Author: Youth Employment Network Publishing Date: 2013 Category: Information Material
Issue 33 - In this issue: Youth to Youth Fund in Morocco, Replication Fund in East Africa, new online competition, and spotlight on young entrepreneur Lina Sandoval.
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What are some of the key initiatives undertaken by the UN and its partners to work with and for young people? Find out when the UN's new Youth Envoy holds the first of a series of Google+ Hangouts on 17 May 2013 at 2 p.m. GMT. Ask questions now! Here's how: E-mail: unyouthenvoy@gmail.com Facebook: UN Secretary General's Envoy on Youth-Ahmad Alhendawi Twitter:@AhmadAlhendawi and using #UNYouth Watch the Hangout on UN Web TV: http://webtv.un.org. Click on the "Live Now" tab to watch the Livestream.
Author: ILO Regional Economic and Social Analysis Unit Publishing Date: 2013 Category: Research
ILO, 30 April 2013 - Provides a snapshot of recent economic and labour market trends for a number of countries in the Asia-Pacific region, based on official data available as of 23 April 2013, with special coverage on gender equality in the workplace
Xinhua, Tianjin, 15 May 2013 - Chinese President Xi Jinping encouraged college students to be ambitious as well as down-to-earth in their job hunts.
The Times of India, New Delhi, 13 May 2013 - Here is a pointer why industry groans about the lack of skilled manpower. Just 2% of India's youth and only about 7% of the whole working age population have received vocational training, a recently released survey report reveals.
Author: Publishing Date: 2013 Category: Training Material
C-BED is a low-cost, easily implementable training approach for helping entrepreneurs and micro-business owners to improve their businesses.
Bernama, Kuala Lumpur, 15 May 2013 - Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today urged the young generation to maximise their potential as they are the future leaders of the country.
The Kofi Annan Foundation, Geneva, 13 May 2013 - This week Kofi Annan will begin an unprecedented series of conversations on critical global issues with young people around the world.
Since 2011, Myanmar has been undergoing a period of gradual reforms and international sanctions are being lifted. Economic and social changes are spreading throughout the country, which in turn is creating new opportunities for young people and youth employment. In this show, Sandar Soe of the FTUB and Steve Marshall of the ILO discuss how young people can attain these new opportunities, and how we can ensure that they are sustainable.
Author: APYouthNet Team Publishing Date: 2013 Category: CoP Product
The World Bank Group, 13 May 2013 - An urban renewal program providing training and employment opportunities in Honiara, the Solomon Islands.
In this edition of the APYouthNet Talk Show, Lyn Kok, President & CEO of Standard Chartered Bank Thailand discusses the role and prospects of corporate banking in the field of microfinance, and its impact on youth employment.
Author: Publishing Date: 2013 Category: Information Material
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, the ILO & South African SME Observatory: With a focus on the Free State Province, this report details youth entrepreneurship with regards to young people's attitudes and perceptions about entrepreneurship, their constraints, and the number of young people actively engaged as entrepreneurs.
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