International anti-corruption summer school for students and young people from Least Developed Countries in Africa
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA) are organizing a second International Anti-Corruption Summer School for students and young people from Least Developed Countries. The summer school will be held online via IACA training platform from 28 June to 4 July 2021.
The summer school will build ethical skills and mindsets in students and young individuals and will raise awareness among them of the values and principles of integrity, ethics, and anti-corruption. The summer school’s programme is designed for young passionate individuals that want to become ethical agents of change in their community and will provide them with knowledge on how to resist and prevent corruption. With this programme the participants will understand what corruption is and what its harmful impacts on society are.
The summer school is open to students and young people of age 18-29 from Least Developed Countries in Africa (#Link: https://www.un.org/.../least.../ldcs-at-a-glance.html). Participants will be selected based on their language skills (proficiency of written and spoken English), educational background and personal interest in the topic.
Students and young people from the aforementioned countries can apply to the summer school through IACA website here https://www.iaca.int/.../open.../summer-school-africa.html The applications deadline is 3 June 2021. Participation in the summer school is free of charge.
The summer school will be delivered in an interactive manner and will include seven substantive online sessions. Each session will be delivered by an internationally renowned professor or practitioner. The lecturers will draw from their knowledge and experience in the field of anti-corruption to enrich the classes with practical examples and provide a unique insight into the sessions’ topics. Upon completion of the summer school, participants will be rewarded with a Certificate of Completion of the programme from UNODC and IACA. The summer school will be conducted in English.
