Thursday, January 11, 2007
New Year update on best practice study
Hello all,
I finally get a chance to update the blog. So as you may know we have been working here on the UNIDAO/YEN/UNOWA Best Practice Study on youth employment in West Africa. We had to obviously look at an impressive array of questions ranging from security implications, private sector involvement, economic growth/acceleration schemes, education, and much more. We faced a number of challenges, not the smallest of which, time, that put a particular pressure on out activities. Nevertheless, A first draft of the study is being presented and discussed as I am writing this, in Vienna at the UNIDO offices by a Working Group. The Special representative to the Secretary General made a quick address this morning via phone link to UNIDO stating the importance of youth employment for the stability of the region, and the engagement of UNOWA in supporting all efforts geared towards this issue. I am attaching the Note from the conference that you can refer to for additional information. The feedback from the WG will help us continue working on the mapping study in view of the "UNIDO/AU High Level Consultative Meeting on Productive Work for Youth in West Africa with emphasis on the Mano River Union (MRU) and Côte d’Ivoire in cooperation with YEN and UNOWA". That has been confirmed for February 19-20 in Accra, Ghana.
I believe that the WG will allow for an accrued collaboration with UN agencies, donors, and Governments in assisting the full implementation of the YEN sub-office and will mark the beginning of a number of activities. I will also be attaching the minutes from a meeting we has yesterday at UNIDO offices that was of great importance I believe in the log run operations of the unit, and i believe should be of interest to you because it looks upon private involvement in youth employment, and the formulation of the problem to attract interest.
I will try to keep you posted on further developments as they come and as time allows. Thanks. M.
I finally get a chance to update the blog. So as you may know we have been working here on the UNIDAO/YEN/UNOWA Best Practice Study on youth employment in West Africa. We had to obviously look at an impressive array of questions ranging from security implications, private sector involvement, economic growth/acceleration schemes, education, and much more. We faced a number of challenges, not the smallest of which, time, that put a particular pressure on out activities. Nevertheless, A first draft of the study is being presented and discussed as I am writing this, in Vienna at the UNIDO offices by a Working Group. The Special representative to the Secretary General made a quick address this morning via phone link to UNIDO stating the importance of youth employment for the stability of the region, and the engagement of UNOWA in supporting all efforts geared towards this issue. I am attaching the Note from the conference that you can refer to for additional information. The feedback from the WG will help us continue working on the mapping study in view of the "UNIDO/AU High Level Consultative Meeting on Productive Work for Youth in West Africa with emphasis on the Mano River Union (MRU) and Côte d’Ivoire in cooperation with YEN and UNOWA". That has been confirmed for February 19-20 in Accra, Ghana.
I believe that the WG will allow for an accrued collaboration with UN agencies, donors, and Governments in assisting the full implementation of the YEN sub-office and will mark the beginning of a number of activities. I will also be attaching the minutes from a meeting we has yesterday at UNIDO offices that was of great importance I believe in the log run operations of the unit, and i believe should be of interest to you because it looks upon private involvement in youth employment, and the formulation of the problem to attract interest.
I will try to keep you posted on further developments as they come and as time allows. Thanks. M.
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