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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Application request should be addressed to the attention of:

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

Ehizua Imohimi
Email: ainhiv@yahoo.com

The deadline for the Commonwealth Photographic Awards is 30 May 2004.

If you are an editor, can you kindly advertise this in your paper? Or perhaps you are a keen photographer and would like to enter? Do you know a child who has a talent for taking photographs?

Any Commonwealth resident may enter these Awards and win UK Pds 2,000

This year's theme is 'Youth' and entries will be judged on the interpretation of the theme.

In addition to the overall prize and the regional prizes, there are two special prizes this year - 'The Young Snappers Prize' for 12 to 18 year olds and the 'Dan Eldon Prize' which will be awarded to an 18 to 30 year old who uses his or her work for social or humanitarian purposes.

The winning photographs will be exhibited in Central London and other Commonwealth cities.

For full details and criteria, please see www.cpu.org.uk under 'Awards', then Commonwealth Photographic Awards. Images can be downloaded off the website.

Jane Rangeley
Training Director
Commonwealth Press Union
17 Fleet Street, London EC4Y 1AA
Tel: +44 20 7583 7733
Fax: +44 20 7583 6868
email: jane@cpu.org.uk
website: www.cpu.org.uk