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Starting each Meeting with an Africa-related input (e.g. short video and discussion)

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Starting each Meeting with an Africa-related input (e.g. short video and discussion)

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Choosing a different moderator for each meeting :) 

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Choosing a different moderator for each meeting :) 

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Starting second meeting of year by getting 5min to know each other

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Starting second meeting of year by getting 5min to know each other

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The Association Model African Union Bayreuth e.V.

The Association Model African Union Bayreuth e.V. organizes and hosts an annual MAU conference with well-grounded contents and fascinating debates on political and socio-economic challenges and opportunities in which Africa is involved. Apart from that, we arrange cultural and educational events throughout the year.

The Africa focus of the University of Bayreuth offers an especially rich background for the MAU Bayreuth: Several Africa focused studies, a large number of students and PhD candidates with African origin, a library equipped with numerous scientific publications concerning Africa and many Africa focused research projects. Additionally, the municipality of Bayreuth offers regular cultural events concerning Africa, for instance, the annual Africa Film Festival in the Cineplex cinema or the diversified events in the areas of African art, music and culture in the Iwalewahaus Bayreuth. Because of that diverse and supportive environment, Bayreuth has been the ideal location to host for the successful First German Model African Union Conference in 2016 and we have been able to organize a BAYMAU conference each year ever since.

Since its creation, the Association is active in finding and expanding its cooperation with potential partners. So far, the University of Bayreuth, the Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies (BIGSAS) and the Excenllencecluster "Africa Multiple" are some of the local institutions the Association is co-working with. On the international level, the Association is working hard to be well known and has its activities valued by the African Union, the African political sphere and the European Union. The presence of Ambassador Dr Salah S. Hammad, Head of the African Governance Architecture (AGA) Secretariat at the African Union (AU) and Kah Walla from the Cameroonian political arena as guest speakers as well as the visit of MAU and BIGSAS-Members to the European Union are significant signs of the international scope of the Association.

These activities are an addition to the traditional preparation of the annual Model African Union Bayreuth Conference. They aim to energize the association and make it known to the general public. In this perspective, all the activities proposed aim to strengthen knowledge about Africa and its diaspora, as well as to stimulate debate on topics of public interest in the perspective of a common history between the different parts of the world.

Founded in February 2015, the association MAU Bayreuth e.V. held its first elections in May 2015. As a result of rising interest, the number of members increased exponentially since the foundation of the Association. The Association has three bodies: The General Assembly, the Management Board and the Departments. The General Assembly consists of all members with the right to vote. It votes the Management Board and approves it into office. The Management Board is composed of two Presidents, two Secretaries and a Treasurer. The Departments (Education, Culture and IT) assist the Management Board in the execution of different projects. Have a look at the current members of our Management Board here.

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The Association Model African Union Bayreuth e.V. The Association Model African Union Bayreuth e.V. organizes and hosts an annual MAU conference with well-grounded contents and fascinating debates on political and socio-economic challenges and opportunities in which Africa is involved. Apart from that, we arrange cultural and educational events throughout the year.

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Movie Nights! Comment your movie suggestions below :)

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Movie Nights! Comment your movie suggestions below :)

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- young (e.g. environmental) activists
- young entrepreneurs
- maybe even a zoom call from a member of parliament, e.g. German member of the European Parliament (& Mitglied im Entwicklungsausschuss) Kreuzberger-Fontana

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Discussion of current political issues

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Why should people join MAU? Why aren't people joining? What are concerns?

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Please add your ideas below