CALL OF TENDERS FOR THE SELECTION OF A CONSULTANT FOR ASSISTANCE TO UCLG AFRICA ON ATIA’S OPERATIONALISATION

African continent is the most rapidly urbanizing region in the world. Experts estimate that by 2050, the urban population of the African continent will be close to 1.2 billion, three times the population of the European Union or the United States of America. As a result, Africa is the region of the world with the greatest need for settlement investments. Also, Africa’s urban population is extremely young. The median age of the population is 19 years. Compared to other regions, the weight of young people in the population of African cities is both a challenge and an opportunity: a challenge to train and integrate thousands of young people into economic and social life while employment opportunities are not up to expectations; an opportunity to have a large and increasingly well-trained workforce grateful to advances in education, and which is ready to invest in exploiting the many potentialities that the continent has to offer.

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