EU-Nigeria Business Forum to focus on investment opportunities
Introduction Background: The meeting provides a platform for mutual engagement with the European Union delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS Region ,successful Youth and women entrepreneurs …
The UN Youth Envoy needs you!
This September, the UN Youth Envoy will announce the inaugural class of the Young Leaders for the Sustainable Development Goals – 17 young change-makers whose …
How to Help the Planet at home from your couch
Doing away with poverty, reducing inequality, combating injustice… It seems that only Marvel superheroes and heroines can only achieve these goals. But sometimes, there are …
LinkedIn has been inspired by Tinder “matches” for its new tool
The popular digital platform tested a new formula last year to help young people find jobs with the assistance of mentors LinkedIn is the most …
The G20 acknowledges the importance of decent work
Last weekend, at the G20 summit, the G20 labour ministers pledged to improve the employment of women and reduce the pay gap, promote the labour …
World Youth Skills Day – 15 July
Young people today are three times more likely to be unemployed than adults. In addition, they are exposed to low-skilled jobs, greater inequality in the …
Our African Regional Committee´s Survey on global youth employment issues
The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) hosted its 6th Annual Youth Forum, January 30th and 31st2017 for two days of engagement on global youth …
Pope Francis’ three youth unemployment measures
Pope Francis has voiced his concern about the situation of unemployed young people on several occasions. The pontiff has made another call to action at …
Introducing the new United Nations Envoy on Youth
Jayathma Wickramanayake (Sri Lanka, 1990) has been appointed by the Secretary General of the United Nations, the Portuguese Antonio Guterres, the new head of the …
Wilson Forbi: “The absence of sustained economic growth is Africa´s greatest problem”
Ngwa Wilson Forbi, director general of the “Integrated Youth Volunteer” Foundation and coordinator of the African Regional Committee for the Youth Employment Decade speaks about …