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Dear Decent Jobs for Youth readers, happy Friday!
Partners of Decent Jobs for Youth have been working tirelessly to assist and support young people in their transition into employment and education, while ensuring the promotion and protection of their rights and voices. This Newsletter offers a glimpse at their stories and journeys in enhancing action, evidence and partnerships for and with youth.
We welcome three new partners whose experiences will undoubtedly add great value to our alliance. Read about their commitments to Decent Jobs for Youth and explore opportunities for collaboration in Argentina, Kenya, North Macedonia and beyond.
If you have not done so, we invite you to check out our recent blogs and partners’ publications at the Knowledge Facility.
Follow us in Twitter and LinkedIn where we share latest news on joint action, knowledge, and engagement opportunities for youth employment. |
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New Partner: Advancing Knowledge to Inform Youth Employment Policies in North Macedonia
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Finance Think, an economic research and policy institute in North Macedonia, has pledged a commitment to Decent Jobs for Youth to generate knowledge in support of the development of evidence-based national policies and strategies to improve young people’s access to decent jobs. Knowledge products will inform policy-makers and other youth employment stakeholders and promote youth rights and voices in employment strategies. Finance Think also aims to increase youth awareness of their labour rights. Read more
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Launched: new African Policy Dialogues focusing on Youth, Women & Smallholder Farmers
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| To entrench policy dialogues and strengthen research uptake in Africa, INCLUDE has established three new African Policy Dialogues (APDs) in Niger, Mali and Mozambique. The APDs are part of INCLUDE’s innovative demand-based approach to evidence use in the formulation and implementation of policies and programmes in Africa. APDs identify priority national policy issues, are driven by local actors, synthesize rigorous evidence and utilize diverse research uptake strategies including tapping into ongoing national policy discussions. Upcoming African Policy Dialogues include:
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The Learning Passport expands to new countries, accelerating the response to the COVID-19 crisis
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The Learning Passport is a collaboration between UNICEF, Microsoft and The University of Cambridge to address the challenges faced by over 30 million children and youth to access continued, quality education due to disruptions caused by crisis and displacement. Due to COVID-19, a rapid expansion was done to facilitate country-level curriculum for children and young people whose schools have been forced to close. Currently the Learning Passport is available in Timor-Leste, Ukraine, Somalia (Puntland) and Jordan. Honduras, Kosovo and Zimbabwe will soon launch the platform and an additional 20+ other countries are exploring deployments. Read More |
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Youth@Heart Virtual Forum on Youth, Education and Work
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Netherlands will host a virtual forum on youth, education and work. The event will focus on governments, businesses and civil society’s responses to challenges and the action needed for a more inclusive future for young people. The UN Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth will share its knowledge and action as a partner through a session on Youth & COVID-19. Event Website and Registration |
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Virtual Roundtable: Investing in Decent Jobs and Enhancing Skills for Youth in Africa’s Digital Economy
On 22 October, the ILO, the ITU and the AU will hold a virtual discussion with government, workers’ and employers representatives as well as development partners to scale-up action for decent jobs for youth in Africa’s digital economy. The event will include multi-stakeholder dialogues on concrete interventions on digital skills, jobs creation and employment services in the digital era. If you are a funder, interested in investing in youth employment and the digital economy, contact us here. |
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Joint Action: MoU Launch on Skills between UNICEF and ILO
The virtual event will highlight the achievement of UNICEF-ILO collaboration on skills development and youth employment, marking the launch of a MoU on Skills between the two organizations. The dialogue on alignment, synergies and collaboration opportunities will bring together UNICEF, ILO, Generation Unlimited (GenU), and Decent Jobs for Youth stakeholders and amplify the voices of youth participants.
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Decent Jobs for Youth at UN General Assembly
| This year the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has gone to the digital space with an open and inclusive SDG Action Zone running from 22 to 24 September. The session on the Future of Work: Digital Skills and Decent Jobs for Youth delivered an engaging conversation with young experts on opportunities to leverage technology for decent work and economic recovery. The session served as an opportunity to invite organizations to join the UN Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth to scale up action and impact on youth employment in support of the 2030 Agenda. Check out the SDG Action Zone’s Full Program and List of Speakers. |
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Virtual: Back to School: How to Succeed with Online Learning
On 22 September, Education For Employment (EFE) and Accenture held an engaging and lively debate on how to succeed in this changed environment and overcome the challenges associated with this new form of learning. This event was part of EFE’s online Resilient Series aimed at providing different perspectives and insights on how to continue empowering youth potential amid challenging times.
Watch the Recording. See past events here.
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Youth Voices and Youth Solutions on International Youth Day
On 12 August 2020, SOS Children's Villages organized a virtual meeting, which brought together young people supported through its programmes across Latin America and Caribbean to share information on their initiatives and perspectives about education and employability. The event featured two panels on “Engaging Young People in the Challenges of Orientation, Education, Employability and Entrepreneurship.”, and “the impact of COVID-19 on youth and their involvement in the response."
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Consultant Needed! Youth Employment opportunities in the Digital Economy of Ethiopia
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The ILO welcomes applications for a consultancy to carry out a mapping and consultations on the youth employment potential of the digital economy in Ethiopia, with a focus on young refugees and young people in host communities. The output will help to inform joint action by the ILO and the International Telecommunications Union under the PROSPECTS Partnership, aiming to transform the way governments and other stakeholders respond to forced displacement crises. Apply Now
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