Citizens and Diaspora Organizations (CIDO) Newsletter
Citizens and Diaspora Organizations (CIDO) Newsletter
It is my pleasure to welcome you to our very first newsletter. The Citizens and Diaspora Organizations Directorate (CIDO) has the mandate of linking citizens and diaspora organizations to the African Union (AU) and its organs. CIDO implements various initiatives to facilitate the engagement of citizens and diaspora organizations in the AU’s processes and programmes and to make the AU a people-centred union.
As COVID-19 continues to disrupt our traditional engagement platforms, CIDO is looking to digital technologies to ensure that its constituents are updated on the activities of CIDO and the AU. This newsletter is a part of those efforts.
In this Issue, we give you a peek into some of these initiatives starting with the Continental Day of Prayer to counter COVID-19. We also shine a spotlight on five unique interventions by non-state actors to counter COVID-19 and, we share recommendations on how lessons from the Ebola Crisis can help us to harness the African Diaspora in response to COVID-19.
Thank you for making all these initiatives a success. We are looking forward to further collaboration.
Department Resources
The Mapping Study on the Role and Faces of African Diaspora Humanitarianism during COVID-19 sought to determine how different African dia
The African Union’s CIDO-supported webinar series focused on community let initiatives from several African countries aiming at bringing
It is my pleasure to welcome you to our very first newsletter.
The global threat to peace and security that emanates from violent extremism requires the development of innovative approaches to prevent
The African Union Commission (AUC) envisions “an integrated continent that is politically united based on the ideals of Pan Africanism an
Highlights of the cooperation with the GIZ-project “Support to the African Union on Migration and Displacement”
Violent extremism is a global issue.
Agenda 2063 is Africa’s development blueprint to achieve inclusive and sustainable socio-economic development over a 50-year period.
In a world where every click, every share, and every tweet can broadcast one’s thoughts to a global audience, the digital realm has becom