African Youth Agripreneur Forum (AYAF) Webinar Series-Session #2

Young leaders friends of Unicef discovering U-Report, a SMS based social plateform alors accessible via Facebook and Twiiter, with more than three million users around the world, aiming at engaging young people and gathering their opinion on social issues for positive change. Abidjan U-Reporters. U-Report is a social platform created by UNICEF, available via SMS, Facebook and Twitter where young people express their opinion and be positive agent of change in their communities. Côte d'Ivoire is the 35th country to join the movement an U-Report it is more than 3 million users worldwide. U-Report is composed of three parts: A survey component that allows young people to express their opinion on different social topics, an information component that allows young people to ask anonym questions and report events that take place in a community and a discussion component that allows young people to connect with other young people about the issues that concern them. The goal of U-Report is to strengthen community participation in public debate to find solutions to the problems young people face in their community, allowing them to influence decision-making powers for positive change. In Côte d'Ivoire, U-Report is part of the youth engagement program. It is more than a tool, it is a movement.