Center for Africana Studies

Model African Union

The National Model African Union (Model AU) is one of the most gratifying educational experiences anyone can have. Model AU, is provides a unique opportunity for university and college students to study the role, organization and performance of the African Union through simulation augmented by brieftings at African Embassies in Washington, D.C.

More specifically, the National Model African Union is designed:

To increase awareness of the role, organization and performance of the African Union
To highlight key economic, social and political-security issues facing the African continent
To demonstrate the patterns of cooperation and conflict between the AU and the United Nations
To generate understanding of the multi-various determinants, capabilities, and constraints that shape the foreign policies of Member States of the African Union
To demonstrate the patterns of cooperation and conflict characterizing intra-African diplomacy
To highlight the impact of major power global policies on economic, social and political-security issues facing the African continent as well as attempts to influence the policies of major powers in matters of common concern
To demonstrate the need for effective diplomatci, economic, and military cooperative action in an unfolding crisis situation