Africa-Press – Cape verde. PAICV (opposition) deputies elected by the Santo Antão constituency questioned today about “the real impact” of the youth forums promoted by the Government “on the lives of young people from Santo Antão”.
Regarding the National Youth Forum, which takes place in Santo Antão (Porto Novo), PAICV parliamentarians on this island consider that this strategy “is nothing more than attempts to divert the attention of young people in the face of the failure of policies aimed at youth” of the current Government.
In a note to which Inforpress had access, PAICV national elected officials refer to the fact that Cape Verde has “a large rate of young population”, between 15 and 35 years old, representing approximately 40 percent (%) of the population, Unemployment, particularly youth unemployment, which reached 27.3% in 2022, according to the same source, is “one of the biggest current challenges”.
As part of a partnership between the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Government, Porto Novo, PAICV deputies recall, was elected in 2023 as Cape Verde’s capital city for youth, which culminated in the fourth National Youth Forum , which ends today.
PAICV’s national elected representatives believe that this type of event aims to “increase the civic and political participation” of youth within the scope of the 2030 and 2063 Agendas, but they are suspicious of the impact of the forums held by the executive “on the lives of young people” on the island of Santo Antão .
“We must rejoice in the objectives underlying this initiative. However, we must question the real impact of these forums on the lives of young Cape Verdeans, particularly young people from Santanton”, notes the same source, for whom this strategy “is nothing more than an attempt to divert the attention of young people in the face of the failure of targeted policies the youth”.
For PAICV’s national deputies, this Government still “failed to realize that the forums could only contribute to mitigating the evils that afflict the youth, if a set of proposals and recommendations produced in them were, effectively, taken seriously, and transformed into concrete policy measures by the Government”.
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