African Youth Resilience Initiatives Against COVID19 and Pandemics

GENERAL REPORT

June 2020

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Table of content

Glossary ...... Erreur ! Signet non défini.3 Introduction ...... 4 Organization of the regional online certified workshop African Youth Resilience Initiatives against COVID 19 and pandemics ...... 5  Opening ceremony, objectives, program and articulations of the workshop ...... 5  Regional online certified workshop’s sessions and articulations ...... 6  Session one: Frontier between humans and nature: the degradation of nature and the emergence of pandemics ...... 6  Session two: Understanding COVID19 pandemic and its impacts ...... 10  Session three: 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  Session four: Role of the Coalition New Deal for Nature and People and Youth in the Fight against pandemics and COVID19 ...... 25  Working Session Five : 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 ...... 30 Presentation of the African youth and civil society declaration and roadmap against covid19 and pandemics for a green growth recover in Africa and the in world...... Erreur ! Signet non défini.32  Content of the African youth and civil society declaration and roadmap against covid19 and pandemics for a green growth recover in Africa and the in worldErreur ! Signet non défini.32  Summary of the declaration ...... 41 Set up and operationalization of a regional New Deal for Nature and People Coalition of civil Society Organisations to implement the African youth and civil society declaration and roadmap against COVID19 and pandemics in Africa ...... 51  Set up of a regional coalition on New Deal for Nature and People, Creation and management of community (online) platforms ...... 51  Accompaniment of civil society organisation in the organisation of online and offline restitution of the regional online certified webinar ...... 53  Accompaniment and mentoring of the New Deal for Nature and People Coalition in drafting and implementation of innovative gender based and inclusive resilience initiatives to address the causes and the impacts of the COVID19 ...... 55 Impacts of the project African youth resilience initiatives against COVID19 and pandemics so far ...... 58 Conclusion ...... 60 Annexes ...... 79

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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

Africa and the world are 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 justifying the organization of the project African Youth Resilience Initiatives against COVID 19 and pandemics.

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Some key objectives of the project are as follows:

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

In this general report, we are going to showcase and analyze all Key steps and actions implemented in the frame of the African Youth Resilience Initiatives against COVID 19 and pandemics.

I- Organization of the regional online certified workshop African Youth Resilience Initiatives against COVID 19 and pandemics. The workshop was held on May 26, 2020 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). A- Opening ceremony, objectives, program and articulations of the workshop 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. During 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

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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. 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. 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.

B- Regional online certified workshop’s sessions and articulations The regional online certified workshop was articulated as follows:

1- Session one: 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.

a) 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.

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The most common zoonoses are divided into four main categories:

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).

b) 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

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

c) 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.

2- Session two: 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.

a) 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 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

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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 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

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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.

b) 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.

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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 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

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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 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.

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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 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.

c) Special focus on COVID19 and pastoral communities including youth and women in Uganda

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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

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

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

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

3- Session three: 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. a) 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 project 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

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itself) 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

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o Involve the private sector to diversify sources of investment with a view to producing financial returns for businesses and public goods 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. b) 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.

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

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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, 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

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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 financing, as well as assistance, encouragement, or inducement of these acts.

4- Session four: Role of the Coalition New Deal for Nature and People and Youth in the Fight against pandemics and COVID19

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The main speaker in this fourth session was Dr. Laurent Some, Policy and Partnership Head, WWF International, Cameroon. 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).

Figure 5: Biodiversity extinction rate

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

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Figure 6: Ecological challenges 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

2 IPBES (2019))

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to $80billion. The world register today over 3.6million COVID-19 cases and 250 000 deaths from COVID-19 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 Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement

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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.

5- Working Session Five : 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

II- Presentation of the African youth and civil society declaration and roadmap against covid19 and pandemics for a green growth recover in Africa and the in world In this section, we will first present the declaration of the African youth and civil society declaration and roadmap against covid19 and pandemics for a green growth recover in Africa and the in world; then we will make its summary.

A- Content of the 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 – 31, 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,

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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 risks 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 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

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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 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.

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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 directly or through its attendant consequences.

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 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.

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- 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 activities. - 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.

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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 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.).

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o Consider humanitarian personnel as essential personnel and give them the necessary support to travel and access people in need. 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 continues 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 these services diminishes. We call:

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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 suppressing transmissions and sharing knowledge. Countries should sustain food security and humanitarian financing to ensure humanitarian assistance continues to reach the 100 million

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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 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

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alia, their development, production, testing, acquisition, stockpiling, transfer, deployment, and financing, as well as assistance, encouragement, or inducement of these acts.”

B- 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 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 and activities organized by ANYL4PSD from May 26 -31, 2020 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 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

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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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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

NAMES ORGANISATION COUNTRY ABAI VICTOR ASONDO BRIDGERS ASSOCIATION CAMEROON CAMEROON ABDALLAHI ASME MAURITANIE ABDEDAIM BATTIOUI CENTRE CADI AYYAD FOR DEVELOPMENT MOROCCO FORMAL EDUCATION NETWORK FOR ABDIKADIR ISSA FARAH PRIVATE SCHOOLS (FENPS) SOMALIA DHRUBOTARA YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ABDULLAH AL MAMUN FOUNDATION BANGLADESH ABORODE ABDULLAHI GLOBAL YOUTH NETWORK NIGERIA KATHAK ACADEMY,SPECIAL ABUL KASHEM SHEIKH 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 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF LOCAL AHLEM TARTIR GOVERNMENT USA AHMED MUSE ALI THE YOUTH CAFE KENYA AHMED SEKOU DIALLO ONG AFAD MALI AHMED WARDA INDIVIDUAL EGYPT DEVELOPMENT & INTEGRITY AJAH CHIMA OLIVER INTERVENTION GOAL FOUNDATION NIGERIA KERALA STATE DISASTER MANAGEMENT AJIN R S AUTHORITY INDIA DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, KARIAVATTOM AJINA R S CAMPUS, UNIVERSITY OF KERALA INDIA UKANA WEST 2 COMMUNITY BASED AKANINYENE OBOT HEALTH INITIATIVE (CBHI) NIGERIA YOUTH ACCOUNTABILITY AND AKIGHIR CYPRIAN IORWUNDU TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE NIGERIA AKSHAY SHRIVASTAVA INDIA ASSOCIATION DE DEVELOPPEMENT ALEXANDRE KYUNGU AGRICOLE ÉDUCATIF ET SANITAIRE REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE MUSHETO "ADAES" DU CONGO ALHASSAN ABDUL KAREEM EVERGREEN TERRA FOUNDATION GHANA SIERRA LEONE SCHOOL GREEN CLUBS ALHASSAN SESAY (SLSGC) SIERRA LEONE ALI ABDOULAYE ZALIKA PLAN INTERNATIONAL GUINEE GUINEA ALICIA O SULLIVAN NYCI IRELAND ALLAHI BIZO ISMAEL AJEEC-NIGER NIGER CERCLE DES DROITS DE L'HOMME ET DE ALVIN KOUMBHAT DEVELOPPEMENT (CDHD) REPUBLIQUE DU CONGO NIGERIAN YOUTH CLIMATE AMB RUKAIYA MUHAMMAD PRESERVATION NETWORK NIGERIA

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AMINA MUHAMMAD SANI NIGERIA YOUTH CLIMATE NETWORK NIGERIA AGIR LOCAL ET DEVELOPPEMENT AMINOU ETIENNE DURABLE CAMEROUN AMINU BONIFACIO MASSIVE VISION ENTERPRISE GHANA ANA GONÇALVES SYAH CAPE VERDE ANA ISABEL FIAFILIO RODRIGUEZ PERU EMMANUEL ANDELA ANYL4PSD CAMEROON WAGAI ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND ANDREW OWAGA DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME KENYA CENTRE D'AACTION POUR LA PROMOTION ANDRIANJAKATINA AINA DE LA RESILLIENCE - MADAGASCAR / SYLVANIA AFRICA YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD ON DRR MADAGASCAR ANICET KANDEKE OPIRCO BURUNDI ANOHAR JOHN TFINS INDIA ANTONY WILLIAM YOUTH FOR LIFE ASSOCIATION ZIMBABWE DHRUBOTARA YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ANTU KUMAR ROY FOUNDATION BANGLADESH YOUTH ACCOUNTABILITY AND ASOGO TERKULA IGNATIUS 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 JEUNES VOLONTAIRES POUR AYOUBA ABDOU SANI L'ENVIRONNEMENT (JVE) NIGER NIGER AZAÏ JICA CAMEROON ASSOCIATION DES JEUNES POUR LE BA OUMAR DEVELOPPEMENT MAURITANIA JEUNES AGENTS DE DEVELOPPEMENT BACHIR NIANG SO (JAD) CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE BAHATI DENIS ADPR-RDC ASBL DU CONGO BAKANG NDABA SUCCESS CAPITAL ORGANISATION BOTSWANA BAKISSI KIBANGOU GARLAND PANAFRICAIN DES JEUNES POUR LA DEMENTI 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 BENCY C INDIA ATIPAD (ASSISTANCE DES TECHNICIENS AUX INITIATIVES PAYSANNES DE BIKA EKO ADOLPHE PATRICE DEVELOPPEMENT) CAMEROUN BISMARK SELORM ADZIMAH ACTIVISTA GHANA GHANA

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YOUTH ADVOCATES FOR PEACE AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT CAMEROON BOCHUM SAMUEL BACHE (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 ZAMBIA EMPOWERMENT AND CHEMBO MAFUKA NETWORKING INITIATIVE ZAMBIA CINDY KOBEI INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE KENYA ONG/ UNION POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT CISSE MAMADY III ET LA COOPERATION (UDEC) GUINEA REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE CLAUDIEN IRAGI HAMULI YOUTH ENTREPRENEURS CORPORATION DU CONGO CLEMENT LUSAKA GLOBAL SHAPERS ZAMBIA FOUNDATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL COMRADE NELSON NNANNA RIGHTS,ADVOCACY & DEVELOPMENT NWAFOR (FENRAD) NIGERIA ONG:UDEC (UNION POUR LE CONDE DANSOKO DEVELOPPEMENT ET LA COOPERATION) GUINEE CONAKRY DADA KAYODE SUNDAY JOHN AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA NIGERIA DAMARIS UJA WOMEN ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMME NIGERIA THE YOUTH CAFE AND THE AFRICAN DAMILOLA ADEDURO LEADERSHIP UNIVERSITY RWANDA YOUTH ADVOCACY NETWORK (YAN) DANISH TARIQ PAKISTAN PAKISTAN UNION POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT ET LA DANSO CAMARA 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 ASSOCIATION MAURITANIENNE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT ET L'ALPHABETISATION. DIALLO AMDA MAURITANIE DIALLO CHERIF CLUB HUMANITAIRE SANS FRONTIERES GUINEA REPUBLIC DICKSON KITHINJI SAFEDRIVE AFRICA FOUNDATION (SDAF) KENYA DIEUSSEL DORSAINT RNVPDLH HAÏTI DIOLA SOKOLI GYP,AI,CHANGE.ORG ETC ALBANIA DJIBRILA YOUSSOUFA PIVJET INTERNATIONAL CAMEROON DONGMO PAUL LODRY ANYL4PSD CAMEROON DOROTHY MUTIMUSHI HARDY COSMOS ZAMBIA CROIX-ROUGE BENINOISE , UNFPA PAIRS DOSSOU MENOUWE MARCEL ÉDUCATEUR ,IQUAL CALAVI,VNU BENIN

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DR. DR EMBOLO ENYEGUE ELISEE LIBERT ECOCLEAN ENVIRONNEMENT CAMEROON DR K PURUSHOTHAM REDDY ENVIRONMENTALIST. HYDERABAD, INDIA. DR KASIITA HERBERT INFOWE CONCEPTS LTD UGANDA BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY BHU DR MD AFJAL AHMAD 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 SCHOOL OF WILDLIFE CONSERVATION OTHNIEL RWANDA RWANDA EBO HERMANN ONG JEVEV BENIN EBOA EYOUM ISMAIL JOEL ANYL4PSD CAMEROON SOLAR PROFESSIONALS GAMBIA EBOU M BOYE CHAPTER GAMBIA EBRAHIM RAMADAN DIAB STEM GHARBIYA SCHOOL EGYPT EDIDIONG ENANG YOUTHS FOR CHANGE INITIATIVE (YOFCI) NIGERIA PEOPLE'S FEDERATION FOR NATIONAL EDWARD CHAKA PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT (PEFENAP) MALAWI CENTRE D'OBSERVATION ET DE EKLU 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 MOPAFEJ (MOUVEMENT PRIORITAIRE ESSAY AMBOULE FRANCINE- POUR DES ACTIONS EN FAVEUR DE RAISSA 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 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

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AMIS DE L'AFRIQUE FRANCOPHONE- FATAÏ AINA BENIN (AMAF-BENIN) BENIN CERCLE DES FORMATEURS ET ACTEURS FOFANA SORIBA 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 ONG JEUNESSE POUR LE TOURISME ET GOR BI GOH MICHAEL L'ECOLOGIE (JTE) COTE D'IVOIRE RESEAU DES FEMMES POUR LES DROITS GOUNDO SISSOKO ENVIRONNEMENTAUX MALI PREPARED (PAKISTAN RURAL INITIATIVES FOR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, GUL WALI KHAN 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 NTENGWE FOR COMMUNITY INNOCENT ISAAC DEVELOPMENT ZIMBABWE FEMMES D’IMPACTS POUR LE IRADUKUNDA HENDRICK DEVELOPPEMENT INTEGRAL BURUNDI 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 IRANA SERGE BERGES DU LOGONE. CAMEROUN ISATOU BAH GAMBIA ISMAËL CAMARA UNEP MGCY REPUBLIQUE DE GUINEE ISMAIL SIDI ALI ZEMMA AWARENESS INITIATIVE NIGERIA RESEAU NATIONAL DES VOLONTAIRES POUR LA PROMOTION DU JAMESLEY PETIT-FRERE DEVELOPPEMENT LOCAL EN HAÏTI HAÏTI JEAN DE DIEU MUSENGAMANA RWANDA JEAN-CLAUDE PAUL DEGBE ONG PADJENA BENIN JEANNE KAMETIANGWE UNION DES FEMMES OPPRIMEES; UFO EN RÉPUBLIQUE DÉMOCRATIQUE ABUTOGE SIGLE DU CONGO JOHN AGGREY HIRED CONSULT GHANA JOHN EDE OHAHA FAMILY FOUNDATION NIGERIA

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ONG APPUI SOLIDAIRE POUR LE RENFORCEMENT DE L AIDE AU KABINE DOUMBIA 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 CAMEROUN KIHUO KITALYABOSHI REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE ETIENNE UJEDE/ONG DU CONGO KONDWANI KACHEPA YOUTHRISE ZAMBIA KOSSIVI NEVAEME SENEGAL KOUAME HERMANN KOFFI ONG CHANGE HUMAN'S LIFE COTE D'IVOIRE CERCLE DES DROITS DE L'HOMME ET DE KOUMBHAT ALVIN DEVELOPPEMENT (CDHD) REPUBLIQUE DU CONGO KUEVIAKOE AMAVI EKUE MINISTERE DE LA SANTE TOGO TOGO CENTRE D'ACTION POUR LE KUMESSI YAWOVI EVENUNYE DEVELOPPEMENT RURAL TOGO LAKO STEPHANE WATER FOR LIFE CAMEROON CAMEROON LAURENT SOME KENYA LENGA AUDREY JVE CAMEROUN CAMEROUN LEONIE SOGONI BEAVOGUI PLAN INTERNATIONAL GUINEA DYNAMIC AGRO-PASTORALIST DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION/ ARID LOUPA PIUS LANDSCAPE INITIATIVE AFRICA UGANDA MAHAMAT MOUNTASSIR ASSOCIATION AGIR POUR LE MAHAMAT ALI DEVELOPPEMENT DURABLE CHAD MAKEBEL PAGLAGA HERVÉ JEUNES VOLONTAIRES POUR DONATIEN L'ENVIRONNEMENT (JVE CAMEROUN) CAMEROON MALOUM DIVINA STELLA CHILDREN FOR PEACE CAMEROON ASSOCIATION FOR PROMOTION MANGE RAM ADHANA SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT INDIA MANTOPI MARTINA DE TECHNOLOGIES FOR ECONOMIC PORRES LEBOFA DEVELOPMENT - TED LESOTHO LIGUE NATIONALE DES ASSOCIATIONS AUTOCHTONES PYGMEES DU CONGO DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF MBILIZI MUTIMANWA FIDELE (LINAPYCO) CONGO M'BOUA ADOU JEAN-MARC ONG-ASCOM COTE D'IVOIRE AFRICAN YOUTH INTIATIVE ON CLIMATE MCLARENCE MANDAZA CHANGE IN ZIMBABWE (AYICC-ZIM) ZIMBABWE UNION POUR LA PROMOTION/PROTECTION, LA DEFENSE DES DROITS HUMAINS ET MESCHAC NAKANYWENGE 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 REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE

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DEVELOPPEMENT COMMUNAUTAIRE) DU CONGO, RDC MONSEDE FRANCK WOLLO SOCIAL WATCH BENIN BENIN MOUKOKO MBOUNGOU UNITE DE COORDINATION DES ROLAND CHANEL JUNIOR PROGRAMMES ET PROJETS CONGO MUHAMMED A MUHAMMAD ZERO WASTE AFRICA NIGERIA MUKTAR MOHAMED NOOR JALALAQA DEVELOPMENT LINK KENYA MULUMEODERHWA ACTION FOR IMPROVEMENT OF FOOD DEMOCRATIC REPUBLC OF LUSHOMBO THEODORE CHILD AND MOTHER (AFICM) 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 UNOADD (UNION DES ORGANISMES NENBE PIERRE D'APPUI AU DEVELOPPEMENT DURABLE) CAMEROON NICHOLAS JENGRE SOLIDARIDAD WEST AFRICA SIERRA LEONE NOUMBOU VEHPOUBOUOT ESPERANCE PRISCILLE VEH- HOPE CAMEROUN APPUI AUX INITIATIVES COMMUNAUTAIRE DE CONSERVATION DE L’ENVIRONNEMENT LA REPUBLIQUE NYEBONE FAUSTIN ET DE DEVELOPPEMENT DURABLE, AICED DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO NZEGANG TCHUISSEU MIGUEL ALIVE CAMEROON FOUNDATION FOR DEVELOPMENT AND OCEN IVAN KENNETH 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 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF PASCAL MUGARUKA AFRICA RECONCILED CONGO PATRICK MWILA FAMILIES ARE NATIONS ZAMBIA HELP FOOD SECURITY AND LIVELIHOOD- PAUL LUPAI ERESTO AFRICA SOUTH SUDAN PEDETIN OLUREMI GANDONU OHAHA FOUNDATION NIGERIA ONG JEUNES VOLONTAIRES POUR PERSIDE SAGBOHAN L'ENVIRONNEMENT (JVE BENIN) BENIN PRINCE .OLUWASEYI OLAWUYI WORLD ECOLOGICAL CONCEPT NIGERIA BUSEGA YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PRINCE MUSANJE ROGERS COMMUNITY UGANDA PROF. SRINIVASA KUNUTHUR PRAKRITI VYAVASAYA SAMAKHYA INDIA PROFESSOR SANJAY ROUT INNOVATION SOLUTION LAB INDIA RABEB ALOUI YOUNG MED VOICES TUNISIA RANDRIAMPARANY TANTELY CAPRESIL MADAGASCAR

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SARAH RIANNE TEN VEEN GREEN CREATION THE NETHERLANDS AFRICAN INDIGENOUS WOMEN RUTH KAMAU ORGANISATION KENYA SUSTAINABLE GREEN ENVIRONMENT RUTH OLOWOSILE INITIATIVE NIGERIA SADABIEU SULAIMAN QURAISHI WASTE MANAGEMENT QURAISHI ENTERPRISES SIERRA LEONE SAFINA MAULIDA FASHION REVOLUTION INDONESIA SAKINAT BELLO BREAK-FREE FROM PLASTIC INITIATIVE NIGERIA SUSTAINABLE GREEN ENVIRONMENT SANMI OLOWOSILE INITIATIVE NIGERIA SARAPHINA AMBALE ANJIA TINADA YOUTH ORGANISATION KENYA YOUNG VOLUNTEERS FOR ENVIRONMENT SILENOU BLONDEL CAMEROON CAMEROON SMITH NWOKOCHA VOICE OF THE VULNERABLES NIGERIA THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NGOS/ACTION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS STEPHEN CHEBOI (SDGS) KENYA COALITION KENYA SUBRAMANIA SIVA WORLD VISION INDIA INDIA SUNDAY BERLIOZ KAKPO SOS BIODIVERSITY BENIN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND TANDA GODWIN ADE DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (EPDA) CAMEROON TANNOUS CHALLENGES INTERNATIONAL TOGO NATIONAL ADVANCED SCHOOL OF PUBLIC TANYA NGANDONG MAMBO WORKS YAOUNDE CAMEROON TAREKEGN AYALEW YEHUALA BAHIR DAR UNIVERSITY ETHIOPIA TATANG TEDONG RONEL BORIS AVDR CAMEROUN TCHEHOUNDJE CLAIRE BELMONDE OCENATOU ANYL4PSD BENIN BENIN ASSOCIATION DES VOLONTAIRES POUR LE TCHIOTCHA INES DYLANE DEVELOPPEMENT RURAL CAMEROUN BOTSWANA SOCIETY FOR MEN'S HEALTH THATAYOTLHE MAIKETSO EMPOWERMENT AND WELFARE BOTSWANA THEA KABILY ONG JASD GUINEA CONAKRY TOCKO MALOUM PATRICK ANYL4PSD CAMEROON WOMEN ENVIRONMENT AND YOUTH TOSIN APIRIOLA-AJAYI DEVELOP INITIATIVE-WOYODEV NIGERIA TOSIN OLAYINKA ADEDIRAN SECURITY AND POLICY INNOVATION LTD NIGERIA TSOGO AWONA JEAN HENRI GREEN DEVELOPMENT ADVOCATES (GDA) CAMEROUN INDOMITABLE YOUTHS ORGANIZATION UFUOMA AKPOBI (IYO) NIGERIA VERONICA DZEAGU GHANA VICTONE ONYANGO OTIENO INUKA SUCCESS ORGANIZATION KENYA VICTOR KOREYO ABRAHAM'S CHILDREN FOUNDATION NIGERIA VIDAL AMES SENEGAL AFRICA YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD- WALEKHWA ABEL WILSON DISASTER RISK REDUCTION UGANDA

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JEUNE VOLONTAIRE POUR WAMBO POSSI PATRICK L'ENVIRONNEMENT CAMEROON WASWALA OLEWE MAASAI MARA UNIVERSITY KENYA WYCLIFFE MPONIN STARDARD FOUNDATION KENYA KENYA ASSOCIATION MAURITANIENNE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT ET L'ALPHABETISATION. YAHYA SADIO DIALLO AMDA MAURITANIA YAHYA SOWE AFRICA YOUTH 4 NATURE NETWORK GAMBIA CHAMBRE TRANSVERSALE DES JEUNES YAMUREMYE MOÏSE ENTREPRENEURS DU BURUNDI BURUNDI YEYE ANGE BONI JOACHIM YES GREEN EARTH COTE D'IVOIRE YOUSSOUPHA TRAORE NATUREFRIENDS SENEGAL PARTICIPATORY SOCIAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION - UNIVERSITY OF THE YUSUF SISAWO GAMBIA GAMBIA ALLIANCE FOR EMPOWERING RURAL YVETTE AHENKORAH COMMUNITIES (AERC) GHANA ZABREEN MAJEED YOUTH ADVOCACY NETWORK, PAKISTAN PAKISTAN ZIBLIM ABDUL KARIM WUZDA GHANA GHANA ZOHRA ELIAS UNEP MGCY ALGERIA

III- Set up and operationalisation of a regional New Deal for Nature and People Coalition of civil Society Organisations to implement the African youth and civil society declaration and roadmap against COVID19 and pandemics in Africa After the regional online certified workshop and the elaboration of the African youth and civil society declaration and roadmap against COVID19 and pandemics, African Network of Young Leaders for Peace and Sustainable Development has conduct a process of set up of a regional New Deal for Nature and People Coalition constituted by African youth and civil Society organisations and has accompanied them in the implementation of the declaration in Africa.

A- Set up of a regional coalition on New Deal for Nature and People, Creation and management of community (online) platforms All through the project, African Network of Young Leaders for Peace and Sustainable Development a created and managed community (online) platforms (Zoom, YouTube, twitter4, Facebook5, WhatsApp…) to enable African youth leaders to (a) interact among themselves and with the network staff in the frame of the African youth and civil society resilience initiative against COVID19 and pandemics; to (b) engage dialogue on the implementation process of African youth and civil society declaration and roadmap against COVID19 and pandemics for a green growth resumption in Africa and in the world and (c) to

4 Twitter: @jlnu_cameroun 5 African Network of Young Leaders for Peace and Sustainable Development

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engage dialogue on biodiversity and New Deal for Nature. An event page has been created to serve both as vitrine of the project and as forum of discussion among civil society organization6.

We have set up a regional coalition on New Deal for Nature and People coming from several West, Central, North and Austral Africa, constituted of children, youth, women coming from several sectors as civil society, media, local elected, business, indigenous people, refugees, IDPs and startups. One of the key goals of this activity was to enable the CSOs to be working together, share with each other and learn from each other while implementing the declaration. After the regional online certified workshop, the members of the coalition have been accompanied and mentored in several tasks such as: (a) or organize (online) restitution of the regional online certified webinar, (b) the drafting and implementation of innovative gender based and inclusive resilience initiatives to address the causes and the impacts of the COVID19; (b) to share in various social media platforms their stories (through written, articles, videos, memes…) about how COVID19 affects their life/communities and their initiatives to sustainably tackle COVID19 and its causes and to address its impacts in economy, health, unpaid work, in humanitarian and fragile settings and on human rights including gender based violence.

Image 1: Some screenshots of Zoom meeting Pictures

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Image 2 Some screeshots of whatsapp interactions

B- Accompaniment of civil society organisation in the organisation of online and

offline restitution of the regional online certified webinar After the regional online certified webinar, African Network of young Leaders for Peace and Sustainable Development (ANYL4PSD) has delivered certificates co-signed by WWF to participants. Thereafter, ANYL4PSD has accompanied trained African Youth leaders to organise (online) restitution of the workshop to their members within their communities across Africa. The restitution of the workshop by civil society organisations was made on the basis of the regional workshop report and the elaborated declaration. It aimed to shed light on the current pandemic and to empower young people and communities so that they can face its well. Many Civil Society Organisations passed on communications to other organizations that did not have the chance to take part to the regional workshop via various online and offline platforms. During the restitution workshops and meetings, civil society organisations coordinated very fruitfully exchanges with their colleagues, members; participants and targets that were very curious and anxious to know the realities of this pandemic. The debates were mainly oriented

www.anyl4psd.org; [email protected] Tel: +237695962496/+22792454185 P.O.BOX 1932 Yaoundé- Cameroon 53 towards the fight against COVID-19 and solutions to overcome the socio- economic and humanitarian crisis generated by the pandemic. In several restitution meetings, participants affirmed that “No other emergency has led to the paralysis of Africa and the world economy. No other response to a disaster has led to the home confinement of more than half of the world population”. Several Young people expressed their dismay about restriction measures. For many, “After several weeks of lockdowns, it is becoming clear that a policy of indiscriminate social distancing can’t last indefinitely. While these restrictive measures have proved necessary to slow down the spread of the virus and have saved tens of thousands of lives, they come at high social and economic costs”. In some countries, during the restitution, debates were focused on nature pollution as plastic pollution that has become one of the most pressing environmental issues, as rapidly increasing production of disposable plastic products overwhelms the world’s ability to deal with them. Much of the planet is swimming in discarded plastic, resulting in huge biodiversity losses. Participants were also concerned about the fact that the year 2020 which is the most important year when entering in the decade of action to achieve the UN sustainable development global (SDG 2030 agenda) seems (because of COVID19) to be a challenging year for several SDGs namely, SDG-13, climate change; SDG 14 - Life Below Water; and SDG 15 - Life on Land, which are the focused goals to ensure #biosecurity through Environmental Protection are at risk. The last 2 decades, the natural environment faced an irreparable loss by multiple anthropogenic sources, thus demanding serious attention to attain SDGs. During the restitutions of the regional online certified webinar by trained CSOs, participants have also benefited from relevant documentation. Many testified to the wealth of documents that were shared during this restitution. At the end of discussions, it generally emerged that the COVID 19 pandemic is a reality that would have an impact on everyone's life and that it is everyone's duty to respect the measures and apply the instructions in order to preserve life and ensuring a better future. Attendees expressed that it is time of seizing the governments so that more consideration should be given to the health and nature components. Participants emitted the wish that several local webinars on environment protection be organized with a specific focus on the sharing of innovative work experience in one hand on COVID19 and pandemic prevention and fighting and in another hand on prevention and fight against plastic pollution with a specific focus on youth inclusion. They call on for redefining human relationship with nature. They hailed the set-up of the New Deal for Nature and People regional coalition as an important tool that would enable them to impact their communities and influence policies. They believe that with the power of children, youth, women coming from several sectors (as civil society, media, local elected, business, indigenous people, refugees, IDPs and startups) across the continent working actively and collaboratively in advancing policy, capacity building, green entrepreneurship and networking platforms, Africa may be able to lead a decade on restoration of biological diversity and sustainable ecosystems through agriculture development and by giving a particular importance to plants, flowers, bees and trees,

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Image3: Screenshots, digital platform of mentoring and accompaniment of African Youth and civil society organizations in the drafting and implementing of their initiatives against COVIDD19 and pandemics

C- Accompaniment and mentoring of the New Deal for Nature and People Coalition in drafting and implementation of innovative gender based and inclusive resilience initiatives to address the causes and the impacts of the COVID19 All through the project, African Network of Young Leaders for Peace and Sustainable Development has accompanied New Deal for Nature and People Coalition members in the drafting and implementation of innovative gender based and inclusive resilience initiatives to address the causes and the impacts of the COVID19. Several projects as capacity building, outreach, campaign, psycho-social assistance to communities; digital solutions against COVID19 have been drafted and implemented by the coalition members. ANYL4PSD has:  Supported the CSOs in the development and deployment of a strategy to implement their initiatives.  Accompanied them to elaborate key advocacy messages throughout the project  Offered them digital communication supports for awareness, education and advocacy  Supported them in the mapping of local, national and international actors to whom advocacy messages will be disseminated online  Encouraged them to work collaboratively, exchange via different online and offline platforms  Encouraged them to publish their various initiatives in their social networks by putting the Project Hashtag  Accompanied / mentored African youth and civil society leaders to share (in writing articles7, videos, memes8 ...) on several digitized platforms (online) (YouTube9, Twitter,

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Facebook, WhatsApp ...) stories related to the pandemic and their initiatives to sustainably fight COVID19 and its causes and to cope with its impacts

The New Deal for Nature and People Coalition members have engaged:  Advocacies for multi-stakeholders collaboration and synergies at local, national and international levels in the set-up; implementation and follow up of updated policy aiming at (1) reinforced control, and regulation of wildlife industries to ensure high sanitary standards and sustainability; (2) 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 like bats and civets which are known to carry coronaviruses (3) Increased measures for protection, conservation, and restoration of forests and their broader landscapes contribute to positive human health.

 Advocacies and sensitization, 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

 Advocacies for multi-stakeholders collaboration and synergies at local, national and international levels in the set-up; implementation and follow up of COVID-19 response plans, and every recovery package and budgeting of resources/needs to address the impacts of this pandemic in all sectors with a gender driven perspective with regard to the Women’s Empowerment Principles

 Advocacies for increased regional and international cooperation for the heeding of the UN call for ceasefire, Disarmament, fight against proliferation of weapons, disinvestment in killing technologies as weapons and nuclear arsenals that cost trillions dollars and investment in sustainable development goals sectors and nature conservation

 Advocacies for Multi-stakeholders collaboration and synergies at local, national and international levels in developing an integrated holistic approach to tackle present pandemic and to prevent future pandemic and which views human, animal and environmental health as inextricably interconnected and provide the much-needed science to understand high-risk species, high-risk areas and high-risk behaviors.

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 Advocacies for the set-up; implementation and follow up of COVID-19 response plans, and every recovery package and budgeting of resources/needs to address the impacts of this pandemic in all sectors with a gender driven perspectives (1) offering guidance on how to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment in leadership, the workplace, marketplace, community, transparency and reporting (2) giving CSO/CBO and women’s hands through programs using mobile banking (3) introducing measures that can either be implemented with low transaction costs (such as temporarily eliminating electricity bills for poor consumers) (4) introduce measures to alleviate the tax burden on women owned businesses. (5) Use women’s networks and civil society organizations, including cooperative, microfinance and savings groups, to communicate on benefits. During African youth and civil society activities implementation, a particular focus was made on the spread and vulgarization of the African Youth and civil society declaration and roadmap against COVID19 and Pandemics for a sustainable green growth recover in Africa and in the world. This has been done directly through several online and offline platforms and through the support of some international organisations and institutions to which African Network of Young Leaders for Peace and Sustainable Development (ANYL4PSD is affiliated among with Worldwide Fund for Nature; United Nation Environment Program, United Nation Convention to Combat Desertification. Many Civil society organisations activities zeroed in also on gender and equity, and vulnerable people rights focusing particularly on girls and women rights and indigenous people rights. Some organisations launched capacity building workshops and outreach on COVID19 and gender based violence aiming at educating boys and men and empowering Girls and women on their Rights and increasing community sensitisation and advocacy with the ultimate goal to reduce the number of rape and other sexual crimes during and after COVID19 pandemic. These activities also aimed at advocating for a fair treatment of women workers and indigenous groups. The New Deal for Nature and People Coalition members have engaged during the celebration of the World Environmental Day and the Desertification and Drought Day through a digital campaign made up of memes, spots and videos performance.

Photo4: Some CSOs activities on gender and COVID19in Nigeria by a coalition of civil society organizations members of ANYL4PSD and the New Deal for Nature and People Coalition

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Photos5: Some flyers, screenshots and memes related to some activities organized by civil society organizations members of ANYL4PSD and the New Deal for Nature and People Coalition during the World Environmental Day and the Desertification and Drought Day2020

IV- Impacts of the project African youth resilience initiatives against COVID19 and pandemics so far

Through several actions at local, national and regional level, the project African youth resilience initiatives against COVID19 and pandemics is contributing to:

 Improved living conditions, sustainable green growth and health in African countries thanks to increased number of young people (1) engaged in advocacy; capacity building activities, green entrepreneurship, effective partnerships and operational networking platform to foster green growth and sustainable development achievement (2) tailoring and

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implementing education, awareness initiatives and programmes (focusing the intersection between COVID19, zoonotic diseases, pandemics, nature conservation and degradation) targeting others youth leaders, (vulnerable/indigenous) communities, civil society, private sector, governments; (3) accompanying and mentoring several youth networks, multi- stakeholders platforms and (local) governments in the elaboration, adjustment (by integrating ESD) , implementation, follow up, assessment and reports of actions plans ( with identified priority area) and National Determined Contribution/ National voluntary commitments so as to enable them to reach the targets

 Improved living conditions, sustainable green growth and health in African countries thanks to multi-stakeholders collaboration and synergies at local, national and international levels in the set-up; implementation and follow up of updated policy aiming at increased sensitization, 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.

It should be noted that many children, youth, women coming from several sectors as civil society, media, local elected, business, indigenous people, refugees, IDPs and startups are still working under the banner of the New Deal for Nature and People Coalition led by African Network of Young Leaders for Peace and Sustainable Development (ANYL4PSD) to make happen substantive changes and ultimate goals of the project in middle and long terms, namely:

 Governments engagement to sign and implement the New Deal for Nature and People as a globally binding agreement to halve our footprint on nature; stop the loss of natural habitats and to stop the extinction of living species;

 Increased regional and international cooperation for the heeding of the UN call for ceasefire, Disarmament, fight against proliferation of weapons, disinvestment in killing technologies as weapons and nuclear arsenals that cost trillions dollars and investment in sustainable development goals sectors (as Universal Health Care system, education, agriculture, digitalization) could help to suppress all the threats to our humanity, foster peacebuilding and boost the implementation of sustainable development goals worldwide and lifting many community out of poverty and disaster.

 Multi-stakeholders collaboration and synergies at local, national and international levels in developing an integrated holistic approach tackle present pandemic and to prevent future pandemic and which views human, animal and environmental health as inextricably interconnected and provide the much-needed science to understand high-risk species, high-risk areas and high-risk behaviors.

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 Multi-stakeholders collaboration and synergies at local, national and international levels in the set-up; implementation and follow up of COVID-19 response plans, and every recovery package and budgeting of resources/needs to address the impacts of this pandemic in all sectors (formal and informal, public and private) and cross-cutting sectors (economic, health, unpaid care work; gender-based Violence; humanitarian and fragile settings and human Rights) with a gender driven perspective with regard to the Women’s Empowerment Principles (that are a set of seven principles offering guidance to business on how to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment in leadership, the workplace, marketplace, community, transparency and reporting) . This means: (1) including women and women’s organizations at the heart of the COVID-19 response; (2) transforming the inequities of unpaid care work into a new, inclusive care economy that works for everyone; and (3) designing, implementing socio-economic and agro-forestry plans with an intentional focus on the lives and futures of women and girls; and (4) ensuring the health, safety and well-being of all women and men workers; (6) Exempting unpaid family caregivers and farmers from lockdown restrictions and providing them with the support and equipment necessary to do their jobs safely; (7) Put cash in women’s hands through programs using mobile banking (8) Introduce measures that can either be implemented with low transaction costs (such as temporarily eliminating electricity bills for poor consumers). (9) Use pre-existing national social protection programs and adapt targeting methodologies to ensure income for groups affected by COVID-19 and especially where women are heavily represented (tourism, teaching, retail, restaurants, hospitality, etc). (10) Extend basic social protection to informal workers. (11) Introduce measures to alleviate the tax burden on women owned businesses. (12) Use women’s networks and civil society organizations, including cooperative, microfinance and savings groups, to communicate on benefits. (13) Integrate a gender assessment in all country assessments to understand the impact of COVID-19 on women and girls, including economic impact, and how to address it effectively. (14) Prioritize investments in and access to basic accessible infrastructure and public services, including in rural areas, informal settlements and IDP and refugee camps, by: (a) Expanding childcare support for working parents where schools, childcare and respite care services are closed, with a particular focus on safe and accessible services for essential workers. (b) Continuing school feeding programmes and adapt them to the crisis context by preparing rations for delivery or pick-up. (c) Ensuring access to sufficient and affordable water, sanitation, and hygiene services for vulnerable groups of women, including in informal settlements, rural areas, and refugee camps. (d) Procuring goods and services for infrastructure and public services from women-owned enterprises; (15) expand and provide inclusive social protection for caregivers to mitigate the effects of the overload of unpaid care work by: (a) Expanding access to paid family leave and paid sick leave. (b) Introducing paid reductions in working time / work-sharing for workers with care responsibilities. (c) Expanding the reach and benefit levels of social assistance programmes that disproportionately target women, such as cash transfers and social pensions, and suspending all conditionalities for the duration of the COVID-19 crisis. (d) Introducing new cash transfers, including for women with care responsibilities. www.anyl4psd.org; [email protected] Tel: +237695962496/+22792454185 P.O.BOX 1932 Yaoundé- Cameroon 60

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.

Globally, the project has contributed to

 Improve the capacity/knowledge of African youth leaders in the intersection between COVID19, zoonotic diseases, pandemics, nature conservation and degradation ;  Build Africa youth Leaders capacity in internal and external engagement including advocacy for effective delivery and 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, including by promoting human/women health/rights, green growth, ecosystems conservation and restoration and the global ceasefire though the disinvestment in nuclear weapons and military technologies;  Set up of a declaration and a roadmap of the African youth and civil society declaration and roadmap against covid19 and pandemics for a green growth recover in Africa and the in world  Set up and operationalise a regional New Deal for Nature and People Coalition of civil Society Organisations in WWF countries of operation and in others African Counties;  Mentor and support African youth leaders to draft and implement internal and external actions, including articles, videos, memes to carry out innovative initiatives and advocacies in the frame of the regional campaign: AfricanYouthResilienceInitiativesAgainstCOVID19  Offer digitalized (online) platforms (YouTube, twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp…) to African youth leaders to enable them to share (through written, articles, videos, memes…) their stories about how COVID19 affects their life/communities and their initiatives to sustainably tackle COVID19 and its causes and to address its impacts in economy, health, unpaid work, in humanitarian and fragile settings and on human rights including gender based violence.

Specifically, the project through the regional online certified workshop and several subsequent local restitutions and activities organised online and offline by African Network of young leaders for Peace and Sustainable Development and New Deal for Nature and People Coalition in communities and platforms has enabled to at least 10 000 of persons to to understand the causes of the emerging and neglected zoonotic diseases of a viral nature, the

www.anyl4psd.org; [email protected] Tel: +237695962496/+22792454185 P.O.BOX 1932 Yaoundé- Cameroon 61 interrelations between Coronaviruses diseases and the COVID 19. The regional workshop and the national restitutions have analyzed on some management strategies that have been deployed and employed so far by Governments to contain certain zoonotic diseases. The project has 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 regional workshop and the local restitutions have given a particular attention to addressing the multi-sectoral challenges of the short and long term impacts of COVID19 if we want to achieve the sustainable development goals”. They have 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.

The project has permitted young people to understand the New Deal for nature and people, its genesis, its functioning, its goal and its mechanism. They 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. Through the African youth and civil society declaration against COVID19 and pandemics, the project has 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 is made on the importance of strengthening coordination and partnerships for food security and agriculture monitoring and evaluation in evidence-based programs, while increasing aid humanitarian and essential livelihoods for the 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 is 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

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Children, youth, women coming from several sectors as civil society, media, local elected, business, indigenous people, refugees, IDPs and startups are still working under the banner of the New Deal for Nature and People Coalition led by African Network of Young Leaders for Peace and Sustainable Development (ANYL4PSD) and are more and more aware of their role as agents of change capable to mobilize other youths and their communities to change their behaviors in favor of nature conservation. This can be perceived through several innovative and resilient initiatives they have elaborated and have been implementing. 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 further discussed and appropriated by youth and civil society organizations during the upcoming certified webinars at a date that will be fixed by African Network of Young Leaders for Peace and Sustainable Development in collaboration with the New Deal for Nature and People Coalition. To enable them to play a decisive role in this new pact with nature they have engaged, youth, women and civil society call on for all kind of support to the spread and implementation of the declaration against COVID19 and pandemics. Young people call also to the support to the upcoming regional certified webinars (that several participants emitted the wish to be regularly organized); support of governments and partners to the implementation of their Resilience Initiatives Against COVID19 and Pandemics as well as their initiatives for biodiversity, land degradation neutrality and disaster risk reduction.

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ANNEXES:

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ANNEXE 1: Regional Certified webinar flyers

ANNEXE 2: Call for participation’s form

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ANNEXE 3: Working Group sessions’s fo

ANNEXES 4: Workshop Agenda

Tuesday, May 26, 2020 Time Activity Facilitator 9.30am – Introductions and Workshop Expectations Moderator 9.40 am 9.40am – Opening Remarks Moderator 10.00 am Session 1: Frontier between humans and nature : The degradation of Nature and the emergence of pandemics 10.00am –  Ecosystems and emerging zoonotic diseases of a viral o Jean Emmanuel 11.00 am nature Essomba Mgbwa  Coronavirus diseases and COVID19 o Esperance Chantal, o Dr. Afjal Ahmad,  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 Nadine Flore Ndemba media (Zoom, WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter…) Session 2:Understanding COVID19 pandemic and its impacts 11.00 am –  COVID19 and its political, socio-economic and humanitarian o Dr. Elisée Libert Embolo 12.20 pm Enyegue,  COVID19 and its implications on youth, women and o Dr Herbert Kasiita indigenous people o Loupa Pius  COVID19, waste management and environmental pollution. Translation of the content of the session in English and French Emmanuel Andela Answers to the questions of participants collected in social Nadine Flore Ndemba media (Zoom, WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter…) 12.20 pm – 12.30 pm BREAK

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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 –  Developing and implementing a coordinated approach of Patrick Maloum 13.40 pm innovative political and economic solutions, mobilizing all stakeholders at global, regional and national levels  Strengthening the investment and implementation of Mohamad Omar One Health, EcoHeath, Great Green Wall initiatives, green Mohammad Alawneh, growth strategies and renewable energies.  Move the nuclear and military weapons money to invest in Divina Maloum environmental and sustainable development goals for present and future generations. Brief translation of the content of the session in English and Emmanuel Andela French Answers to the questions of participants collected in social Speakers media (Zoom, WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter…) 13.40 pm – 13.50 pm BREAK 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 –  New deal for nature and people: a coalition for a stronger Dr. Laurent Some, Policy 14.30 pm Africa and Partnership Head, WWF International, Cameroon  How to influence environmental policies and strategy? Duduzile Fox Ndwandwe

Translation of the content of the session in English and French Emmanuel Andela

Answers to the questions of participants collected in social Nadine Flore Ndemba media (Zoom, WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter…) 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 Joel Eboa and Speakers. It is an assignment for Participants. The Assisted by Paul Dongmo outcomes of the questionnaire will be used to draft the Lodry 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:……….…………...…

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ANNEXE 5: Some useful links of the projects

 Website, blog, facebook, Twitter www.anyl4psd.org https://anyl4psd.org/events/african-youth-resilience-initiatives-against-covid19-and-pandemics/ Twitter: @jlnu_cameroun Facebook: African Network of Young Leaders for Peace and Sustainable Development

 YouTube Channel https://youtu.be/JDdapmRKxsc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvZvuKvcpjg&t=13s (Children) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxbjNoGjvBQ (local languages) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiYZkSdblPE https://youtu.be/Qx6W0n1d4Qs https://youtu.be/_tI6eSc5CnU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiYZkSdblPE https://youtu.be/Qx6W0n1d4Qs https://youtu.be/_tI6eSc5CnU

 Articles http://afrikenvironnement.info/le-programme-alimentaire-mondial-pense-que-le-monde-est-au-bord- dune-pandemie-de-faim/ https://www.un.org/africarenewal/web-features/coronavirus/au-special-envoy-urges- africa%E2%80%99s-youth-use-covid-19-crisis-unleash-their-innovation http://afrikenvironnement.info/environnement-la-jeunesse-africaine-veut-le-nouveau-pacte-avec-la- nature/

 Google drive links to memes, spots, videos, documentaries https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1MeKtls8a1lMHeaqjg2hcaFkSAbfY3-rd https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1McsRgKe8O-nE8VYuacoiTd9MPEH28MXu https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1N76k11OAJuPp0xsyf_OGDYiHKZEGe8A3 https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1FD9EEDNj65Ky4s2pS7zLhVZ8D2epsNEk https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1HajTUsLmxWkf0zdoytG8yefSxSE8-pjj

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ANNEXE 6: Some reports of the restitution of the regional online certified webinar by CSOs ’Uganda and Global response to COVID19: What’s Next?’’ May 28th, 15:00 hours (EAT) Kampala Time "Climate Change Lobby for Sustainable Biodiversity and Environmental Protection"

No other emergency has led to the paralysis of the Uganda, Africa and the world economy. No other response to a disaster has led to the home confinement of more than half of the world population. After several weeks of lockdowns, it is becoming clear that a policy of indiscriminate social distancing can’t last indefinitely. While these restrictive measures have proved necessary to slow down the spread of the virus and have saved tens of thousands of lives, they come at high social and economic costs.

2020 is the most important year when entering in a decade of action to achieve the UN sustainable development global (#SDG 2030 agenda). Among them, SDG-13, climate change; SDG 14 - Life Below Water; and SDG 15 - Life on Land, are the focused goals to ensure #biosecurity through #EnvironmentalProtection.

During the last 2 decades, the natural environment faced an irreparable loss by multiple anthropogenic sources, thus demanding serious attention to attain SDGs.

Plastic pollution has become one of the most pressing environmental issues, as rapidly increasing production of disposable plastic products overwhelms the world’s ability to deal with them. Much of the planet is swimming in discarded plastic, resulting in huge biodiversity losses.

#HNP Uganda with the collaboration of co-organizing partners cordially invited all people in Uganda, East Africa, Africa and over Sea to join us on 8th June - 2020 at 1500 hrs EAT to become the part of an environmental protection Webinar. A group of environmental leaders will share their innovative work experience to prevent plastic pollution and youth inclusion.

HNP Uganda with the power of Youth across the world, will lead a Decade on restoration of biological diversity and sustainable ecosystems through agriculture development. We celebrated #2020WorldEnvironmentDay by giving tribute to all Plants, Flowers, Bees and Trees, Mountains and Fountains, Oceans and Glaciers, Farmers and Activists for their significant contributions to make better lives on Earth by restoring Nature.

Together we can act #ForNature

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Compte rendu des activités d’information et de sensibilisation Sur la pandémie à CoViD– 19 dans les 1er, 2ème et ème 6 arrondissements de Bangui Courage – Travail - Réussite Du 27 au 28 Mai 2020

Lieu Quartiers : Lakouanga, Saidou, Kpetene 1, 2 et 3, Sapeke et lagbachi

Introduction La pandémie de la maladie à corona virus (CoViD-19), est une réalité en République centrafricaine (RCA) avec en ce jour, deux cent un (201) cas déclarés par le Ministère de la santé et de la population. En dépit des efforts très appréciés du gouvernement et des Agences des Nations Unies ainsi que des ONG nationales et internationales, le risque de contamination reste toujours élevé en raison du mode de vie des uns et des autres. Mais surtout, de la méconnaissance des symptômes et des mesures édictées par le gouvernement via le Ministère de la Santé sous l’impulsion du Président de la République. Dans le cadre de la réponse au CoViD -19, Global Éco-village Network (GEN-RCA) en français Réseau Mondial des Eco-villages a reçu de la part de la Maison des Services (Mds) de la Société Civile des kits de sensibilisation fournis par le projet Békou de l’Union Européenne afin de sensibiliser la population de Bangui sur les mesures de prévention à la pandémie. Mandat Les objectifs de cette activité étaient d’informer les populations sur l’existence et les symptômes liés au CoViD – 19, mais surtout de sensibiliser et conscientiser ces dernières sur les réalités contextuelles de la pandémie en Centrafrique et dans le monde. Cette action renforçait les actions des partenaires nationaux et internationaux pour un meilleur impact de la sensibilisation au sein des communautés à Bangui dans l’atteinte d’un plus large public par le canal des médias. Principes directeurs Les principes directeurs soutenant ce travail étaient basées sur des mesures permettant de en tenant compte des groupes vulnérables : . Informer les populations sur le contexte à pandémie de CoViD – 19 ; . Réduire le taux de contagion ; . Contribuer à une appropriation effective des mesures barrières ; . Faciliter le travail en partenariat avec le Ministère de la Santé sur le terrain ; . Aider le Gouvernement et les institutions à une meilleure gestion de la crise… Problèmes Dans le cadre de cette activité, le Global Eco-village s’est confronté à des obstacles sur le terrain qui s’avèrent être communs à toute la République Centrafricaine. 4 catégories de faille ont été répertoriées : 1. Communication : Il y a un manque d’information rendant les populations sous- informées et ignorantes des procédures barrière au CoViD-19 ; 2. Education : Il y a une méconnaissance et un refus d’accepter le contexte prévalent à la pandémie du CoVid-19 et les populations se retrouvent face à un grand dilemme ; 3. Préjugés/Comportements : Beaucoup pensent que l’Afrique n’est pas concernée par le CoViD-19, spécifiant que c’est un mal occidental et qu’il s’agit d’une grande manipulation politique ; 4. Social: Une certaine xénophobie s'installe à l'endroit des personnes que l'on soupçonne être déclarées positif au test du CoViD-19. Alors certaines personnes commencent à prendre la fuite ou à changer de quartier au lieu d'aller dans un centre hospitalier et se déclarer. Résultats . 90% des acteurs cibles ont été informés et sensibilisés ; . 80% des femmes au sein des ménages ont adhérées aux procédures barrière préconisées par le Gouvernement ; . 65% des jeunes informés et sensibilisés se sont proposés bénévoles pour toute sensibilisation de grande envergure ; . 100% des Autorités locales et acteurs locaux ont acceptés de propager les mesures barrières au CoVid-19 pour une éradication rapide de la pandémie.

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ANNEXE 6: Some reports of activities and projects implemented by CSOs 1) CSO : GREEN DEVELOPMENT ADVOCATES -Cameroon RESUME DE L’ATELIER DE REFLEXION SUR LES PANDEMIES EMERGENTES ET CONVERSION DES FORETS AU CAMEROUN : QUELS ENJEUX ?

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A l’occasion de la journée mondiale de la biodiversité célébrée le 30 mai 2020 sur le thème : « Nos solutions sont dans la nature », Green Development Advocates (GDA), a organisé dans ses locaux au quartier Tsinga à Yaoundé, un atelier de réflexion autour du thème : Pandémies émergentes et conversion des forêts au Cameroun : quels enjeux ?

I.2. OBJECTIFS DE L’ATELIER L’objectif de l’atelier était d’échanger autour de la conversion des terres et de leurs conséquences au Cameroun et dans le monde. Spécifiquement, il était question de :  Ressortir les enjeux liés à la conversion des terres forestières à d’autres usages ;  Faire le lien entre le déclin du couvert forestier et la pandémie du « COVID-19 » ;  Tirer les leçons des expériences de plaidoyer sur la conversion des terres forestières à d’autres usages au Cameroun et dans d’autres pays du Bassin du Congo. I.3. RESULTATS DE L’ATELIER  Les participants maîtrisent les enjeux liés à la conversion des terres forestières au Cameroun;  Le lien entre la conversion des forêts et le « COVID-19 » est connu des participants ;  Les leçons issues des expériences de plaidoyer sur la conversion des terres forestières sont connues. I.4. APPROCHE METHODOLOGIQUE ET PARTICIPANTS L’atelier s’est déroulé sous une approche participative et a été meublé par les exposés et discussions en plénière. Egalement ont scrupuleusement été respectées les mesures barrières de lutte contre le « COVID-19 ». L’atelier s’est déroulé en anglais et en français. Avaient pris part à cette réflexion, les représentants des organisations de la société civile (GDA, FODER, SAILD, FLAG, JVE et ACDD), du MINFOF, les Universitaires, les étudiants et les médias.

I.5. CHRONOGRAMME D’ACTIVITES

Heure Activités 08h30-09h Arrivée et enregistrement des participants Mot de bienvenu, présentation des 09h-09h30 participants Présentation des TDR et validation du 09h30-10h programme 10h-10h30 Photo de famille + pause-café

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Exposé 1 : Dynamique de la conversion 10h30-11h00 des forêts dans le Bassin du Congo : Cas du Cameroun 11h-11h30 Session de questions-réponses Exposé 2 : Impacts de la conversion des 11h30-12h00 forêts au Cameroun et dans le Bassin du Congo 12h-12h30 Session de questions-réponses 12h30-13h30 Pause-Déjeuner et fin de l’atelier

I.5. RECOMMANDATIONS DE L’ATELIER

III.1. Pour l’Etat, il a été recommandé de : - Mieux planifier l’occupation de l’espace et des ressources pour créer l’harmonie entre l’homme et la nature ; - Améliorer la communication et la consultation autour du processus de conversion des forêts ; - Promouvoir l’adoption des plans d’aménagements de 2e génération car ces derniers intègrent l’aspect biodiversité ; - Revoir le système de conversion des forêts au Cameroun en tenant compte des grandes pandémies ; - Repenser notre conception de développement qui doit être orienté dans nos savoirs endogènes ou dans le sens de l’harmonie avec la nature ; - Intégrer les concepts comme zéro perte de l’habitat faunique dans la mise en œuvre des projets ; - Contextualiser nos connaissances traditionnelles sous une forme qui est connue de tous afin d’éviter les guerres telles qu’on l’on observe actuellement sur les propositions africaines contre le COVID-19. III.2. POUR LA SOCIETE CIVILE Il a été recommandé de : - Faire des études pour ressortir le potentiel faunique sur les parcelles de forêt qui sont ciblées par la conversion des forêts pour des investissements non-forestiers et faire des plaidoyers pour exiger que la faune soit protégée dans la mise en place de ces investissements ; - Mener des études approfondies sur les zoonoses afin de sortir les agents vecteurs et les maladies qu’ils causent ;

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- Faire les plaidoyers pour que les grands projets effectués dans le DFNP prennent en compte la gestion de la faune, les droits des peuples autochtones et les savoirs locaux ; - Documenter les impacts liés à la conversion des forêts et trouver des alternatives. CONCLUSION ET PERSPECTIVES La conversion des forêts est un phénomène sans précédent. Aujourd’hui, plusieurs défis liés à ce phénomène se posent en partie sur le plan socio-environnemental et sanitaire. Il est donc urgent que l’Etat du Cameroun et l’ensemble des pays du Bassin du Congo se penchent pour concilier développement, préservation de la biodiversité et protection des droits des communautés locales et autochtones. La perspective à court terme annoncée par le Coordonnateur de GDA, est de poursuivre cet échange dans les jours avenirs sous un autre format, à moyens terme, il s’agit de produire un document d’analyse sur le lien entre la conversion des forêts et l’émergence des zoonoses. 2) CSO Kenya-Wangai Environmental Science COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP IN THE PANDEMIC SITUATION OF COVID19.

In the context of national and sub-regional level (Uganda and East Africa), to avert an economic and humanitarian catastrophe, and to save millions of people’s lives and livelihoods, there is a sound need for community aid than never before especially in the developing countries a case study of Uganda and aid must be well used. However, we cannot ignore the evidence that international aid has not always fulfilled its objectives and that, at times it has been misguided, misused, wasted, or even stolen. The stakes for aid effectiveness this time around cannot be overestimated. To fight the pandemic, international aid should be seen as a global public good. To dispense it at scale, introduce flexible mechanisms and update international rules to fit new realities.

The target category are the youth and women as they are more vulnerable and looking for opportunities for survival from time to time and place to place. The youth taking the biggest population percentage stands to be a threatening population that needs intensive awareness and training, technical assistance to support a robust outbreak response, and social protection programs for the population during the implementation of social and physical distancing to stop the transmission of the virus. This pandemic threatens to collapse the health systems, put millions at risk, and possibly derail Uganda’s democratic transition and East Africa at large.

As outcomes, Aid effectiveness have improved and driven by the right incentives to deliver. Local donors/helpers has helped, but success has depended ultimately on domestic ownership and accountability. Use existing domestic institutions to deliver aid that are flexible in adopting new ways to reach the most affected. This has help in times of crisis and also improved governance. Effectiveness has depended on knowledge and information, pro-activeness that required real time data, and efficiency required

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evidence-based strategies. Sight of long-run objectives, the world’s poorest people live in continuous crisis: interventions now (and ever) should help them in pragmatic and sustainable ways.

Perspective after the pandemic, given how easily COVID19 spreads, about 60% to 70% of the population may need to be immune in order to achieve "herd immunity" and bring a stop to the pandemic. The current wave of COVID-19 cases is followed by a series of smaller waves, or "peaks and valleys," that occur consistently over a one- to two-year period, but gradually diminish sometime in 2021. During new "waves" of cases, areas may need to periodically reinstate and relax mitigation measures, such as social distancing, to prevent the health care system from being overwhelmed with cases, the authors said. Regardless of which scenario unfolds, "we must be prepared for at least another 18 to 24 months of significant COVID-19 activity, with hot spots popping up periodically in diverse geographic area

3) Youth for Social Change – CSO Nigeria INTRODUCTION Youth for Change initiative (YOFCI) is a youth based organization that is committed to improving the quality of life of young people in the rural area through capacity building, education, leadership development, policy advocacy, entrepreneurship, democracy & good governance. Over the years we have worked hard to create an exceptional atmosphere for social work activities in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria in partnership with other committed civil society organization. LET’S SAVE EACH OTHER FROM COVID -19’’ The context of the initiative in response to the covid-19 pandemic, Youth for Change Initiative technical team came up with an innovative idea of identifying and collaborating with organizations to carry out intervention addressing and reducing Covid-19 cases at the grass root, but due to our inability to access founding we decided to support identified organizations carrying out interventions through the distribution of Personal Protective Equipment - PPE and creating awareness through community sensitization at the grass root level. This idea of donating Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to existing and identified organization will help increase the reach of citizens as an outcome of the project and also a measurable impact.

The target group; Our target group are identified organization that are implementing the intervention whose target are that of aged women and people living with disability at the grass root level.

The results/impacts or the positive outcomes/changes achieved so far. So far within the past two months Youth for Change Initiative have partner with about three organizations namely (Willing & Caring Hands Foundation – WICAF, Community www.anyl4psd.org; [email protected] Tel: +237695962496/+22792454185 P.O.BOX 1932 Yaoundé- Cameroon 74

Stakeholders for Social Good – CS4SG and Akwa Ibom State COVID-19 CSOs Emergency Intervention Group) and the outcome of this partnership has been impressive and impactful to the citizens. The result harvested through this intervention has help to reduce the cases of COVID-19 at the grass root level through creating awareness and distribution of PPE’s. Also through this partnership CS4SG successfully reached 1843 villages in the 31 Local Government Areas in Akwa Ibom State with COVID-19 preventive messages and this was significantly fueled by stakeholder engagement especially at the state/community level. c) Your perspectives/next steps Our perception as an organization in carrying out this intervention is to achieve a tangible result in any intervention, partnership is a vital tool because we have seen what partnering with other organization to achieve a certain task has contributed to the society. The impact and sustainable goal is realistic and visible. Our next step as an organization is to identify and partner more with the leadership of market women association, motor park/transporter network, security agencies, health workers and organizations working in same area of intervention for great and sustainable impact.

4) CSO Zambia: Youth Rise Foundation Foods to reinforce the human system to prevent/combat covid-19

We carried out a workshop on the foods that could help build a state of protection against infectious agents in the human body and provided it to some members of communities that have formulated cooperatives who helped in the dissemination of the information in the various communities that they represent.

Loaded with a compound known as Allicin, Garlic is said to have the potential to ward off infections from within when consumed on a regular basis. For the uninitiated, allicin is a compound which is thought to fight viruses and boost immunity. It is formed when a clove of garlic is chewed, crushed or chopped. Allicin is the same compound which gives garlic its unique odour. You can take two cloves of garlic and consume them with warm water every day or make it a part of your daily meal by adding it to soups and hot stews for added flavor. www.anyl4psd.org; [email protected] Tel: +237695962496/+22792454185 P.O.BOX 1932 Yaoundé- Cameroon 75

Cinnamon can do a lot more than just adding exotic flavor to your favorite delicacies. A preliminary study conducted by Touro College in New York found that cinnamon may contain antiviral properties. In addition to its proven ability to regulate blood pressure, as per these findings of the research, cinnamon may also protect the body against viral infections. You can simply soak a cinnamon stick in water overnight and drink it the next morning. In addition to cinnamon-infused water, you can add a pinch of the aromatic spice to your morning cup of tea or coffee for an enhanced flavor and a host of health benefits.

Shiitake mushroom to be precise are packed with beta-glycan’s which are known to be antiviral and antibacterial compounds. They not only help in giving a kick start to your immunity but also appear to subside inflammation. You can enjoy stir-fried shiitake mushrooms by thinly slicing the mushroom caps and sautéing in coconut oil.

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Also known as Mulethi in Hindi, liquor ice root has been used widely in traditional Chinese remedy from time immemorial. In fact, according to a paper published in the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), the active compounds found in liquor ice root “may possess many pharmacological activities, such as antiviral, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, antitumor and other activities.” More often than not, liquor ice can also be used to soothe sore throat and cough due to its antitussive and expectorant properties. You can simply boil mulethi in water and sip the concoction. You can also use this mulethi water to make yourself a cup of liquorice tea if you feel that you are coming down with a cold.

Probiotic is one of the main ingredients in yoghurt, which is said to lessen the impact of respiratory infections caused by the influenza virus. Moreover, according to research published in the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), probiotic consumption also appears to be a feasible way to decrease the incidence of RTIs (respiratory tract infections) in children. Since it is available in various flavors, you can choose to eat it in the morning to prep yourself for the day. You can also swap your dessert with your choice or yoghurt, as it makes for a delicious yet healthy delicacy to finish off your meal.

ANNEXES 7: Some Pictures of activities on the field

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Family photo in a neighborhood with kits intended for vulnerable people

Sensitization and capacity building of hunters and indigenous people against COVID 19 and pandemics

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ANNEXES 8: Some Screenshots of mentoring trough e-mails

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