====== Convergence des Jeunesses Républicaines (COJER, Senegal) ======

===== Introduction =====
The **Convergence des Jeunesses Républicaines** (COJER) is the officially recognised youth organisation of Senegal’s governing **Alliance pour la République – APR**.  
It emerged alongside the APR’s launch in **2008** and was formally structured nationwide in **2012**, giving young activists a platform to promote President Macky Sall’s reform agenda.((“Historique de l’APR et de la COJER”, Senego, 12 Mar 2021.))  
COJER now has sections in all **46 departments** and in major diaspora hubs such as France.((COJER France Facebook post, 18 Oct 2023.))

===== Objectives =====
According to public statements by successive national coordinators, COJER seeks to:  
  * **mobilise and train APR youth** for political campaigns and civic engagement;((Interview with Moussa Sow, E-Media SN, 5 Feb 2024.))  
  * champion the government’s **Plan Sénégal Émergent (PSE)**, youth employment and entrepreneurship schemes;((“Forum de l’Emploi COJER Kaffrine”, Le Quotidien, 29 Nov 2021.))  
  * defend republican institutions and support APR candidates at every electoral level.((Press briefing, COJER National Bureau, 7 May 2022.))

===== Organisation =====
  * **National Coordinator** (*Coordonnateur·rice national·e*) heads the movement and appoints an **Executive Bureau**.  
  * **44 departmental coordinations**, plus specialised wings for students, women, and the diaspora.  
  * COJER organises an annual **Université Républicaine** (national youth forum) and regional **Forums de l’Emploi**.((Programme brochure, Université Républicaine 2023, p. 3.))

===== International Work =====
COJER is a full member of IFLRY.
===== List of National Coordinators =====
| 2019 – present | **Moussa Sow** |((Décret n° 2019-1032 du 25 Jun 2019, Journal Officiel du Sénégal.)) |
| 2014 – 2019 | **Thérèse Faye Diouf** |((“Portrait de Thérèse Faye Diouf”, Dakaractu, 14 Jul 2015.)) |
| 2012 – 2014 | **Abdou Mbow** |((“Abdou Mbow, premier coordonnateur de la COJER”, Leral.net, 12 Jun 2013.)) |

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