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• Major or Current Achievements *: • Assisted to Organize the Model African Union Summit 2011 and 2012 and assisted to organize the African Youth Economic Forum 2013, Under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Integration, Ghana. • Helped to Mobilize the Youth for the African Union at 50 in Addis – Ababa, Ethiopia in 2014. • Partnered to Organize the Model ECOWAS Summit in 2014 under the Auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Integration, Ghana. • Assisted in the recruitment of potential candidates for a rice training program in Ghana, for FAO Regional Office, June/July, 2015. • Assisted to organize the youth delegation for the workshop with FAO/UN, World Bank, IFAD, UNCTAD on responsible principles guarding new investment in Agriculture, youth inclusion and participation, 29-30, September 2015. • Assisted in the recruitment of potential candidates for a rice training program in Ghana, for FAO, March 15, 2016. • Organized the Model ECOWAS Summit under the Auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Ghana, May 28th 2016, focusing on Peace building and security and Agriculture in West Africa. We hosted over 400 young people from the region who participated. • CAYF participated as a key resource organization and Panelist at the FAO/UN Regional Workshop on Youth Employment; Enabling decent agriculture and agri-business jobs in Accra on the 10th to 11th May, 2017. • CAYF actively participated and made a formal presentation at the WORLD BANK Ghana’s Technical Workshop on Sustainable Agriculture, on Developing a National Youth Employment Framework in Accra on the 31st of May, 2017. • CAYF actively participated at the just concluded FAO’s consultative workshop held in Rome, Italy from 25 to 26 July 2017. The Workshop aimed at assessing the learning needs of key stakeholders to create an enabling environment for responsible investment in Agriculture and food systems. • CAYF collaborated with the WORLD BANK,IFAD, UNCTAD,FAO to organize the Technical Workshop on Responsible Principles Guarding new Investment in Agriculture, Youth, Women inclusion, September 13th – 14th, 2017, Accra-Ghana. • CAYF was a panelist/guest speaker at the Internazionale Festival on Sustainable Agriculture that hosted about 40,000 people in Ferrara,Italy between 29th September to 2nd of October. CURRENT PRIORITIES Job creation for Youth in West Africa Initiating a project dubbed ECOWAS Youth Economic and Leadership Forum, (EYELF) focusing on tackling a High Level of Youth Unemployment in the ECOWAS Sub-Region through Business and Entrepreneurship Forum, Agricultural Forum, Technology Forum, Leadership Forum,
• Functional Board *:
• Number of Board Members *: 5
• List Expertise of Board Members *: 5
• Organisational Strategic Plan *:
• Head of Organisation *: Micheal Opeyemi Ige
• Name of Contact Person *: Angelina Addy
• Position of Contact Person *: Head of Projects/Monitoring and Evaluation
• Number of Staff *: 5
• Number of Males *: 2
• Number of Females *: 3

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