Continental Online Model African Union (MAU) Simulations 2025

The simulations offered a unique platform for young Africans to step into policymaking roles, debating and drafting resolutions on urgent continental themes in alignment with Agenda 2063. The simulation composed of two Committees and two Core Topics focusing on “Africa’s Internal Challenges and the Impact of Conflict on Access to Justice” and “Advancing Africa’s Agenda 2063 Through Tax and Fiscal Policy Measures to Enhance Domestic Resource Mobilisation”. Delegates representing assigned AU member states, engaged in formal procedures, negotiated in committees, and presented resolutions in a General Assembly session.

In its communique the Peace and Security Council of the 2025 Model AU Simulation, recognized the urgent need to address conflict-induced barriers to justice, particularly in contexts of internal displacement, political instability, and weak institutional frameworks. Delegates urged Member States to adopt hybrid judicial frameworks that integrate formal legal systems with traditional justice mechanisms and called upon the African Union Commission to establish a Conflict-to-Justice Task Force tasked with rebuilding judicial infrastructure in post-conflict regions, ensuring that services are inclusive, gender-sensitive, and accessible to displaced populations. They also recommended that Silencing the Guns Initiative allocate at least 20% of its operational budget toward the establishment of mobile courts, legal aid clinics, and witness protection programs in conflict-affected and rural areas. They called upon the AU Peace and Security Council, in collaboration with the African Governance Architecture (AGA) and the African Union Legal Affairs Office, to Integrate access to justice more systematically into all peace building and conflict prevention efforts and Support Member States in developing rule-of-law benchmarks during peace negotiations and post-conflict reconstruction. Moreover, they called for strengthening cooperation between member states, the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights, national human rights institutions, and civil society in the fight against impunity; Through; a) The creation of an African fund for justice, to finance programs aimed at strengthening national judicial systems, by providing technical and financial support and recommended Recommends the creation of a regional support mechanism for national jurisdictions affected by conflicts, composed of African legal and administrative experts, under the auspices of the African Union Commission.

On the other hand, in its resolution, the Specialized Technical Committee (STC) On Finance, Monetary Affairs, Economic Planning and Integration recognized the urgent need for harmonized and innovative economic policies to mitigate the impacts of global financial shocks, inflation, and climate-related disruptions. They also encouraged fiscal reform and smart governance through the facilitation of paperless procurement systems to reduce corruption and embezzlement. In this simulation participants called for the establishment of an independent African Credit Rating Agency to provide fair, context-specific assessments of Member States' creditworthiness to foster financial sovereignty, reduce borrowing costs, and attract investment based on real performance and potential as well as for the allocation of increased public funding toward health, education, and social protection systems, financed through domestic resource mobilization  rather than external debt. Besides that, they urged Member States to conduct Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) and fiscal impact assessments to ensure that tax and fiscal policies advance gender equity and support marginalized communities.

This was the first time the simulation ran in separate Anglophone and Francophone sessions. By mirroring the same agenda in two linguistic spheres, FES and the AU broke new ground in ensuring broader access and more inclusive dialogue among young leaders. The simulations advanced FES Ethiopia’s objective to equip youth with negotiation, communication, and leadership skills while deepening their understanding of AU structures and processes. These experiences empower a generation ready to contribute to peace, economic transformation, and regional integration. The success of these dual-language simulations underscores the importance of meaningful youth engagement in shaping Africa’s future. FES Ethiopia has been conducting model AU Simulation since 2017 both in person and virtually and has also commissioned the development the Simulation toolkit for the AU. FES Ethiopia remain committed to providing spaces where young Africans move from learning about policy to actively practicing it—across languages, regions, and shared aspirations.