughts, Global warming increases

agriculture need for fresh water (70% of total fresh water use) and deterioration of

environment (deforestation, intensive agriculture) tend to further deteriorate water

quality by the flushing of contaminants and the destruction of ecosystems.

Over the next 2 years, there will be United Nations decisions on Climate Change, Sustainable

Development and a New Deal for Nature…What we do in the next few years will profoundly

affect the next few thousand years. We cannot get nature back without including women,

youth, and indigenous communities: they are all the stewards of nature. It is urgent having an

increase number of economic actors acknowledging the impact from nature loss. Protecting

nature is not only an environmental issue, but also a developmental; health, social and moral

issue. New Deal for Nature and People is all about human development and nature and ten

SDGs in particular embody the link between human development and nature3. When talking

about New Deal for Nature and People, we refer directly to:

o SDG1: No poverty

o SDG2: Zero hunger

o SDG3: Good Health and well-being

o SDG 6: Clean water and Sanitation

o SDG 7: Affordable and clean energy

o SDG8 : Decent work and economic growth

o SDG9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructures

o SDG11: Sustainable cities and communities

o SDG12: responsible consumption and production

o SDG13: Climate Action

But the other sustainable development goals namely SDG 15, 16, 17, 5, 9, 10 and 14 are

concerned since all the SDGs are interconnected.

3 SEI 'Biodiversity's contributions to sustainable development' (Nature, 2019)




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The vision of New Deal for Nature and People is that of a nature positive: halting and

reversing the catastrophic loss of biodiversity and putting nature on a path to recovery. The

New Deal for Nature and People will be reflected in a clear and strong decision by

countries/Heads of State, supported by all stakeholders and key players, that strengthens

global targets and mechanisms to protect and restore nature by 2030, in support of the

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Three main areas of focus for ND4NP in Africa, with country-dependent additions are:

o Political Ownership: Elevate political ownership & leadership on the New Deal for

Nature and People by targeting Head of States, Miniters and other key political

stakeholders

o Public (Youth) Engagement: Mobilize the public to raise awareness and increase

pressure on policy makers on the importance of nature and inspire action, specific

groups to be targeted – primarily Youth

o Strengthening Biodiversity Convention (CBD) Implementation: Enable African

countries to negotiate the best possible outcome for the Post 2020 agreement in CBD

COP 15 and outline implementation mechanisms for the Post 2020 on regional and

country level

o Other nationally relevant pillars: ND4NP national strategies can also include, e.g.,

Private Sector, Finance, IPLCs, CSOs, etc.

Working Session: Shaping together the African youth and civil society roadmap and

declaration against covid19 and pandemics for a green growth recover in Africa and the

in world.

After the closing of the training session of the online regional workshop, participants and

Speakers have been invited in an online working session aiming at “Shaping together the

African youth and civil society roadmap and declaration against covid19 and pandemics for a

green growth recover in Africa and the in world”. This session was facilitated by Joel Eboa,

Secretary General of ANYL4PSD and responsible of the strategic planning, the scientific

organisation and production of the African Youth Resilience Initiatives Against COVID19

and Pandemics. He was assisted by Paul Lodry Dongmo, of the Environment Department of

the organisation. Main questions asked to participants were:

1) What are the responsibilities of African Governments, African Union and

international Community in the fight against COVID-19/pandemics for durable green

growth recover in Africa and worldwide?

2) What are the responsibilities of private sector and multinationals in the fight against

COVID-19/pandemics for durable green growth recover in Africa and worldwide?

3) What are the responsibilities of African youth and civil society in the fight against

COVID-19/pandemics and the preservation of the environment?

4) How do you appreciate the collaboration between government, Civil Society, private

sector, traditional and religious leaders, local elected in the fight against COVID19

and pandemics at local, national, regional and international level?




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5) According to you, what should be improved in the fight against COVID 19 and

pandemics at local, national, regional and international level?

6) How increasing the gender in the fight against COVID-19/pandemics and the

preservation of the environment in Africa?

7) How including indigenous peoples in the fight against COVID-19/pandemics and the

preservation of the environment in Africa?

8) What innovative initiatives will you undertake and have you been implementing to

address the impacts of COVID19/ pandemics in your community/country?

9) What are the challenges/difficulties of Civil society and Young people in the fight

against COVID 19 and pandemics?

10) How can the challenges/difficulties faced by civil society and young people in the

fight against COVID 19 and pandemics be overcome?

11) What measures do you propose for a sustainable green growth after COVID19

pandemic?

12) Concerning nature preservation, what are the main issues that youth and civil society

would engage (in your country and subregion) with local, national government or

leaders on? (Choose 3)

o forest codes, or rule of law

o unregulated and high-risk wildlife markets

o proliferation of industry

o absence of prosecution of illegal exploitation,

o no regulatory frameworks for certain industries

o absence/weak benefit-sharing agreements

o corruption

o hunting and trade of wild animals

o transport and eating of wild animals

Other:

13) Regarding peacebuilding, what are the main issues that youth and civil society would

engage (in your country and subregion) with local, national government or leaders

on? (Choose 3)

o Corruption

o Transboundary conflicts

o Conflict between pastoralists and farmers

o Violent extremism and radicalization

o Proliferation of small arms and light weapons

o Nuclear weapons




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14) Kindly formulate here a key message of advocacy and engagement against COVID19

and pandemics describing your personal expectations and wishes towards political

leaders and government for a green growth recover to reach sustainable development

goal

Summary of the Declaration

Without healthy nature people will not survive. The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the

need for governments and the international community to focus more on health, environment,

climate, land degradation and human security issues. African Network of Young Leaders for

Peace and Sustainable Development (ANYL4PSD) has been engaged with several African

youth and civil society organizations to fight against COVID19 and pandemics so as to build

a common future for all life on Earth in the frame of the New Deal for Nature and People.

The current declaration is a consolidated document of several scientific works scientific

performed by African Network of Young leaders for Peace and Sustainable development and

its platforms over COVID19 and its impacts. It is a document of position and roadmap

enriched by children, youth and civil society organizations that have taken part and

contributed to the regional online certified workshop and the subsequent working session

organized by ANYL4PSD with the support of Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF). Main

actions and key recommendations are as follows:

1. Strengthen multilateralism: Develop a whole -of-society coordinated approach

and accelerate implementation of the “New Way of Working” mobilizing all the

stakeholders and taking into account all the layers and sectors (that no one is left

behind) in the implementation of innovative measures at different levels

2. Ensure continued access to people in need in line with humanitarian principles

and recommit to Disaster Risk Reduction to build Back Better

3. Increase funding to Children, Youth, and Civil Society Organizations/NGOs and

adapt funding mechanisms to maximize flexible COVID-19 responses

4. Keep gender and vulnerable groups front and centre: Support to a youth, women

and indigenous group led, localized response to COVID-19

5. Strengthen investment and the implementation of One Health and EcoHeath

trough policy frameworks and initiatives aiming to restore ecosystem integrity

indispensable for human health and development and to prevent and mitigate

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6. Strengthen partnerships for food security and agriculture monitoring and

assessment for evidence based programming while increasing critical

humanitarian food and livelihood assistance to the most vulnerable

7. Accelerate and enlarge the contribution worldwide of sustainable energy

strategies, technologies, and applications for the purpose of achieving a

sustainable quality of life for all

8. Durably implement the UN Secretary-General’s call for a global ceasefire –

Disinvest in nuclear and military weapons to invest in sustainable development

goals for present and next generation

We intend to widely share, implement and follow the implementation of this policy

framework during and beyond the African Youth Resilience Initiatives Against COVID19 and

Pandemics project.

We commend those in many corners of the world who are heeding the UN Secretary-

General’s call for a global ceasefire. We express our heartfelt gratitude to the diverse

populations especially children, youth, women and indigenous and vulnerable groups working

and volunteering on the front lines as well as health care and other essential workers putting

themselves at increased risk so that communities can continue to thrive.

We offer our condolences to the families of those who have already been lost to this illness,

and our sympathies to those who have lost employment as a result. The effects of a pandemic

are felt far more deeply than the illness itself, and we are hopeful that our governing

institutions and communities are able to have responses that can mitigate the harm.

We call upon governments, local elected, traditional and religious leaders, social and

traditional media, communities, private sector and other civil society organizations and

NGO/INGO to take into account this declaration in their daily duties, act in lock-step with

medical professionals and share information which prioritizes the health and wellbeing of

people over economies and ensure that misinformation is not permitted to enter the popular

discourse. Moreover, decisions taken by such leaders must be clear and evidence based in

order to have the greatest impact.

African Youth and civil society organizations.

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Conclusion

The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the need for governments and the international

community to focus more on health, environment, land degradation and human security

issues. African Civil Society and Youth have an important role to play. This is the main

reason that led African Network of Young Leaders for Peace and Sustainable Development

(ANYL4PSD) with the support of Worldwide Fund for Nature to organize a regional online

certified workshop entitled African Youth Resilience Initiatives Against COVID19 and

Pandemics.

The online regional workshop that took place on May 26th, 2020 is part of a series of certified

webinars on the New Deal for Nature and People. It was articulated into four sessions.

Entitled “Frontier between humans and nature: The degradation of Nature and the emergence

of pandemics”, the session one enabled participants to understand the causes of the emerging

and neglected zoonotic diseases of a viral nature, the interrelations between Coronaviruses

diseases and the COVID 19; and has analyzed on some management strategies that have been

deployed and employed so far by Governments to contain certain zoonotic diseases. The

session two: “Understanding COVID19 pandemic and its impacts” explored COVID 19

impacts and implications at local, regional and global levels and on the environmental

governance system. It focused on the effects of the pandemic on the sustainable development

goals and emphasized on the gap of inequalities generated by the pandemic. It highlighted the

relative positive influence of COVID19 outbreak on the environment and the negative socio-

economic and political, humanitarian, democratic and health impacts as well as on food

insecurity. The impacts of COVID19 on vulnerable groups, in particular young people,

women and indigenous groups were also discussed. Emphasis of COVID 19 impacts has been

made on sectors such as employment, green entrepreneurship and the risks of increased

vulnerability created by this pandemic. Waste management and environmental pollution was

not in rest, focus on the waste generated during the COVID19 pandemic have been discussed

as well as medical waste, waste management systems and the relative risks linked to

environmental pollution. The session 3: “Addressing the multi-sectoral challenges of the short

and long term impacts of COVID19 to achieve the sustainable development goals” underlined

the necessity for states and international community to develop and implement coordinated

approach of innovative political and economic solutions, mobilizing all stakeholders at global,

regional and national levels if we want to combat COVID 19. It proposed multisectoral

measures to be taken at global, regional and national levels to combat the short and long term

impacts of the COVID19 pandemic. It emphasized the importance of taking into account all

layers and all sectors (so that no one is left behind) in the implementation of innovative

measures at different levels. A particular focus was made on the importance of strengthening

coordination and partnerships for food security and agriculture monitoring and evaluation in

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most vulnerable. Policy frameworks and initiatives to restore the integrity of the ecosystem

essential for human and environmental health and to prevent and mitigate future pandemics

have been discussed. Particular emphasis has been placed on the need to accelerate and

broaden the contribution of sustainable energy strategies, technologies and applications in

order to achieve a sustainable quality of life for all. Investing in circular economy and

digitalization for young people and the management of payment for ecosystems has been

analyzed. Move the nuclear and military weapons money to invest in environmental and

sustainable development goals for present and future generations has been explored as one of

the effective way that may help to sustain environment and achieve sustainable development

goals. Session four was “entitled the Role of the Coalition New Deal for Nature and People in

the Fight against pandemics and COVID 19”. It enabled the participants to understand the

New Deal for nature and people, its genesis, its functioning, its goal and its mechanism.

Young Leaders have been edified on mechanisms to influence effectively environmental

policies and strategies at local, national and regional level in this period of confinement; how

to rethink their approaches and internal political environmental action for sustainability

actions against/during covid-19. This enabled them to master the tools of influence in a crisis

context as well as the tools for reviewing internal action policies. An online working session

entitled: “Shaping together the African youth and civil society roadmap and declaration

against covid19 and pandemics for a green growth recover in Africa and the in world” was

organised enabling both speakers and participants to contribute to the drafting of the African

youth and civil society roadmap and declaration against covid19 and pandemics for a green

growth recover in Africa and the in world.

African youth and civil society organizations firmly believe that "a new interactive approach

at the heart of the concerns of governments will develop concrete resilience to cope with these

pandemics when they occur. The African youth and civil society roadmap and declaration

against covid19 and pandemics will be officially presented during the upcoming certified

webinar at a date announced by African Network of Young Leaders for Peace and Sustainable

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ANNEXES:



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ANNEXE1: African youth and civil society declaration and roadmap against covid19

and pandemics for a green growth recover in Africa and the in world.

“261 two hundred and sixty one Civil society organisations took part to a series of activities

organised from the May 26 – 29, 2020 via video-conference (including several social media

and digital platforms as Zoom, WhatsApp and Facebook) in the frame of the regional online

certified workshop that is part of the regional project implemented by African Network of

Young Leaders for Peace and Sustainable Development (ANYL4PSD) as part of the New

Deal for Nature and People in partnership with the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF).

After having followed with attention and interest and actively participated to the

communications rich in lessons, we, the (273) two hundered seventy three representatives

coming from over 50 African countries from several sectors representing children, youth,

women of all social layers of the continent, namely civil society, NGO, INGO, media, local

elected, business/startups, indigenous people and refugee/IDPs) and from some countries of

Asia, Europe and America like India, Nepal, Jordan, Ireland, Bangladesh, Haïti, Republic of

Korea, Pakistan, Canada, USA, Czech Republic, Peru, Albania, decide that follows:

Considering that COVID-19 represents the latest in an unfortunately growing list of disasters

confronting humanity. The diversity of impacts of this pandemic demonstrates clearly that

risk is systemic and crises are cascading. Everyone is affected, but inequalities of all kinds are

deepening. Every system is affected, and the risks of exploitation have increased. Prevention

now is continuing to save lives, and better preparedness in the future will save more. COVID-

19 virus reveals the limits and contradictions of our societies and our socio-economic systems

and deepens existing inequalities. As we have witnessed in previous crises children, youth,

women, indigenous people and refugees are the most vulnerable. They are affected the most,

immediately and for the long-term of the unintended socio economic, political and health

consequences, and the restrictive measures with several challenges in term of social

distancing and social exclusion, increased risk of sexual and gender-based violence and risk

of stigma and discrimination.

On 25th March 2020, the UN launched the COVID-19 Global Humanitarian Response Plan

(GHRP), calling on States to increase global assistance to respond to the direct public health

and indirect immediate humanitarian consequences of the pandemic, particularly on people in

countries already facing other crises. The response plan aggregates appeals from UN agencies

and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and calls for an initial US$2.01 billion in

funding to meet needs from April to December 2020. As the UN Secretary-General has noted,

this is a ‘drop in the ocean’. It is already clear that this is not only insufficient to resource the





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immediate response to COVID in existing complex emergencies, but a lot more will be

needed to recover from the long-term socio-economic shocks of COVID-19 globally.

Considering that modern technology has the capacity to inform - or misinform - billions of

people in an instant, it is therefore vital that we follow the guidance of experts who are able to

provide accurate information, based on data and science, on how best to behave in this

situation of crisis to avoid conflicting messages sent, whether from a place of false hope or

even self-interest.

It is vital that humanity learns from this experience. We must, therefore, ensure that risk

reduction and risk management lessons are generated and disseminated for improved policy

and practice; that pandemic hazards are integrated in disaster risk reduction and development

planning; that partnerships created through this experience are leveraged to better prepare for

the next one; and that we prepare better for future similar hazards.

More than ever before, the humanitarian and development community, donors and

governments have a responsibility to adequately fund the COVID-19 response and in so

doing, to apply the lessons learned from past efforts to enhance the effectiveness and

efficiency of the humanitarian aid system. Critical lessons from previous public health

emergencies such as cholera and Ebola must also inform our response to COVID-19, along

with the need to implement the commitment to action on “new way of working” and nexus

approaches;

o to have more flexible and adaptable funding and grants management mechanisms,

o to have more gendered, rights-based and localized responses that put women and girls at

the centre, and,

o to ensure principled humanitarian access to all people in need.

We must leave No One Behind. It is crucial that children, youth, women indigenous people

and refugees who are the most vulnerable are not forgotten - nor dealt with too late in the

response to this crisis. COVID- 19 pandemic increases existing (gender) inequalities and

therefore requires adequate gender-sensitive solutions. Governments specifically need to

attend to those who are unable, because of circumstance or employment, to follow the

guidance of experts. This includes grocers, pharmacists, and utility workers. It includes

people living in poverty, those without access to water and sanitation services, and people

with disabilities. And it includes front-line workers such as doctors, nurses, police officers,

and humanitarian workers.

Building primarily on commitments already made by the humanitarian community, this

declaration consolidates African Youth and Civil Society Leaders analysis on immediate

actions to be taken by African governments, donors, UN agencies and the humanitarian and





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development community at large to rapidly scale up the humanitarian response while

positioning governments and communities to ‘recover better’ with more inclusive and

sustainable models of development.

To overcome COVID19 and pandemics short and long term for a for a green growth recover

in Africa and the in world, we need:

Strengthened Multilateralism: Develop a whole -of-society coordinated approach and

accelerate implementation of the “New Way of Working” mobilizing all the stakeholders

and taking into account all the layers and sectors in the implementation of innovative

measures at different levels

Under the lead of United Nations, International community should assist developing countries

to cope with the impact of the outbreak. The International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World

Bank Group (WBG) and other international organizations should help member countries by

using their available instruments to the fullest extent possible, including emergency financing,

policy advice and technical assistance as part of a coordinated global response. There is a

need of increased cooperation between IMF, the WBG, the Organization for Economic

Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the Financial Stability Board (FSB), and

sub/regional (financial/economic) organizations as African Union (AU) to support strong

coordination with the World Health Organization (WHO), United Nation Food and

Agriculture Organisation (UNFAO) and United Nations World Food Program (WFP) in

particular with a view to sharing information, assessing needs and devising policy options that

countries can implement in response to COVID-19 outbreak. All available policy tools should

be used to achieve strong, sustainable, balanced and inclusive growth, and safeguard against

downside risks. They should continue to review their individual and coordinated actions at

international, regional and national level in response to COVID-19.

Regarding the impacts of the COVID19 in developing countries and particularly African

countries, we advocate for the cancellation of the debt of those countries to enable them to

cope with the short and long term impacts of COVID 19 over their economy.

This moment requires a strengthened sense of global solidarity. It is clear that the

vulnerability of one nation or community can upset gains made in another. As such, support

across historic lines of political, national or other distinction is more important now than ever.

We call on governments to ensure an equal provision of health care for all affected regardless

of circumstances. The longer COVID-19 thrives, the more people will be impacted either

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In addition to prevention and mitigation of the current crisis, we must commit to filling gaps

in the global systems. A global order that is driven by a financial profit motive drives

unsustainable patterns of consumption and production which then results in fragility. This

need not be so, as exemplified by calls from the private sector to support people A new reality

is possible, but in order to achieve it we must commit to documenting lessons learned, address

them urgently, and prevent them in the future. This may start with increasing funding and

mandates for relevant international agencies, such as the United Nations Office for Disaster

Risk Reduction and the World Health Organization, but extend to investment in national and

local healthcare systems which are the main point of contact for those impacted by disasters.

The New Way of Working and the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Triple Nexus generated

during the 2016 World Humanitarian Summit should inform donor’s and governments’

COVID-19 funding strategies. While additional resources are urgently needed to rapidly scale

up preparedness and response efforts to COVID-19, simultaneous investments in existing

humanitarian and refugee response plans and in critical development and social sectors are

required to avoid systems and economies from collapsing. Measures to sustain peace and

ensure a rights-based approach to the COVID-19 response will be critical, particularly in

fragile contexts with protracted crises where there is a very real risk that that some

containment measures may trigger violence or fuel underlying tensions in stressed

communities.

A strong commitment to maintain and scale up existing humanitarian operations is a critical

element of the COVID19 response to ensure that the most vulnerable do not become even

more susceptible to the effects of the pandemic. At the same time, given the far-reaching

impact of the crisis, support for critical social and economic development sectors that

prioritise the furthest behind in developing countries and fragile contexts should be

maintained, albeit with the necessary adaptations to avoid a further health, food and economic

crisis on the heels of COVID-19. At a minimum, governments should:

- Ensure universal treatment for COVID-19 for all, regardless of nationality, status (refugee,

displaced or economic status);

- Grant free access to health care for the poorest and most marginalised women and girls,

with emphasis on provision of sexual and reproductive health services and gender-based

violence prevention and response services.

- Sustained support to sectors contributing to food and nutrition security and the economy,

particularly agriculture, the small scale and informal economic sector on which millions of

women rely for survival, and ongoing support to access financial services through formal

financial service providers and non-formal community-based models, given the vital

importance of accessing money for day to day needs and to quickly restart economic

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- Ensure transparency and openly share information to all people and actors, including Civil

Society Organizations, on the virus, its spread and impacts on all sectors and groups of

society, measures taken and resources allocated to tackle COVID-19;

Consequently, governments, donors and UN agencies should immediately consider applying

the following ways of working:

- Urgently identify and implement opportunities to integrate key activities on COVID-19

preparedness, prevention, response and mitigation into existing Humanitarian Response

Plans (HRPs), Refugee Response Plans (RRP) and other programs.

- Embed the COVID-19 response in existing HRP & RRP coordination mechanisms and

strengthen coordination between Humanitarian Country Teams (HCTs) and UN Country

Teams (UNCTs) and between humanitarian and long-term development donors to

maximize the complementarity and synergies between humanitarian and development

responses and plans.

- Support COVID-19 joint analysis by humanitarian and development actors and share

information, analysis and human resources to arrive at a common understanding of the

situation and of immediate, mid and longer-term needs and strategies, with more accurate

funding needs.

- Promote joined-up programming so that COVID-19 specific response and other

humanitarian and development actions are more complementary and can achieve collective

outcomes, avoid gaps in programming, and minimize duplication.

- UN agencies to align planning cycles; after years of discussing the need for multi-year

HRPs, COVID-19 is the time to make it happen. This would enhance the coherence

between Humanitarian Response Plans and Sustainable Development Cooperation

Frameworks processes and offer a more sustainable, gender-responsive solution for

affected communities.

Ensure continued access to people in need in line with humanitarian principles and

recommit to Disaster Risk Reduction to build Back Better

Unimpeded access to people in need has been a growing challenge for humanitarian actors in

recent years in Africa. We are increasingly confronted with more complex bureaucratic and

administrative processes (e.g. new rules to register as NGOs, civil society to obtain visas and

work permits to import life-saving supplies, to conduct basic needs assessments and

monitoring activities, receive travel permits etc.).  The impact of counter-terrorism legislation

and sanctions regimes further constrain humanitarian action, on top of an already shrinking

civil society space across the continent, jeopardizing the humanitarian principles of humanity,

neutrality and impartiality.

In conflict settings, these factors are further compounded by the insecurity of our staff and

those we reach.  The COVID-19 measures taken by governments to contain the spread of the

virus are causing additional and unprecedented access issues. We are deeply concerned at the





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increasing impact on our inability to continue to deliver critical lifesaving interventions such

as food and cash distributions, water, sanitation and hygiene, shelter, Gender Based Violence

and protection activities to millions of already highly vulnerable communities in existing

emergencies. We are taking all possible preventative measures, but we are increasingly

concerned that failure to meet the basic needs of vulnerable communities, including refugees,

migrants and internally displaced populations, will lead to loss of lives and undermine

measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 at over-crowded camps or within deprived

populations who are desperate for food and water and unable to respect movement restrictions

and other containment measures in order to feed themselves and their families.

The impacts of a disaster are dependent upon the degree to which a household, a community,

and a nation are prepared. Past experiences have taught us important lessons about how to

ensure resilience informs reconstruction, and risk informs development. The current health

crisis has exposed ongoing vulnerabilities and new dimensions of our prevention, response

and support systems. Risk informed development would ensure the prioritization of access to

goods and services for all in need; it would require fail-safe systems in trade and supply lines;

it would require that financial and other resources can be allocated on short notice; and would

encourage members of a community to be both prepared and know where to turn for accurate

guidance.

Governments and communities should document and build upon the new innovations arising

from this crisis. We see new domestic violence hotlines, strengthened community groups

filling gaps (such as mobilizing transport to hospitals), and the targeting of group-sensitive

information (such as for women who are pregnant). Additionally, new lessons are being

learned about how ongoing concerns ranging from displacement to land tenure can be

exacerbated in times of crisis. Finally, we are witnessing a repurposing of military

expenditure towards risk preparedness and recovery, rather than war making: we encourage

the continuation of this trend to create humanitarian armies which trade advanced weaponry

for greater capacity to provide aid.

Therefore, we call on governments to:    

- Urgently allow and facilitate continuation of lifesaving interventions to existing crisis and

rapid COVID-19 response scale-up, including:

o Create international and domestic humanitarian corridors to ensure humanitarian goods

and personnel that are part of the COVID-19 response can reach people in need. This

includes organizing humanitarian flights and overland and over-water humanitarian

corridors, establishing supply and distribution chains for emergency supplies (food and

non-food items and COVID-19 related supplies such as testing kits, Personal Protection

Equipment kits etc.).

o Consider humanitarian personnel as essential personnel and give them the necessary

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o Establish light, fast track administrative procedures for humanitarian organizations to

benefit from the above measures and quickly access all necessary visas, work and travel

permits, import licenses and ensure these measures are communicated. We recommend

governments consider putting “one stop shop” measures in place to ensure real-time

processing of requests.

- We call on governments to fully fund the March UN Pandemic humanitarian appeal while

maintaining or increasing funding for humanitarian crises or other DRR efforts. This is

especially important as COVID-19 has put even the most prepared health systems at risk.

We also caution that, though this crisis is of utmost concern, other hazards are ongoing

around the world which continue to need attention and resources. Much of this knowledge

is memorialized in the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, and we would

encourage everyone, from individuals to local authorities to national and international

governments, to implement the guidance contained therein.

- We fully support the call of the UN Secretary-General for an immediate global ceasefire,

without which a COVID-19 response in conflict-affected communities will be delayed and

challenging.

- Importantly, we call for balanced measures between containing the spread of the virus and

respecting the rights of all citizens, particularly the rights of displaced people especially

asylum seekers, migrants, and refugee populations. We urge governments to refrain from

refoulement measures and to maintain compliance with international legal obligations,

including the right to seek asylum. We celebrate governments that continue to allow

asylum seekers to cross borders and urge them to ensure that quarantine and other

containment measures they may take account for the needs of different vulnerable groups.

Increase funding to Children, Youth, and Civil Society Organizations/NGOs and adapt

funding mechanisms to maximize flexible COVID-19 responses

We urgently asks donors, in line with Grand Bargain and Good Humanitarian Donorship

commitments to make funding and grants management for COVID-19 as flexible and

simplified as possible to allow for rapid adjustments to the response as the virus evolves and

its impacts are better understood.

Keep gender and vulnerable groups front and centre: Support to a youth, women and

indigenous group led, localized response to COVID-19

We have already highlighted the significant differentiated impact of the response on women

and men, boys and girls. Initial data shows that GBV is increasing during the COVID-19

pandemic, creating more demand and need for services while women and girls’ access to

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- All actors in the COVID-19 response to track, share and analyse sex, age and

disability disaggregated data about reported cases, tested and treated people, morbidity

and mortality rates;

- Decision-makers coordinating response efforts (e.g. HRPs, RRPs, donor strategies,

NGO proposals, etc) to use gender analysis and include / consult gender specialists.

- Conduct regular GBV assessments (including remote data collection where necessary)

and increase funding levels for GBV and protection programming in preparation for a

surge in cases of GBV.

- To enforce zero tolerance for Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and ensure survivor-

centred reporting mechanisms and responses are widely accessible.

- To promote a Rights-Based and Inclusive

- To ensure targeted risk communication reaches all vulnerable groups

- To scale-up social protection for the most vulnerable

- Target economic stimulus and recovery programmes for vulnerable groups

- To leverage networks and provide support for mental health

Strengthen investment and the implementation of One Health and EcoHeath trough

policy frameworks and initiatives aiming to restore ecosystem integrity indispensable for

human health and development and to prevent and mitigate future pandemics

Ecosystem integrity can help regulate diseases by supporting a diversity of species so that it is

more difficult for one pathogen to spread or to dominate. Successful control of zoonoses

requires multi-stakeholders collaboration and synergies at local, national and international

levels in the set-up; implementation and follow up of updated policy aiming at (i) stronger

surveillance for illness and rigorous testing of traded animals; (ii) reinforced control, and

regulation of wildlife industries to ensure high sanitary standards and sustainability; (iii)

increased education and mobilization of Indigenous Peoples and those living in rural and

remote communities on the risk from eating wild meat; animal handling, sanitation and

disease transmission as well as sustainable wildlife management, and support to develop

village-level alternative food sources; (iv) prohibiting the hunting, trade; transport and eating

of wild animals; shutting down illegal, unregulated and high-risk wildlife markets particularly

where high numbers of animals, domestic and wild, dead and alive, are sold in close

proximity — and especially those that sell animals known to carry coronaviruses; (v)

Increased measures for protection, conservation, and restoration of forests and their broader

landscapes contribute to positive human health.

The leadership of science and technology sector is essential to defeating this pandemic and

mitigating its impacts on achievement of the SDGs. Countries need to work together to

develop a science-based, cooperative approach to allocating scarcer resources on the basis of

a truly collective public health needs assessment. The resilience of health systems should be

urgently strengthened through the set-up of comprehensive health strategies aimed at





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suppressing transmissions and sharing knowledge. Countries should sustain food security and

humanitarian financing to ensure humanitarian assistance continues to reach the 100 million

people most in need. Businesses, corporations; philanthropies ; big data and artificial

intelligence should (i) adhere to health, safety guidelines for workers; (ii) provide financial

and technical support to governments to identify new outbreaks; counter the spread of

xenophobia, stigmatization and disinformation; analyze data; address the crisis’s impacts; (iii)

repurpose their facilities and business plans to focus on meeting the One Health and

EcoHeath’s needs with respect to ethic, good governance and human rights principles.

Strengthened partnerships for food security and agriculture monitoring and assessment

for evidence based programming while increasing critical humanitarian food and

livelihood assistance to the most vulnerable

Governments should adopt policies and make investments to support agricultural production

and maintain critical supply chains, whilst ensuring the protection of the most vulnerable,

including through the expansion of safety nets. Strong partnerships are needed between

national institutions, United Nations, NGOs, farmers’ groups and all relevant stakeholders,

including coordination structures, such as the Global Network Against Food Crises and the

Global Food Security Cluster to providing countries with the analytical support, whilst

guaranteeing a harmonized approach in the monitoring of potential impacts; and the

implementation of policy measures, communication and awareness raising campaigns.

Accelerate and enlarge the contribution worldwide of sustainable energy strategies,

technologies, and applications for the purpose of achieving a sustainable quality of life

for all

The energy transition can drive broad socio-economic development, guided by comprehensive

policies to foster the transformative decarbonisation of societies. Hydrogen and synthetic

fuels, direct electrification, advanced biofuels and carbon management will be crucial, along

with innovative business models, structural changes and behavioural adaptation. Ramping up

regional and international ambitions will be crucial to meet interlinked energy and climate

goals. There is an urgent need of intensified international co-operation to speedily mobilize

the resources committed and implement the policies adopted to completing the global energy

transition in time to stave off catastrophic climate change.

Durably implement the UN Secretary-General’s call for a global ceasefire – Disinvest in

nuclear and military weapons to invest in sustainable development goals for present and

next generation

“The threats to our planet – of climate change, poverty and war – can only be overcome by

nations and the global community working in cooperation – something not possible while

nations maintain large and expensive militaries and threaten to destroy each other. When one





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year of global military spending equals six hundred years of the UN operating budget, are we

truly committing ourselves to a world with increased cooperation and reduced conflicts?”

Youth, Civil society, NGOs should work with legislators, and local authorities for a nuclear

prohibition treaty that would prohibit not only the use of nuclear weapons, but also, inter alia,

their development, production, testing, acquisition, stockpiling, transfer, deployment, and

financing, as well as assistance, encouragement, or inducement of these acts.

Summary of the Declaration

Without healthy nature people will not survive. The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the

need for governments and the international community to focus more on health, environment,

climate, land degradation and human security issues. African Network of Young Leaders for

Peace and Sustainable Development (ANYL4PSD) has been engaged with several African

youth and civil society organizations to fight against COVID19 and pandemics so as to build

a common future for all life on Earth in the frame of the New Deal for Nature and People.

The current declaration is a consolidated document of several scientific works scientific

performed by African Network of Young leaders for Peace and Sustainable development and

its platforms over COVID19 and its impacts. It is a document of position and roadmap

enriched by children, youth and civil society organizations that have taken part and

contributed to the regional online certified workshop and the subsequent working session

organized by ANYL4PSD with the support of Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF). Main

actions and key recommendations are as follows:

1. Strengthen multilateralism: Develop a whole -of-society coordinated approach

and accelerate implementation of the “New Way of Working” mobilizing all the

stakeholders and taking into account all the layers and sectors (that no one is left

behind) in the implementation of innovative measures at different levels

2. Ensure continued access to people in need in line with humanitarian principles

and recommit to Disaster Risk Reduction to build Back Better

3. Increase funding to Children, Youth, and Civil Society Organizations/NGOs and

adapt funding mechanisms to maximize flexible COVID-19 responses

4. Keep gender and vulnerable groups front and centre: Support to a youth, women

and indigenous group led, localized response to COVID-19

5. Strengthen investment and the implementation of One Health and EcoHeath

trough policy frameworks and initiatives aiming to restore ecosystem integrity





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indispensable for human health and development and to prevent and mitigate

future pandemics

6. Strengthen partnerships for food security and agriculture monitoring and

assessment for evidence based programming while increasing critical

humanitarian food and livelihood assistance to the most vulnerable

7. Accelerate and enlarge the contribution worldwide of sustainable energy

strategies, technologies, and applications for the purpose of achieving a

sustainable quality of life for all

8. Durably implement the UN Secretary-General’s call for a global ceasefire –

Disinvest in nuclear and military weapons to invest in sustainable development

goals for present and next generation

We intend to widely share, implement and follow the implementation of this policy

framework during and beyond the African Youth Resilience Initiatives Against COVID19 and

Pandemics project.

We commend those in many corners of the world who are heeding the UN Secretary-

General’s call for a global ceasefire. We express our heartfelt gratitude to the diverse

populations especially children, youth, women and indigenous and vulnerable groups working

and volunteering on the front lines as well as health care and other essential workers putting

themselves at increased risk so that communities can continue to thrive.

We offer our condolences to the families of those who have already been lost to this illness,

and our sympathies to those who have lost employment as a result. The effects of a pandemic

are felt far more deeply than the illness itself, and we are hopeful that our governing

institutions and communities are able to have responses that can mitigate the harm.

We call upon governments, local elected, traditional and religious leaders, social and

traditional media, communities, private sector and other civil society organizations and

NGO/INGO to take into account this declaration in their daily duties, act in lock-step with

medical professionals and share information which prioritizes the health and wellbeing of

people over economies and ensure that misinformation is not permitted to enter the popular

discourse. Moreover, decisions taken by such leaders must be clear and evidence based in

order to have the greatest impact.

African Youth and civil society organizations.





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Annexes 2: List of participants and organizations contributors to the process of elaboration of

the African youth and civil society declaration and roadmap against covid19 and

pandemics for a green growth recover in Africa and in the world

NOMS ORGANISATION PAYS

ABAI VICTOR ASONDO BRIDGERS ASSOCIATION CAMEROON CAMEROON

ABDALLAHI ASME MAURITANIE

ABDEDAIM BATTIOUI CENTRE CADI AYYAD FOR DEVELOPMENT MOROCCO

ABDIKADIR ISSA FARAH FORMAL EDUCATION NETWORK FOR PRIVATE SCHOOLS (FENPS) SOMALIA

ABDULLAH AL MAMUN DHRUBOTARA YOUTH DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION BANGLADESH

ABORODE ABDULLAHI GLOBAL YOUTH NETWORK NIGERIA

ABUL KASHEM SHEIKH KATHAK ACADEMY,SPECIAL CONSULTATIVE STATUS(ECISOC) BANGLADESH

ADAMU BASHIR AHMAD NIGERIA

ADIRIEJE FRANK NEMEZU AFRIHEALTH OPTONET ASSOCIATION NIGERIA

AGBAKA OGOUMAN JEAN ECOLE AFRICAINE POUR LA PAIX. BENIN

AGBEHONOU YAWAVI CHARLENE TOGO

AHLEM TARTIR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT USA

AHMED MUSE ALI THE YOUTH CAFE KENYA

AHMED SEKOU DIALLO ONG AFAD MALI

AHMED WARDA INDIVIDUAL EGYPT

AJAH CHIMA OLIVER DEVELOPMENT & INTEGRITY INTERVENTION GOAL FOUNDATION NIGERIA

AJIN R S KERALA STATE DISASTER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY INDIA

AJINA R S DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, KARIAVATTOM CAMPUS, UNIVERSITY OF KERALA INDIA

AKANINYENE OBOT UKANA WEST 2 COMMUNITY BASED HEALTH INITIATIVE (CBHI) NIGERIA

AKIGHIR CYPRIAN IORWUNDU YOUTH ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE NIGERIA

AKSHAY SHRIVASTAVA INDIA

ALEXANDRE KYUNGU MUSHETO

ASSOCIATION DE DEVELOPPEMENT AGRICOLE ÉDUCATIF ET SANITAIRE "ADAES"

REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO

ALHASSAN ABDUL KAREEM EVERGREEN TERRA FOUNDATION GHANA

ALHASSAN SESAY SIERRA LEONE SCHOOL GREEN CLUBS (SLSGC) SIERRA LEONE

ALI ABDOULAYE ZALIKA PLAN INTERNATIONAL GUINEE GUINEE

ALICIA O SULLIVAN NYCI IRELAND

ALLAHI BIZO ISMAEL AJEEC-NIGER NIGER





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ALVIN KOUMBHAT CERCLE DES DROITS DE L'HOMME ET DE DEVELOPPEMENT (CDHD) REPUBLIQUE DU CONGO

AMB RUKAIYA MUHAMMAD NIGERIAN YOUTH CLIMATE PRESERVATION NETWORK NIGERIA

AMINA MUHAMMAD SANI NIGERIA YOUTH CLIMATE NETWORK NIGERIA

AMINOU ETIENNE AGIR LOCAL ET DEVELOPPEMENT DURABLE CAMEROUN

AMINU BONIFACIO MASSIVE VISION ENTERPRISE GHANA

ANA GONÇALVES SYAH CAPE VERDE

ANA ISABEL FIAFILIO RODRIGUEZ PERU

EMMANUEL ANDELA ANYL4PSD CAMEROON

ANDREW OWAGA WAGAI ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME KENYA

ANDRIANJAKATINA AINA SYLVANIA

CENTRE D'AACTION POUR LA PROMOTION DE LA RESILLIENCE - MADAGASCAR / AFRICA YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD ON DRR MADAGASCAR

ANICET KANDEKE OPIRCO BURUNDI

ANOHAR JOHN TFINS INDIA

ANTONY WILLIAM YOUTH FOR LIFE ASSOCIATION ZIMBABWE

ANTU KUMAR ROY DHRUBOTARA YOUTH DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION BANGLADESH

ASOGO TERKULA IGNATIUS YOUTH ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE NIGERIA

ASSITAN SIDIBE MUSONET MALI

ASSOGBA MAHOUDO FIDELE ANYL4PSD BENIN

ASTRID ACTIONAID DENMARK DENMARK

ATEF SOLIMAN GATEF ORGANIZATION EGYPT

ATONDE CARIN KARL JVE-BENIN BENIN

AYADOUN JEUNESSE VOLONTAIRE ALGERIE

AYOUBA ABDOU SANI JEUNES VOLONTAIRES POUR L'ENVIRONNEMENT (JVE) NIGER NIGER

AZAÏ JICA CAMEROON

BA OUMAR ASSOCIATION DES JEUNES POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT MAURITANIA

BACHIR NIANG SO JEUNES AGENTS DE DEVELOPPEMENT (JAD) CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

BAHATI DENIS ADPR-RDC ASBL REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO

BAKANG NDABA SUCCESS CAPITAL ORGANISATION BOTSWANA

BAKISSI KIBANGOU GARLAND DEMENTI

PANAFRICAIN DES JEUNES POUR LA CULTURE DE LA PAIX REPUBLIQUE DU CONGO

BANASSA ONG SANTE ET ACTION GLOBALE TOGO

BANDE ABDOUL AZIZ ASSOCIATION PINAL BURKINA FASO

BASSAGI GIMBA FLAMEBASS FOUNDATION NIGERIA

BATAMIO CLECHE AYAB-DRR CONGO BRAZZAVILLE

BAZI LUDOVICK MAUKI LEPAJE ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATION TANZANIA





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BENCY C INDIA

BIKA EKO ADOLPHE PATRICE

ATIPAD (ASSISTANCE DES TECHNICIENS AUX INITIATIVES PAYSANNES DE DEVELOPPEMENT) CAMEROON

BISMARK SELORM ADZIMAH ACTIVISTA GHANA GHANA

BOCHUM SAMUEL BACHE

YOUTH ADVOCATES FOR PEACE AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT CAMEROON (YAPCEC) CAMEROON

BONIFACE HABANABAKIZE STAVER- RWANDA RWANDA

BRIGHT SUBETI YOUTHRISE FOUNDATION ZAMBIA

CAMARA UNEP MGCY GUINEA

CHAIMAE PNND MOROCCO/CZECH REPUBLIC

CHANTAL ESPERANCE THE YOUTH CAFE KENYA

CHARLES HANG'OMBWA KENYA UTALII COLLEGE ZAMBIA

CHEMBO MAFUKA ZAMBIA EMPOWERMENT AND NETWORKING INITIATIVE ZAMBIA

CINDY KOBEI INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE KENYA

CISSE MAMADY III ONG/ UNION POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT ET LA COOPERATION (UDEC) GUINEA

CLAUDIEN IRAGI HAMULI YOUTH ENTREPRENEURS CORPORATION REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO

CLEMENT LUSAKA GLOBAL SHAPERS ZAMBIA

COMRADE NELSON NNANNA NWAFOR

FOUNDATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS,ADVOCACY & DEVELOPMENT (FENRAD) NIGERIA

CONDE DANSOKO ONG:UDEC (UNION POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT ET LA COOPERATION) GUINEE CONAKRY

DADA KAYODE SUNDAY JOHN AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA NIGERIA

DAMARIS UJA WOMEN ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMME NIGERIA

DAMILOLA ADEDURO THE YOUTH CAFE AND THE AFRICAN LEADERSHIP UNIVERSITY RWANDA

DANISH TARIQ YOUTH ADVOCACY NETWORK (YAN) PAKISTAN PAKISTAN

DANSO CAMARA UNION POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT ET LA COOPERATION (UDEC) GUINEE

DARAMOLA OLAYINKA SHENKYDEE GLOBAL RESOURCES NIGERIA

DARAMOLA OLAYINKA OLUWASEUN SHENKYDEE GLOBAL RESOURCES NIGERIA

DARWIN MALWELE ZAMBIA

DEGUE JEAN-PIERRE SOCIAL WATCH BENIN BENIN

DENNIS SAAYA KENYA REDCROS KENYA

DIALLO

ASSOCIATION MAURITANIENNE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT ET L'ALPHABETISATION. AMDA MAURITANIE

DIALLO CHERIF CLUB HUMANITAIRE SANS FRONTIERES REPUBLIQUE DE GUINEE

DICKSON KITHINJI SAFEDRIVE AFRICA FOUNDATION (SDAF) KENYA

DIEUSSEL DORSAINT RNVPDLH HAÏTI





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DIOLA SOKOLI GYP,AI,CHANGE.ORG ETC ALBANIA

DJIBRILA YOUSSOUFA PIVJET INTERNATIONAL CAMEROON

DONGMO PAUL LODRY ANYL4PSD CAMEROON

DOROTHY MUTIMUSHI HARDY COSMOS ZAMBIA

DOSSOU MENOUWE MARCEL CROIX-ROUGE BENINOISE , UNFPA PAIRS ÉDUCATEUR ,IQUAL CALAVI,VNU BENIN

DR. DR EMBOLO ENYEGUE

ELISEE LIBERT ECOCLEAN ENVIRONNEMENT CAMEROON

DR K PURUSHOTHAM REDDY ENVIRONMENTALIST. HYDERABAD, INDIA.

DR KASIITA HERBERT INFOWE CONCEPTS LTD UGANDA

DR MD AFJAL AHMAD BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY BHU VARANASI INDIA INDIA

DR MOHAMED ALAWNEH IUCN JORDAN

DR VARALAXMI ANDHRA UNIVERSITY INDIA

DR. SANTOSH SINGH THAPA TEAM NEPO NEPAL

DR.OTILIA MANTA ROMANIAN ACADEMY AND RAU ROMANIA

DUDUZILE FOX NDWANDWE ACUDEE PROJECTS PTY LTD SOUTH AFRICA

DZISSEAOVO EPIPHANE AIESEC TOGO

EBBE ANAD MAURITANIA

EBO AMICHIA FRANCIS OTHNIEL

SCHOOL OF WILDLIFE CONSERVATION RWANDA RWANDA

EBO HERMANN ONG JEVEV BENIN

EBOA EYOUM ISMAIL JOEL ANYL4PSD CAMEROON

EBOU M BOYE SOLAR PROFESSIONALS GAMBIA CHAPTER GAMBIA

EBRAHIM RAMADAN DIAB STEM GHARBIYA SCHOOL EGYPT

EDIDIONG ENANG YOUTHS FOR CHANGE INITIATIVE (YOFCI) NIGERIA

EDWARD CHAKA PEOPLE'S FEDERATION FOR NATIONAL PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT (PEFENAP) MALAWI

EKLU CENTRE D'OBSERVATION ET DE PROMOTION DE L'ETAT DE DROITE TOGO

EKO OMOBOLA URBAN TREE REVIVAL INITIATIVE NIGERIA

ELVIS KADHAMA PEARL ENTREPRENEURS ACADEMY UGANDA

EMBOLO ELISEE ECOCLEAN ENVIRONNEMENT CAMEROUN

EMBOLO ENYEGUE ELISEE LIBERT, PHD ECOCLEAN ENVIRONNEMENT CAMEROUN

ENOCH ADEYEMI ENOCH ADEYEMI FOUNDATION NIGERIA

ESAYA JOKONYA GENWIRELESS (PTY)LTD ZIMBABWE

ESSAY AMBOULE FRANCINE-RAISSA

MOPAFEJ (MOUVEMENT PRIORITAIRE POUR DES ACTIONS EN FAVEUR DE L'ENFANCE ET LA JEUNESSE) CAMEROUN

ESSOMBA MGBWA JEAN EMMANUEL RED CROSS CAMEROUN

ESPERANCE CHANTAL YOUTH-CAFE KENYA

ETTAGBOR REAGEAN VISION IN ACTION CAMEROON CAMEROON





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EVA N SHITAATALA NAMIBIA

EVA NDAMONO SHITAATALA ZADEVA FISHERY PRODUCTS NAMIBIA

EVANS ODHIAMBO EVAMOR AFRICA KENYA

EVENUS GEORGE NGUTOTO YOUTH AND ENVIRONMENT VISION (YEV) TANZANIA

FAEZUR RAHMAN FAHIM TURN TO POSITIVE BANGLADESH

FAKEYE ANYL4PSD-BENIN BENIN

FANTOKOUN WADOUDOU TOGO

FATAÏ AINA AMIS DE L'AFRIQUE FRANCOPHONE- BENIN (AMAF-BENIN) BENIN

FOFANA SORIBA CERCLE DES FORMATEURS ET ACTEURS COMMUNAUTAIRES DE GUINEE GUINEE

FORDE METELUS PROJECT3413 HAITI

FOYET EMMANUELLE CHILDREN FOR PEACE CAMEROON

GBEY GROUGOH GUY SYLVESTRE WILFRIED ONG SANTE URBAINE ET RURALE COTE D'IVOIRE

GEDEON BAKERETHI WWF DRC

GOODNESS DICKSON A. ECO CLEAN ACTIVE INITIATIVE NIGERIA

GOR BI GOH MICHAEL ONG JEUNESSE POUR LE TOURISME ET L'ECOLOGIE (JTE) COTE D'IVOIRE

GOUNDO SISSOKO RESEAU DES FEMMES POUR LES DROITS ENVIRONNEMENTAUX MALI

GUL WALI KHAN

PREPARED (PAKISTAN RURAL INITIATIVES FOR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE AND DEVELOPMENT) PAKISTAN

HAMIDOU TAFFA ABDOUL-AZIZE ACADEMICIEN NIGER

HAROUN SALEH YOUSSOUF HASSAN UNIVERSITE DE DSCHANG TCHAD

HASSAN MOWLID YASIN SOMALI GREENPEACE ASSOCIATION SOMALIA

IBRAHIM ABDUL MUGIS HALAL GHANA GHANA

IBRAHIM ABIDEMI AMUDA NIGERIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY NIGERIA

ILDEPHONSE NIYOKINDI PAN-AFRICAN PEACE NETWORK BURUNDI BURUNDI

INGAHIZU NERYNE PWANI UNIVERSITY KENYA

INNOCENT ISAAC NTENGWE FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ZIMBABWE

IRADUKUNDA HENDRICK FEMMES D’IMPACTS POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT INTEGRAL BURUNDI

IRANA SERGE

AJELPA: ASSOCIATION DES JEUNES LEADERS DU MAYO-DANAY POUR LA PROMOTION DE LA PAIX ET LE VIVRE ENSEMBLE ; JEPRIBEL : JEUNES ENTREPRENANT DANS LA PRODUCTION DU RIZ DANS LES BERGES DU LOGONE. CAMEROON

ISATOU BAH GAMBIA

ISMAËL CAMARA UNEP MGCY REPUBLIQUE DE GUINEE

ISMAIL SIDI ALI ZEMMA AWARENESS INITIATIVE NIGERIA





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JAMESLEY PETIT-FRERE

RESEAU NATIONAL DES VOLONTAIRES POUR LA PROMOTION DU DEVELOPPEMENT LOCAL EN HAÏTI HAÏTI

JEAN DE DIEU MUSENGAMANA RWANDA

JEAN-CLAUDE PAUL DEGBE ONG PADJENA BENIN

JEANNE KAMETIANGWE ABUTOGE

UNION DES FEMMES OPPRIMEES; UFO EN SIGLE

RÉPUBLIQUE DÉMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO

JOHN AGGREY HIRED CONSULT GHANA

JOHN EDE OHAHA FAMILY FOUNDATION NIGERIA

KABINE DOUMBIA

ONG APPUI SOLIDAIRE POUR LE RENFORCEMENT DE L’AIDE AU DEVELOPPEMENT MALI/USA

KABRE JACQUES ASSOCIATION DES ARTS SOLIDAIRES BURKINA FASO

KATLEHO MOTHIBAKGOMO SPANE FOUNDATION SOUTH AFRICAN

KENMOGNE VANELLE LARISSA YES HEALTH CAMEROON

KEYA NCHOUWAT JELLY YASMINE AVDR CAMEROON

KIHUO KITALYABOSHI ETIENNE UJEDE/ONG


KONDWANI KACHEPA YOUTHRISE ZAMBIA

KOSSIVI NEVAEME SENEGAL

KOUAME HERMANN KOFFI ONG CHANGE HUMAN'S LIFE COTE D'IVOIRE

KOUMBHAT ALVIN CERCLE DES DROITS DE L'HOMME ET DE DEVELOPPEMENT (CDHD) REPUBLIQUE DU CONGO

KUEVIAKOE AMAVI EKUE MINISTERE DE LA SANTE TOGO TOGO

KUMESSI YAWOVI EVENUNYE CENTRE D'ACTION POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT RURAL TOGO

LAKO STEPHANE WATER FOR LIFE CAMEROON CAMEROON

LAURENT SOME KENYA

LENGA AUDREY JVE CAMEROUN CAMEROON

LEONIE SOGONI BEAVOGUI PLAN INTERNATIONAL GUINEA

LOUPA PIUS

DYNAMIC AGRO-PASTORALIST DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION/ ARID LANDSCAPE INITIATIVE AFRICA UGANDA

MAHAMAT MOUNTASSIR MAHAMAT ALI

ASSOCIATION AGIR POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT DURABLE CHAD

MAKEBEL PAGLAGA HERVÉ DONATIEN

JEUNES VOLONTAIRES POUR L'ENVIRONNEMENT (JVE CAMEROUN) CAMEROON

MALOUM DIVINA STELLA CHILDREN FOR PEACE CAMEROON

MANGE RAM ADHANA ASSOCIATION FOR PROMOTION SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT INDIA

MANTOPI MARTINA DE PORRES LEBOFA

TECHNOLOGIES FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - TED LESOTHO

MBILIZI MUTIMANWA FIDELE

LIGUE NATIONALE DES ASSOCIATIONS AUTOCHTONES PYGMEES DU CONGO (LINAPYCO)


M'BOUA ADOU JEAN-MARC ONG-ASCOM COTE D'IVOIRE





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MCLARENCE MANDAZA AFRICAN YOUTH INTIATIVE ON CLIMATE CHANGE IN ZIMBABWE (AYICC-ZIM) ZIMBABWE

MESCHAC NAKANYWENGE

UNION POUR LA PROMOTION/PROTECTION, LA DEFENSE DES DROITS HUMAINS ET L'ENVIRONNEMENT-UPDDHE/GL CONGO-KINSHASA

MISSIKPODE YEMALIN ÉDITH ANYL4PSD-BÉNIN BENIN

MOHAMED LAMINE KABA YOUTH ACTION HUB GUINEA - UNCTAD REPUBLIQUE DE GUINEE

MOHAMMED ALI JIBON CHANDRADIP DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY BANGLADESH

MOHAMMED NUR KACHALLA JEWEL ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES NIGERIA

MOÏSE RIBAKARE SAZI AJDC(ASSOCIATION DES JEUNES POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT COMMUNAUTAIRE)

REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO, RDC

MONSEDE FRANCK WOLLO SOCIAL WATCH BENIN BENIN

MOUKOKO MBOUNGOU ROLAND CHANEL JUNIOR

UNITE DE COORDINATION DES PROGRAMMES ET PROJETS CONGO

MUHAMMED A MUHAMMAD ZERO WASTE AFRICA NIGERIA

MUKTAR MOHAMED NOOR JALALAQA DEVELOPMENT LINK KENYA

MULUMEODERHWA LUSHOMBO THEODORE

ACTION FOR IMPROVEMENT OF FOOD CHILD AND MOTHER (AFICM)

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLC OF THE CONGO

NAM-BOKEE TONGA JEAN LEVY ARPE ASSOCIATION CAMEROON

NAVONINE AGNES KUOH N. AGUI FOUNDATION CAMEROON

N'DA KOUASSI ALFRED ONG VIE SACREE COTE D'IVOIRE

NDAM ADAMOU UNIYAO-I CAMEROON

NDEMBA NADINE FLORE ANYL4PSD CAMEROON

N'DRI ADJOUA ESTHER SANDRINE CEPHARM-BF BURKINA FASO

NEENU M G INDIA

NENBE PIERRE UNOADD (UNION DES ORGANISMES D'APPUI AU DEVELOPPEMENT DURABLE) CAMEROUN

NICHOLAS JENGRE SOLIDARIDAD WEST AFRICA SIERRA LEONE

NOUMBOU VEHPOUBOUOT ESPERANCE PRISCILLE VEH- HOPE CAMEROUN

NYEBONE FAUSTIN

APPUI AUX INITIATIVES COMMUNAUTAIRE DE CONSERVATION DE L’ENVIRONNEMENT ET DE DEVELOPPEMENT DURABLE, AICED


NZEGANG TCHUISSEU MIGUEL ALIVE CAMEROAN

OCEN IVAN KENNETH FOUNDATION FOR DEVELOPMENT AND RELIEF AFRICA (FIDRA) UGANDA

OKOTH PAUL OKOTH THE YOUTH CAFE KENYA

OKWIR DENIS YOUTH FOR LIFE UGANDA UGANDA

OLAYEMI THOMAS TEMOLA UNVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA MALAYSIA

OPUDA SOTONWARI WORLD CHANGERS FOUNDATION NIGERIA

PASCAL MUGARUKA AFRICA RECONCILED REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO

PATRICK MWILA FAMILIES ARE NATIONS ZAMBIA





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PAUL LUPAI ERESTO HELP FOOD SECURITY AND LIVELIHOOD-AFRICA SOUTH SUDAN

PEDETIN OLUREMI GANDONU OHAHA FOUNDATION NIGERIA

PERSIDE SAGBOHAN ONG JEUNES VOLONTAIRES POUR L'ENVIRONNEMENT (JVE BENIN) BENIN

PRINCE .OLUWASEYI OLAWUYI WORLD ECOLOGICAL CONCEPT NIGERIA

PRINCE MUSANJE ROGERS BUSEGA YOUTH DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY UGANDA

PROF. SRINIVASA KUNUTHUR PRAKRITI VYAVASAYA SAMAKHYA INDIA

PROFESSOR SANJAY ROUT INNOVATION SOLUTION LAB INDIA

RABEB ALOUI YOUNG MED VOICES TUNISIA

RANDRIAMPARANY TANTELY SARAH CAPRESIL MADAGASCAR

RIANNE TEN VEEN GREEN CREATION THE NETHERLANDS

RUTH KAMAU AFRICAN INDIGENOUS WOMEN ORGANISATION KENYA

RUTH OLOWOSILE SUSTAINABLE GREEN ENVIRONMENT INITIATIVE NIGERIA

SADABIEU SULAIMAN QURAISHI

QURAISHI WASTE MANAGEMENT ENTERPRISES SIERRA LEONE

SAFINA MAULIDA FASHION REVOLUTION INDONESIA

SAKINAT BELLO BREAK-FREE FROM PLASTIC INITIATIVE NIGERIA

SANMI OLOWOSILE SUSTAINABLE GREEN ENVIRONMENT INITIATIVE NIGERIA

SARAPHINA AMBALE ANJIA TINADA YOUTH ORGANISATION KENYA

SILENOU BLONDEL YOUNG VOLUNTEERS FOR ENVIRONMENT CAMEROON CAMEROON

SMITH NWOKOCHA VOICE OF THE VULNERABLES NIGERIA

STEPHEN CHEBOI

THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NGOS/ACTION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGS) KENYA COALITION KENYA

SUBRAMANIA SIVA WORLD VISION INDIA INDIA

SUNDAY BERLIOZ KAKPO SOS BIODIVERSITY BENIN

TANDA GODWIN ADE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (EPDA) CAMEROON

TANNOUS CHALLENGES INTERNATIONAL TOGO

TANYA NGANDONG MAMBO NATIONAL ADVANCED SCHOOL OF PUBLIC WORKS YAOUNDE CAMEROON

TAREKEGN AYALEW YEHUALA BAHIR DAR UNIVERSITY ETHIOPIA

TATANG TEDONG RONEL BORIS AVDR CAMEROON

TCHEHOUNDJE CLAIRE BELMONDE OCENATOU ANYL4PSD BENIN BENIN

TCHIOTCHA INES DYLANE ASSOCIATION DES VOLONTAIRES POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT RURAL CAMEROON

THATAYOTLHE MAIKETSO BOTSWANA SOCIETY FOR MEN'S HEALTH EMPOWERMENT AND WELFARE BOTSWANA

THEA KABILY ONG JASD GUINEE





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TOCKO MALOUM PATRICK ANYL4PSD CAMEROON

TOSIN APIRIOLA-AJAYI WOMEN ENVIRONMENT AND YOUTH DEVELOP INITIATIVE-WOYODEV NIGERIA

TOSIN OLAYINKA ADEDIRAN SECURITY AND POLICY INNOVATION LTD NIGERIA

TSOGO AWONA JEAN HENRI GREEN DEVELOPMENT ADVOCATES (GDA) CAMEROON

UFUOMA AKPOBI INDOMITABLE YOUTHS ORGANIZATION (IYO) NIGERIA

VERONICA DZEAGU GHANA

VICTONE ONYANGO OTIENO INUKA SUCCESS ORGANIZATION KENYA

VICTOR KOREYO ABRAHAM'S CHILDREN FOUNDATION NIGERIA

VIDAL AMES SENEGAL

WALEKHWA ABEL WILSON AFRICA YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD- DISASTER RISK REDUCTION UGANDA

WAMBO POSSI PATRICK JEUNE VOLONTAIRE POUR L'ENVIRONNEMENT CAMEROON

WASWALA OLEWE MAASAI MARA UNIVERSITY KENYA

WYCLIFFE MPONIN STARDARD FOUNDATION KENYA KENYA

YAHYA SADIO DIALLO

ASSOCIATION MAURITANIENNE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT ET L'ALPHABETISATION. AMDA MAURITANIE

YAHYA SOWE AFRICA YOUTH 4 NATURE NETWORK GAMBIA

YAMUREMYE MOÏSE CHAMBRE TRANSVERSALE DES JEUNES ENTREPRENEURS DU BURUNDI BURUNDI

YEYE ANGE BONI JOACHIM YES GREEN EARTH COTE D'IVOIRE

YOUSSOUPHA TRAORE NATUREFRIENDS SENEGAL

YUSUF SISAWO

PARTICIPATORY SOCIAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION - UNIVERSITY OF THE GAMBIA GAMBIA

YVETTE AHENKORAH ALLIANCE FOR EMPOWERING RURAL COMMUNITIES (AERC) GHANA

ZABREEN MAJEED YOUTH ADVOCACY NETWORK, PAKISTAN PAKISTAN

ZIBLIM ABDUL KARIM WUZDA GHANA GHANA

ZOHRA ELIAS UNEP MGCY ALGERIA





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ANNEXES 6: Some Partcipants on whatsapp group





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Annexes 7: Working Group sessions’s form





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ANNEXE 8: Call for participation’s form




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ANNEXES 9: Agenda

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Time Activity Facilitator

9.30am – 9.40 am

Introductions and Workshop Expectations

Moderator

9.40am – 10.00 am

Opening Remarks Moderator

Session 1: Frontier between humans and nature : The degradation of Nature and the emergence of pandemics

10.00am – 11.00 am

Ecosystems and emerging zoonotic diseases of a viral nature

o Jean Emmanuel Essomba Mgbwa

o Esperance Chantal, o Dr. Afjal Ahmad,

Coronavirus diseases and COVID19

Governments earlier riposte to the COVID 19 pandemic

Translation of the content of the session in English and French Emmanuel Andela

Answers to the questions of participants collected in social media (Zoom, WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter…)

Nadine Flore Ndemba Paul Dongmo Lodry

Session 2:Understanding COVID19 pandemic and its impacts

11.00 am – 12.20 pm

COVID19 and its political, socio-economic and humanitarian o Dr. Elisée Libert Embolo Enyegue,

o Dr Herbert Kasiita o Loupa Pius

COVID19 and its implications on youth, women and indigenous people

COVID19, waste management and environmental pollution.




12.20 pm – 12.30 pm BREAK

Session 3: Addressing the multi-sectoral challenges of the short and long term impacts of COVID19 by green growth recover to achieve the sustainable development goals

12.30 pm – 13.40 pm

Developing and implementing a coordinated approach of innovative political and economic solutions, mobilizing all stakeholders at global, regional and national levels

Patrick Maloum

Strengthening the investment and implementation of One Health, EcoHeath, Great Green Wall initiatives, green growth strategies and renewable energies.

Mohamad Omar Mohammad Alawneh,

Move the nuclear and military weapons money to invest in environmental and sustainable development goals for present and future generations.

Divina Maloum

Brief translation of the content of the session in English and French

Emmanuel Andela


Speakers

13.40 pm – 13.50 pm BREAK




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Session 4: Role of the Civil Society Coalition New Deal for Nature and People and youths in the Fight against pandemics and COVID 19

13.50 pm – 14.30 pm

New deal for nature and people: a coalition for a stronger Africa

Elvis Meh Kum

How to influence environmental policies and strategy? Duduzile Fox Ndwandwe




14.30pm key recommendations Moderator

Working Session: Shaping together an African youth and civil society roadmap and declaration against covid19 and pandemics for a green growth recover in Africa and the in world

This session will be completed online by both participants and Speakers. It is an assignment for Participants. The outcomes of the questionnaire will be used to draft the African youth roadmap and declaration against covid19 and pandemics for a green growth recover in Africa and the in world. Participants will be sent the draft for review and adoption.

The Speakers, CSOs and youth will be closely accompanied to draft articles that will be released on several platforms

Working session google form link:……….…………...…

Joel Eboa



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