Convergence des Jeunesses Républicaines (COJER, Senegal)

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.¹⁾ COJER now has sections in all 46 departments and in major diaspora hubs such as France.²⁾

According to public statements by successive national coordinators, COJER seeks to:

• mobilise and train APR youth for political campaigns and civic engagement;³⁾
• champion the government’s Plan Sénégal Émergent (PSE), youth employment and entrepreneurship schemes;⁴⁾
• defend republican institutions and support APR candidates at every electoral level.⁵⁾

* 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.⁶⁾

COJER focuses on domestic mobilisation; it is not affiliated to global liberal networks such as IFLRY or LYMEC.⁷⁾