Management of Social Transformation (MOST) School participants with the Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago at Makerere University. The Lord Mayor presided over the closing ceremony of the four-day event that started on Tuesday, 2nd April 2019. Sharing his experience as a politician, the Lord Mayor expressed dismay at the increasing number of disgruntled youth on the African Continent. He implored African leaders to devise means of creating more opportunities for the youth as one of the measures of avoiding acts of violence that may arise out of frustration. Like the facilitators of the workshop, the Lord Mayor emphasized the need to transform policy into action if development is to be realized.
The theme of the 2019 MOST School was, “Youth, Peace and Security in the Horn of Africa”.
MOST is UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Social Sciences Research-Policy Programme; the only one in the Social and Human Sciences Sector of the Organization. It operates at the national, regional and global levels.
MOST works with governments, academic communities in the social and human sciences, and civil society organizations, in particular, youth-led and focused groups, to improve connections between knowledge and action.
Within the framework of the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals and the Africa Union’s Agenda 2063, MOST contributes to development, by specifically focusing on, among others, the eradication of poverty, building inclusive societies, sustainable responses to environmental change, and the promotion of participatory, effective and accountable governance, the foundations upon which peace, justice and security rest.
Article by Hasifa Kabejja, Communication Officer, CHUSS
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