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USAID, through IREX, supports Youth Excel in Kinshasa

Launched on 19 July 2021, Youth Excel helps young people and youth organisations carry out quality research, use data and work with decision-makers.

The launch of Youth Excel in Kinshasa, in 2021. Photo: CERC
The launch of Youth Excel in Kinshasa, in 2021. Photo: CERC

Kinshasa, 19 July 2021 – The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through the American organisation IREX (International Research & Exchanges Board), awarded CERC funding for the first phase of Youth Excel in the city of Kinshasa. The project was launched on 19 July 2021.

Implementation research, led by young people

Youth Excel introduces implementation research. It helps young people and youth-led and youth-serving organisations to:

  • carry out quality research;
  • use data to improve their programmes;
  • work with adult decision-makers to advance, together, policies and programmes based on evidence.

Read more: Youth Excel: young people leading research and change in Kinshasa.

About CERC

The Centre de Recherche sur l’Anti-Corruption (CERC) is a Congolese non-governmental organisation founded in April 2017 in South Kivu. With young people at its heart, CERC works with schools, communities, public institutions and partners to promote transparency, accountability and integrity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It has held special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) since 2021. Learn more: Discover CERC.

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