| • Session 5A : Creating Economic Opportunities and Breaking the Cycle of Dependence |
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Young people are an enormous untapped reservoir of initiative and entrepreneurship. |
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- Youth unemployment leads to exclusion and marginalization and if left unattended may erupt into violent behavior patterns.
- An option to combat unemployment is enhancing self-employment by providing all the necessary support required such as access to loan, to credit and to market networks.
- In addition the provision of technical assistance to young entrepreneurs enables them to develop small and medium enterprises.
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| • Session 3C : No to Exclusion! Investing in Young Women's Economic security |
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It is well recognized that women employed both in the formal and informal sector contribute substantially to economic development of their communities and countries. |
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- When provided with the opportunity to learn and acquire advanced skills, they are increasingly joining the corporate sector.
- Women’s employment contributes substantially to family income and to overall security and stability of the family.
- Young women should be provided with life long opportunities for skills formation, enabling them to rejoin the labor market.
- Removing any gender-bias in the investment climate, and maintaining a level playing field will reduce any possible market distortion or malfunctioning.
- The provision of equal opportunities for both men and women will ultimately lead to higher rates of economic growth and prosperity
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| • Session 1C : Stock Market Simulation Roundtable |
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The Model Development is a simulation (role playing) of the work done jointly by a variety of actors—including policy makers, private sector, international agencies, donors, and civil society—during the preparation and implementation of strategies to reduce poverty at the country level. The objective of this simulation is for participants to come up with a series of measures and actions for a poor country to come out of poverty. The Model Development simulates the challenges and hurdles of negotiating and making decisions under specific country conditions and under financial and institutional constraints (limited total assistance envelope; international and internal political decisions; etc.). In practicing the Model Development, participants step themselves into the shoes of various stakeholders involved in the preparation of country specific interventions (playing for example the role of a Finance Minister, or a World Bank Country Director, etc.) to confront their views in an entertaining way and reach agreements on strategies to reduce poverty. Young people need to get a better knowledge and understanding of processes that affect their life in order to be in a position to contribute more effectively to development processes. |
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