Youth Engagement Services (YES) Network Pakistan
Youth Engagement Services (YES) Network Pakistan has played a pioneering role in introducing the concepts of youth service and youth social entrepreneurship in the country. It has trained and engaged youth and youth serving institutions in the design and implementation of youth-led service projects. YES Network Pakistan has pioneered the concept of treating disadvantaged youth living in low-income communities “as a solution, not as a problem” in the country.
- Affiliation
- NGO
- Date of Establishment
- 2002
- Contact No.
- (+92) 423-7401517-18
- Address
Mr. Ali Raza Khan, CEO
- Email Address
- yesnetworkpakistan@gmail.com
- Website
- http://www.yesnetworkpakistan.org
1. Source of funding
Donors
2. Mission and objectives
Our mission is to be a catalyst for stimulating social entrepreneurship among youth especially poor and socially-excluded youth to develop new ideas for providing affordable goods and services to local communities. We encourage and equip youth and youth-serving organizations with the necessary knowledge, tools and resources for designing and implementing youth-led service programs.
1. Provide a platform to help youth on the path of
self-sufficiency, success, leadership development and service to others .
2. Help organize small youth groups that can work together to provide community service projects.
3. Provide skills training so that youth can execute their projects effectively and efficiently.
4. Provide the foundation for young people to transform their service activity into sustained civic action
3. Areas of work relating to youth employment
Enterprise development, skills training, vulnerable youth and social dialogue.
4. Partners and areas of partnership
Foundation for Youth Social Entrepreneurship, Yes Inc., Innovations in Civic Participation, British Council, International Association for National Youth Service and Youth Employment Summit Campaign
5. Potential or existing partnership with the ILO
6. Successful youth employment interventions
Youth Social Entrepreneurship Competition: The programme educates technical institutions, decision makers and school officials about the great potential of youth social entrepreneurship. It then provides social entrepreneurship training to youth who are then able to receive seed money and further training if they are selected as winners.
50 Youth Entrepreneurship Diploma: The syllabus is in the form lectures, discussions, case studies, practical field work for framing of the issues. The participants will get necessary knowledge, information; skills and motivation in setting up and managing his/her own social enterprise successfully. The course includes a range of guest speakers from relevant organizations.