UN engagement

Africa’s youth, in the room where it happens.

Special Consultative Status with ECOSOC, a seat on the CoNGO Board, and leadership of its new Regional Committee in Africa.

CoNGO Regional Committee in Africa

A mandate to convene, connect and catalyse.

DoTheDream YDI, a Board Member of the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CoNGO), has been democratically elected to lead the Regional Committee in Africa — a substantive committee within CoNGO’s institutional framework.

The mandate strengthens civil society engagement, advances multilateral cooperation and amplifies Africa’s voice within the UN system — bridging African civil society with the global agenda to accelerate the SDGs.

Status & roles

Accredited across the system.

01
ECOSOC

Special Consultative Status since 2023 — New York, Geneva and Vienna.
02
CoNGO
- Board Member, New York
- Chair, Regional Committee in Africa
- Secretary, NGO Committee on Global Health Systems
- Co-Chair, NGO Committee on Dignity
03
Accreditations
- UNEP / UNEA
- UN-Habitat World Urban Campaign
- CRPD
- World Bank Group civil society
- SDSN · INC
04
Energy

Signatory to the 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy Compact, coordinated by SEforALL.
05
Women & girls

Member NGO, CSW New York.
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Convenings
- UNGA · HLPF · CSW
- Financing for Development Forum
- STI Forum · UN Civil Society Conference