Sunday, October 15, 2006
The YEN
Cheers ever1,
I am on assignment in Dakar until march 27th 2007! I'll be working in the Youth Employment Network unit, ubicated in the United Nation Office for West Africa, representing the Canadian International Development Agency.
What is the YEN, and why does it exist? (briefly explained)
The present
More than 1 billion people today are between 15 and 25 years of age and nearly 40 per cent of the world's population is below the age of 20. Eighty-five per cent of these young people live in developing countries where many are especially vulnerable to extreme poverty.The International Labour Office estimates that around 88.2 million young women and men are unemployed throughout the world, accounting for 47 per cent of all the 185.9 million unemployed persons globally, and many more young people are working long hours for low pay, struggling to eke out a living in the informal economy.There are an estimated 59 million young people between 15 and 17 years of age who are engaged in hazardous forms of work. Young people actively seeking to participate in the world of work are two to three times more likely than older generations to find themselves unemployed.
The future
1 billion people will become of working age within the next decade. While rapid globalisation and technological change offer new opportunities for productive work and incomes for the lucky few, for many working age young people, these trends increase the vulnerability inherent in the transition from childhood to adulthood.Whait is the YEN?The YEN was created under the impetus of the Millennium Declaration, where the largest gathering of Heads of State and Government ever met at the Millennium Summit in September 2000 and resolved to " develop and implement strategies that give young people everywhere a real chance to find decent and productive work."In preparation for the Millennium Summit the Secretary-General issued a report entitled "We the Peoples: the Role of the United Nations in the 21st Century." Here the Secretary-General first proposed his Youth Employment Network:Together with the heads of the World Bank and the International Labour Organization, I am convening a High-Level Policy Network on youth employment drawing on the most creative leaders in private industry, civil society and economic policy to explore imaginative approaches to this difficult challenge. I will ask this policy network to propose a set of recommendations that I can convey to world leaders within a year.
I am on assignment in Dakar until march 27th 2007! I'll be working in the Youth Employment Network unit, ubicated in the United Nation Office for West Africa, representing the Canadian International Development Agency.
What is the YEN, and why does it exist? (briefly explained)
The present
More than 1 billion people today are between 15 and 25 years of age and nearly 40 per cent of the world's population is below the age of 20. Eighty-five per cent of these young people live in developing countries where many are especially vulnerable to extreme poverty.The International Labour Office estimates that around 88.2 million young women and men are unemployed throughout the world, accounting for 47 per cent of all the 185.9 million unemployed persons globally, and many more young people are working long hours for low pay, struggling to eke out a living in the informal economy.There are an estimated 59 million young people between 15 and 17 years of age who are engaged in hazardous forms of work. Young people actively seeking to participate in the world of work are two to three times more likely than older generations to find themselves unemployed.
The future
1 billion people will become of working age within the next decade. While rapid globalisation and technological change offer new opportunities for productive work and incomes for the lucky few, for many working age young people, these trends increase the vulnerability inherent in the transition from childhood to adulthood.Whait is the YEN?The YEN was created under the impetus of the Millennium Declaration, where the largest gathering of Heads of State and Government ever met at the Millennium Summit in September 2000 and resolved to " develop and implement strategies that give young people everywhere a real chance to find decent and productive work."In preparation for the Millennium Summit the Secretary-General issued a report entitled "We the Peoples: the Role of the United Nations in the 21st Century." Here the Secretary-General first proposed his Youth Employment Network:Together with the heads of the World Bank and the International Labour Organization, I am convening a High-Level Policy Network on youth employment drawing on the most creative leaders in private industry, civil society and economic policy to explore imaginative approaches to this difficult challenge. I will ask this policy network to propose a set of recommendations that I can convey to world leaders within a year.
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