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The
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Supporting Youth Employment Projects
in Emerging Sectors
A way forward
2006
Message from the Executive Director
Dear Friends
The YES Campaign began as a glimmer in our eyes in 1998 and now 8
years later the issue of youth employment is fully embedded in the global
agenda. With the UN’s YEN leading the way… the YES Country Networks
play a key role in bringing diverse stakeholders together to fulfill our
promise to our youth.
Now is the time to strengthen the efforts of YES and YEN by pulling
together a Global Fund for Youth Entrepreneurship it is an idea
whose time has come. In this presentation we have outlined why the time
is right. We are expecting that this Fund will be hosted at an institution
that has the experience to serve in that capacity, and YES will work to
build capacity of young people, and that YEN will work on creating an
enabling policy environment. And all other partners in the ecology will
stand up and play their part.
Please view this as just a concept note that needs your comments and
support.
In solidarity Poonam Ahluwalia
Table of Contents
1. The Twin Opportunities
2. The YES Campaign’s Solution
3. The YES Campaign Fund
4. Sector Solutions
5. YES Background Information
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1. The Twin Opportunities
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The Twin Opportunities
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Developing countries currently face two sets of pressing problems:
Sector Development Needs
• Renewable Energy: 2 billion people
lack access to energy/electricity
• Water & Sanitation: 2.5 billion people
lack access to clean water and
sanitation
• Rural Development: 60% of the
developing world still live in rural areas
• Information & Communication
Technologies: barely 2% of the world
population has internet access
• HIV/Aids: 95% of the estimated 38
million people infected with HIV live in
developing countries
Youth Unemployment
• There are currently 1 billion young
people between the ages of 15-24
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850 million of these are living in
developing countries
• Over the next 30 years, this number will
increase by another 1.2 billion, mostly
in developing countries
• Young people are cognizant of the
inequities of the global system, and are
susceptible to association with the
negative forces in their communities
• It is critical that youth employment
opportunities are developed
Imagine if we could solve both of these problems at once?
The
Unemployment of youth has far-reaching implications on the labour
market and the society at large. Youth unemployment contributes to
economic exclusion and poverty and increases the probability of future
joblessness. Youth unemployment results in the loss of a valuable
contribution to economic activity and growth from one of the most
productive elements in society. It obstructs the movement of young
people from adolescence to adulthood and in turn is a major cause of
crime and drug abuse. High levels of youth unemployment can also lead
to alienation from society and distrust of democratic political processes.
As a result, social cohesion is undermined.”
International Labour Organization’s World Employment Report 1998/99
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2. The YES Campaign’s Solution
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Introduction to the YES Campaign
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• The YES Campaign was launched in Egypt in September 2002 by over 1,600 delegates
from 120 countries, under the Co Chair of Suzanne Mubarak and President Bill Clinton
• The campaign was launched in response to the enormous global challenge of youth
unemployment affecting millions of young people around the world the goals to
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build the capacity of young people to create sustainable livelihoods
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establish an entrepreneurial culture where youth will work towards self employment
• Today, in over 60 countries youth-led YES Networks work with stakeholder groups such as
the government, business, academics, NGOs, UN agencies etc. to develop programs, and
suggest policies for promoting youth employment
• These YES Networks are supported by 5 regional coordinators, and the YES Headquarters
housed at Education Development Centre (EDC) in Boston
• Additionally, the YES Campaign works with national and global partners to develop and
deploy effective programs that realize the following objectives
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Develop capacity of youth to lead in-country youth employment initiatives
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Promote (in-country) youth employment to address key development challenges
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Build in-country coalitions to develop national strategies addressing youth
unemployment
We have placed the issue of youth employment on the global agenda.
The
The Evolution of the YES Campaign
1998
Identifying the
issues
Building
consensus
Generating
ideas
2002
Supporting the
development of
60 YES Country
Networks
Advocacy with
leaders and
institutions
Identifying
sectors for
employment and
doing pilot work
2005
• Building
Partnerships
• Creating
employment
generation
models in YES
Network
countries
2008
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2012
• Replicating and
scaling up
employment
generating
programs
• Building incountry selfreliance
Establishing the
YES Academy –
an international
R&D hub for
generating
employment
We have made great progress in building knowledge and infrastructure.
The 70 YES Country Networks
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…are youth-led national-level coalitions focused
on promoting youth employment
Manifesting two core design principles that drive the YES Campaign’s work
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the recognition that no one individual or institution can do the work alone;
working in partnership is essential
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our belief in building self reliance and absorption capacity in our YES
Network countries
Networks exist from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe!
JOIN US
There is a YES Event organized somewhere in the world every other day!
The
YES Country Networks
Afghanistan
Albania
Angola
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Canada
Chad
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cote D’Ivoire
Dominican Republic
Egypt***
El Salvador
Gambia
Georgia***
Ghana
Guatemala
Guinea Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
*** Site of Regional Coordinator
India***
Iran
Jordan
Kenya
Liberia
Malaysia
Malawi
Mali
Mauritius
Mexico
Moldova
Mozambique
Namibia
Nepal
Nigeria
Pakistan
Panama***
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Paraguay
Philippines
Peru
Romania
Rwanda
Senegal
Serbia & Montenegro
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa***
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Uganda
USA
Uruguay
Zambia
Zimbabwe
YES Global Activities
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Outreach & Engagement
• Building strategic alliances and fostering partnerships – Over 6000 members of the YES
Global Alliance
• Seeking and developing programs – Over 100 programs and projects
• Communicating information about youth employment and the YES Campaign through
newsletters, press releases, the website, electronic discussion groups, toolkits, and
publications. Over 50 original publications
• Convening Global Summits, organizing regional and national training workshops and
Forums. Hosted 2 global and 2 Regional Summits
Knowledge Development
• Designing and implementing youth employment pilot projects centered around the
Campaign’s five key sectors
• Conducting policy analysis and publishing policy briefs
• Managing the Global Knowledge Resource (GKR) a resource database and communication
medium where all stakeholders of youth employment can share and access innovative
initiatives, useful toolkits, and comprehensive research and publications
• Managing the YES Academy, a hub for youth employment initiatives located in India
We are at the forefront of youth unemployment advocacy and research.
YES Global Activities
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Capacity Building
• Supporting the formation and development of YES Country Networks, youth-led entities
comprised of diverse stakeholders groups committed to the issue of promoting youth
employment
• Supporting the YES Country Networks in the following activities:
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Consultations: Hosting national level consultations with governments, private sector, academic
institutions, education and training organizations and NGOS and youth groups to build the national
coalition for youth employment
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Partnership Building: Building partnerships for developing and implementing projects
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Action Plans: Preparing country action plans and reports to inform stakeholders
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Entrepreneurship Development: Promoting an entrepreneurial culture through workshops and
materials; developing programs to provide business development services to young people;
working with banks and government agencies to provide credit and to provide credit and other
services to youth
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Understanding Markets: Understanding the needs of the market place and creating products and
services to serve the market and to help in enterprise development
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Mobilizing Resources: Building the capacity of YES Network leadership to identify needs, develop
projects, build partnerships, mobilize resources and implement projects
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Build Absorption Capacity: Working to make the YES Networks sustainable and effective and
able to absorb the resources available for its development
We excel in a catalyzing youth-led employment creation programs.
The
3. The YES Fund
For Youth Employment
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Our Request
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Invest in the YES Fund
Creating Markets
“Let us be clear. Half-educated, unemployed youth, with
no prospect of being integrated into a better future is a
prescription for disaster. If young people do not have a
stake in the existing social order and political order, if
they do not feel there is a way for them, why should
they sacrifice today for a better tomorrow? Why should
they have an interest in protecting the stability and
social safety of that system?”
Unleashing Entrepreneurship
Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Vice President, World Bank, 1999
The Problem:
Over one billion youth in the labor market
No real jobs in the public or private sectors
Solution:
What will the YES Fund do:
Offer a mix of grants, loans and technical assistance to young entrepreneurs
Support will be offered to those countries that have arranged matching funds
YOU CAN invest as a
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A traditional philanthropic donor
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A micro-finance creditor
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A venture capital angel investor
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A private donor at any level comfortable for you…it will take all of US!
We seek your help in raising a fund to turn our knowledge into action.
Our Track Record
We need a New Deal for Youth
Employment
What is Missing… is the WILL
…will we?
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“The YES Campaign recognizes that it is only
through employment, that we can accomplish
conditions of freedom, democracy and equity,
where youth can live in dignity and relate to the
society and the environment in a truly
sustainable way”.
-Dr. Mohamed T El Ashry, CEO GEF,
September 2002
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Renewable Energy: The UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Global
Environment Facility have worked with us to train and develop RE entrepreneurs
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Water & Sanitation: With the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) and
others, we are currently developing a plan to develop income-generating programs in this sector
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Rural Development: The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), the Youth
Employment Network (YEN), UNIDO, and the YES Campaign are preparing a project for East Africa
for promoting agribusiness among youth
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Information & Communication Technologies: With the IT department of the Ministry of
Technology in India the YES Campaign is proposing to set up 200 Knowledge Centers to train
youth in ICT skills, and serve as an information hub for local communities
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HIV/AIDS: YES Campaign staff has worked with the USAID-funded program Equip 3 in Southern
Africa to prepare a livelihoods based strategy for prevention
The YES Campaign is uniquely positioned to leverage your investment.
The
Overview of the Fund
Fund Goals
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To create jobs for unemployed youth in the 5 development sectors
Investment
Options
DONATIONS
LOANS
EQUITY
Investment
Beneficiary
Knowledge &
Training
Individual Youth
Entrepreneurs
New or Growing
Enterprises
Investment
Use
• Fund “knowledge
and employment
centers” that
provide job-skills
training classes
and practical
experience
• Provide small
loans (with
interest return)
to local youth
entrepreneurs
looking to start
businesses
• Provide capital
and strategic
advice to young
and growing
businesses in
return for an
ownership stake
Job Creation
Impact
• Prepare youth
for the working
world
• Help build youth
employment
opportunities
• Create many
new jobs as
businesses grow
The Fund will offer various avenues for investment and return.
Donations Investments
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• The YES Campaign needs your investment to help strengthen local infrastructure for
developing young entrepreneurs
• The donations will be used to create Knowledge and Research centers that will offer
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Youth Leadership Training
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Green Enterprise Training
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Social Entrepreneurship Training
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Fundraising Training
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Livelihoods Internship Programs
• As well as supporting youth in
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Youth Led Innovative Program Implementation
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Seed Grant Projects for Entrepreneurship Development
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Developing multi-stakeholder partnerships for program design
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Building local capacity for program implementation
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Using new technologies for livelihood generation
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Community Driven Development
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Designing Collaborative Projects
Donations will impact scores of youth creating employment programs.
Loans Investments
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• We will work with you to select the young people and train then to design business
solutions in the five development sectors
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Renewable Energy
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Water & Sanitation
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Rural Development
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Information & Communication Technologies
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HIV/AIDS
• The YES Fund seeks to provide the start-up capital to help these entrepreneurs launch
their business ideas
• Many of these investments will be made in the form of micro-credit loans that will offer
investors both a return of principal and interest
• Micro-credit has been proven to act as a catalyst for both new employment-generating
ventures and reliable investor returns
• The YES Campaign will leverage its local knowledge and experience as well as commercial
and government partnerships to implement this investment initiative
Loans to young entrepreneurs will spur crucial development solutions.
Equity Investments
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• In the medium-term, many of the development projects inspired and supported by YES
Campaign initiatives will be in phases of fruition and growth
• The YES Campaign Fund aims to be in a position to provide significant capital to young
and growing enterprises to further our two goals of creating employment and developing
sector infrastructure
• Because the YES Campaign prefers market-based solutions and understands that handouts are not the best long-term answer, the Fund will make capital contributions in the
form of equity
• These contributions will ensure aligned incentives, long-term sustainability and an
investment return to our investors
• Additionally, our investors can leverage their business backgrounds and provide strategic
advice to the youth entrepreneurs
• Creating a culture of market-driven ownership and investment will catalyze long-term
systemic change in the developing world
Equity investments are the final step in ensuring lasting enterprises.
The
YES Fund - Governance
Fund
The Global Exchange for Social Investment (GEXSI) a UK non-profit organization
mobilizes market capital and philanthropic investment for development enterprise, acts
as trustee for funds ensuring compliance with business standards and regulatory
requirements, screens and selects opportunities for funding, oversees grant-making and
investment into youth enterprise, and reports back to donors and investors.
Advisory
The Board advises on all Board
aspects of philanthropic &
market investment and
capacity building
Donors
GEXSI
Trustees
The Fund
GEXSI Trustees
channels donations to
charitable aspects of
YES Campaign
network
YES Campaign orchestrates
action in the in-country networks
GEXSI LLP
GEXSI LLP mobilizes forprofit micro-finance
investment and acts as
equity partner for selected
YES enterprises
Youth
Enterprise
Strong Governance is critical for investor and donor confidence
The
4. Sector Solutions
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Renewable Energy
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• Organize young people at the community level to assemble, install, service and market
renewable energy systems
• Provide renewable energy entrepreneurship training and seed grants or access to
microfinance credit for innovative youth to launch their own renewable energy enterprise
such as
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providing energy for agro-based industries for making fruit pulp and juices, pickles,
and drying vegetables
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manufacturing of home lighting systems - lights, fans and small refrigerators for
storing medication, milk
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Designing and installing small power plants for institutions
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maintenance of renewable energy systems and selling and installing small home
systems such as solar panels
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manufacturing of solar lanterns for fishing activities during the night and renewable
energy based ICTs to enhance access to income generation opportunities, especially
in rural areas
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solar cookers
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installation and maintenance of solar powered community facilities in rural areas
Rural Development (On-Farm and Off-Farm)
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• Orient agricultural extension programs towards youth, which includes
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preparing then to set up small enterprises
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working with credit institutions to help youth build productive assets such as land,
livestock, equipment and others
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vocational training, micro-entrepreneurship in the curriculum targeting young
women
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identifying, natural resource based micro enterprises, and offering rural youth
business development services to start such enterprises
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building an understanding of how agro-business value chains work and supporting
rural youth entrepreneurs in producing value-added farm products
Water & Sanitation
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• Integrate youth in community management processes to improve the availability and
supply of clean drinking water, sanitation services, and environmental conditions through
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research, develop and disseminate information on water and sanitation sector, to
inform and support behavioral change at the village level
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support income-generating programs in rain water-harvesting, storage and supply
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organizing community level training for youth to build and maintain low cost toilets
in rural areas and tackle the sanitation needs of people in villages
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training youth to build and maintain hand pumps to provide water supply to rural
communities
Information Communication Technology
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• Develop programs to support ICT-based entrepreneurship through
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Knowledge Centers that provide information and a business development network
that seeks to link youth entrepreneurs, interns, investors, incubators with each other
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“Youth in Business Centers” to support developing business ideas, explore credit
options and financial management, and assist in marketing, product development
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training youth in web based services such as website development and e-marketing
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training youth as educators and mentors for distance learning and business
development
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supporting agriculture though ICT tools
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incorporating the use of ICTs to support the educational programs for the students of
the elementary and middle schools in the communities
Reproductive Health & HIV/Aids
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• Improve the reproductive health and family planning choices of women through
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life skills and leadership trainings with reproductive health messages embedded
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providing vocational, professional and entrepreneurial trainings
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conducting pilot programs to evaluate the correlation between economic
empowerment and improved reproductive health status
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improve the livelihood opportunities of youth living with HIV/AIDS - training them in
“positive living”, peer/educators/mentors, establishing a support and mentorship
network
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strengthen services by introducing a greater focus on youth livelihood initiatives, and
supporting the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the delivery of
youth-friendly HIV/AIDS and reproductive heath services
The
5. YES Background Information
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YES Campaign Leadership
The
Campaign Committee
• Carlos Magariños, Former Director General, UNIDO, Co-Chair YES
• Esteban González, President, E Fundacion, Co-Chair YES
• Hafsat Abiola, Director, KIND
• Nahas Angula, Prime Minister, Namibia
• Jennifer Corriero, Co-Founder, TakingITGlobal
• José-María Figueres, President of Costa Rica (1994-98)
• Koosum Kalyan, Senior Business Development Adviser, Exploration Shell International
• Sithembiso Nyoni, Founder, ORAP
• Thoraya Obaid, Executive Director, UNFPA
• Ismail Serageldin, DG, Library of Alexandria
• M. S. Swaminathan, World Food Prize Laureate
• Anna K. Tibaijuka, Executive Director, UN-Habitat
• Janet Whitla, former President and CEO, Education Development Center, Inc
Executive Director
Poonam Ahluwalia
Education Development Center, Inc.
Youth Employment Summit (YES) Campaign
55 Chapel Street
Newton, MA, 02458, USA
Tel. +1 (617) 618 2724
Fax. +1 (617) 618 2YES
Email: [email protected]
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The
YES Country Networks
Afghanistan
Albania
Angola
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Canada
Chad
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cote D’Ivoire
Dominican Republic
Egypt***
El Salvador
Gambia
Georgia***
Ghana
Guatemala
Guinea Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
*** Site of Regional Coordinator
India***
Iran
Jordan
Kenya
Liberia
Malaysia
Malawi
Mali
Mauritius
Mexico
Moldova
Mozambique
Namibia
Nepal
Nigeria
Pakistan
Panama***
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Paraguay
Philippines
Peru
Romania
Rwanda
Senegal
Serbia & Montenegro
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa***
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Uganda
USA
Uruguay
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Recent Project Successes
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India - The UNIDO/India Renewable Energy (RE) project had 4 major outcomes:
• Created a RE Center for Excellence at the SRT Rural Institute (SRTRI), in Andhra Pradesh
• Established a Solar Laboratory at SRTRI
• Trained about 100 young people as technicians and entrepreneurs in RE
• Worked with Shell Solar and other businesses to tailor the curriculum to their needs, and
almost 40 percent of the trainees were hired by private business
Zambia - UNIDO/Zambia Renewable Energy (RE) project had 4 major outcomes:
• The creation of a RE lab at the Elias Mutale Training Centre, in Kasama, Zambia
• Training 50 Master Trainers in renewable energy enterprise development, and an
additional 250 youth trained by these master trainers
• A microfinance plan developed for the government
• A vibrant RE enterprise development network created of institutions, experts, NGOs,
youth, membership drawn from all 23 districts in Zambia
Global Environment Facility (GEF) – The Renewable Energy Fellowship program:
• 5 Youth selected in competitive process (from Georgia, Ghana, India, Malawi, Peru)
• Training delivered in renewable energy, leadership and entrepreneurship
• Business planning assistance and start-up funding provided for businesses in
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Portable Photovoltaic Panels Production and Distribution
Wind Power Mills and Turbines for Farming
Solar Equipment –lanterns, box cookers
Wind Energy to Pump Water for Communities
Bio-digesters and Solar Cookers through Bio-mass
The
The YES Framework for Action
Equity
Employability
Entrepreneurship
Employment
Generation
Environmental
Empowerment Sustainability
of Youth
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Each and everyone of us must assume a
personal responsibility to embrace a new spirit
of global collaboration for building secure
communities full of productive work for young
people. For any one of us to succeed we must
all succeed as ONE world.
President William J. Clinton, Co Chair
1st Global Youth Employment Summit
Alexandria, Egypt
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