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Dabesaki Mac-Ikemenjima is currently a youth development consultant at the African Union Commission in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, working on the institutional reform of the Pan African Youth Union and institutional development and capacity building for youth organizations on the African continent. He has been a consultant to the African Union Commission on various subjects of youth, including the development of the African Youth Charter and the 8-year plan of action for its popularization, ratification and implementation, as well as the evaluation and revitalization process of the PYU.
In 2005, Dabesaki was appointed as Nigeria’s representatives to the Commonwealth Youth Caucus, a platform that enables young people contribute to Commonwealth processes, with a seat at the Youth Ministers meetings. Between 2004 and 2008, he was the Executive Director of Development Partnership International, a model youth-led non-profit which promotes youth leadership in social change and development actions at grassroots levels across Africa, with a focus on promoting youth action to deliver the MDGs on the ground at the grassroots. During his time at DPI, he Co-founded the Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS, a UNAIDS, UNFPA and UNICEF funded coalition, presently with over 3,000 members worldwide. He remains an Adviser to Development Partnership International.
Dabesaki has also been involved in global efforts to promote the involvement of youth in HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment efforts. He successfully facilitated the AIDS2004 Global Youth Caucus and served on the Policy Track Committee for the AIDS 2006 International AIDS Conference, as well as the ICASA 2005 Leadership Committee. He was involved in UNESCO’s pioneer effort towards the establishment of a virtual library in Nigeria as well as various other policy processes related HIV/AIDS, ICT, Youth development and poverty reduction. He has spoken at more than 40 conferences and has completed consulting assignments for UNFPA, the Commonwealth Secretariat, the African Union Commission and the government pf Rivers State.
Recently Dabesaki’s efforts were recognized at the highest level in Nigeria, through a letter personally signed by the President! “I laud your patriotic zeal and your commitment in partnering with government towards the regeneration of our dear nation.”
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