Toward a more peaceful and transparent political process The Democratic Republic of Congo ill once again have to prove to the face of the world whether they will be capable to carry implement the election as stated by the constitution. The country is currently undergoing a critical period in the whole arena of the political process. This include limited space for freedom of expression, political crisis, lack of political will to respect of the pre-established constitution, serious human rights abuses just to name a few The year 2016 stands to be a year of extreme tensions considering the political happenings in the country. If not well managed there is a way that the situation could deteriorate and probably erupt in violence and loss of human lives as was the case in January 2015 in Congo and similarly in the neighbouring Burundi. The constitutional 2016 presidential election approaches on one hand and the national dialogue convened by the President of the Republic on the other. The political class is now divided into two antagonistic blocs which are not only political opponents but also entertain serious tension and hatred to the point of not even being able to exchange and talk to find a solution that can cool down the tension. The religious leaders and denominations are also divided and share different perspectives in regards to the national dialogue that has been proposed by the power in place. The first block is firm and remains against the national dialogue; against any idea of change and/or revision of the constitution. This groups has a firm position that advocates for nothing but the elections in 2016 according to constitutional deadlines. The second block is for dialogue. This consists of fellows that are from PPRD (party in power) otherwise known as the Presidential Majority. The third block is open for the dialogue but against the constitutional amendment. This group is composed of the largest opposition party i.e. the UDPS and most of Religious Confessions including the Catholic Church, civil society etc. These structures represent the majority of the Congolese people at all level. The great wish of this block is to see the election be carried out as stated by the constitution and in the process nurture the country’s young democracy. 
UJCC has already implemented 2 other initiatives that have known great success. Some of these impacts include:
•	The advocacy for the enrolment of new majors (youth) is about to be effective. All measures have been taken to enrol the new adults
•	As an organization that primarily targets the youth, UJCC has tried as much as possible to have a none political discourse and stay at neutral ground in order to secure a conducive environment for its advocacy work. This has earned them a great level of trust from both governmental structures as well as those in the opposition camp.
•	Majority of the youth in public university are now open to the dialogue and they have expressed the will to take part while standing firm for the legitimacy of the constitution. This is the result of UJCC work throughout university clubs and open forums
•	Better interaction with CENI
This project aim at consolidating the achievements of the previous project and expand the same interventions to a greater reach.
Reference being made to the last Bishop Conference note, the Catholic Church is against any form of tendency that could lead and result into blood-shedding. The Catholic Church recognizes the efforts made by the government but denounces the increasing cases of human right violation and limited space of freedom of expression etc. It is committed to actively engage in the civic education and electoral preparation of the population, promote peace and democracy in all the forms. In this perspective, the church has lined out several activities that are already underway and are meant to be taken forth throughout the year as a way to fully translate the church’s mandate into practice (leading the people of God). UJCC is currently implementing a project that particularly targets the elite youth scoped in public universities. However, a huge gap has been identified in reaching out to other classes of the youth. The current initiative is limited and needs to be expanded to other youth that are neither covered by the Episcopal Conference work through the parishes nor that of UJCC ongoing work. This include other groups of young people that are equally vulnerable and potentially manipulated by the politicians’ vogue that always results in street demonstrations and blood-shedding.  The project aims to expand sensitization and training to other groups of young people less educated and therefore more exposed to political manipulation. This include: the unemployed youth; young people in the informal sectors ie motor-bike riders, youth gathered around sport activity etc. If in 2015 it was clear and predictable that lack of organizing the election could lead to violent crisis (lead by young people), in 2016 it is no longer the case. Financial and technical constraints to which is subjected CENI are among the reason why election cannot be materialized as stated by the constitution. This is something that the opposition and the civil society are not content about. To this group, this is the loudest expression of lack of political will and lack of democracy by the power in place and one can already predict the reaction of the people that look forward to change. Given this situation, UJCC aims to expand its sensitization, training and advocacy work to target various layers of the youth in order to reach out to a wide group of youth that remain potential vulnerable to political manipulation. We believe that once the later are informed and trained they cannot be manipulated anyhow by politicians and can be in position to channel out their energy in a better way as they seek for change