8 Chapter III – The Need for Active Participation by Youth in National Cultural Life Article 9 Continuous cultural development in Africa rests with its young people. Therefore the African States should create conditions for the active and enlightened participation of young people in African cultural life. Article 10 The African States shall endeavour to raise continually the cultural awareness of young people through the introduction of African cultural values into education and through the organization of national and Pan-African festivals, conferences, seminars and training and refresher courses. Article 11 The cultural policies of the various States shall ensure that young African people also have the means of familiarizing themselves with the whole of African and other civilizations in order to prepare them for fruitful inter-cultural relations. PART IV TRAINING AND LIFE-LONG EDUCATION Chapter V – Training Article 12 Professional training is as important both for cultural development as for economic and social development. Consequently, the African States should devote themselves to creating conditions favouring large scale participation of culture by the African working class and peasant at the actual work-sites. Article 13 To achieve the aim laid down in the preceding Article, States should adopt a training policy for specialists at all levels and in all fields. Article 14 Professional training for creative artists should be improved, renewed and adapted to modern methods, without breaking the umbilical cord linking it with the traditional

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