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Feb 16th, 2007 - 05:27:06 |
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the YES newsletter created by the YES country network coordinators
Dear Team
With immense pride I present to you the YES Newsletter prepared by the Coordinators! This is the first newsletter that has come in from the field written wholly by the coordinators. Ursula our editor has done a super job pulling it all together! And all the young people who participated have made me proud…please read and get back to me with any questions or concerns or suggestions. We look forward to serving you, and working with you to fulfil our goals and the dreams of our youth.
http://www.yesweb.org/yeskenya2006.pdf
In Solidarity
Poonam Ahluwalia
Executive Director
YES Campaign
Poonam@yesweb.org
www.yesweb.org
Feb 16th, 2007 - 05:21:37 |
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A message from YES director, Poonam
Dear Friends
I want to thank each and every one of you from the bottom of my heart for the wonderful work you do – and for your partnership with youth and YES! Please note my new email address Poonam@yesweb.org
This January 1 2007 – YES has started on its journey as an independent organization – YES Inc. YES initiative began with the blessings of Janet Whitla, President of EDC in October 1998 and over the years it has enjoyed quantum growth levels and succeeded in its mission to engage youth and other stakeholders in working on the pernicious issue of global youth unemployment. Many relationships are unfolding and we have commitments from Levis Strauss, Microsoft and other donors for embarking on our newest initiative – YES Fund – the Global Fund for Youth Entrepreneurship which was launched at the Clinton Global Initiative in 2006. Cambridge College, MA is also incubating the YES Inc. in its premises for this year – thanks to the generosity of Mahesh Sharma, President Cambridge College. Over the course of this year we will be working with many fine organizations such as the Tallberg Foundation, Sweden and Cambridge College, USA to deepen relationships and build partnerships.
The last 8 years have been a wonderful ride for me and the Campaign team, and has contributed to the fulfillment of our deeply seated hopes and commitments. I have felt doubly blessed to work with the finest person on earth –Janet Whitla! Who has taught us – to give and keep giving, and be generous enough to get from that giving, and never to ask for anything more – Thank YOU Janet!
Over the last 8 years – we have hosted over 100 global consultations, 3 global summits, 2 Regional Forums, produced over 100 original publications on youth employment, and about 400 projects have been initiated by YES and its 84 Country Networks. Please review the State of the YES Campaign Report 2006 - http://www.yesweb.org/2006/library/thematic/state_of_the_yes_campaign.pdf
Due to the hard work, support and willingness of our key partners the issue of youth unemployment is now firmly on the global agenda.
Please do check our website – www.yesweb.org for more information or contact me if you want to participate in any activity or country where we are present. Our last Summit in Kenya was a huge success – and given below is the Newsletter prepared by the YES Country Network Coordinators and it shares their experience, vision and hope for the Campaign. The next regional forum is in the Dominican Republic and the 4th Global Youth Employment Summit will be held in Azerbaijan.
Be well, and know that the dream that began 8 years ago is carrying on…the flame will keep burning…and we will work hard and make true the promise of our youth!
With deep gratitude
Poonam Ahluwalia
President YES Inc.
Poonam@yesweb.org
Dec 14th, 2006 - 05:50:31 |
Cam
Dear YES Family
With immense pride I present to you the YES Newsletter prepared by the Coordinators! This is the first newsletter that has come in from the field written wholly by the coordinators. Ursula our editor has done a super job pulling it all together! And all of them have made me proud…please read and get back to me with any questions or concerns or suggestions. We look forward to serving you, and working with you to fulfil our goals and the dreams of our youth.
http://www.yesweb.org/yeskenya2006.pdf
In Solidarity
Poonam Ahluwalia
Executive Director
YES Campaign
Poonam@yesweb.org
www.yesweb.org
Dec 14th, 2006 - 05:43:32 |
Cam
It's also online at:
http://acys.info/publications/newsletter/current_edition
How young people are faring in 2006
The latest report in the Dusseldorp Skills Forum's series, 'How young people are faring', a series of research snapshots issued each year on the participation of young people in learning and work has been released. In the 2006 DSF report, Mike Long of the Centre for the Economics of Education and Training identifies a significant pool of young people who are available and willing to become more active participants in the labour market. It reveals that as at May 2006, 12 per cent (of 330,000) of Australians aged 15 to 24 years were unemployed, wanting work or working part-time, but wanting more hours. While full-time work and study participation rates among young adults were found to be at their highest level in two decades, 23 per cent of young adults were not engaged in either full-time work or study. The report also found that while the number of full-time jobs for older Australians has risen by more than one million since 1995, it has declined by 14,000 for teenagers and 52,000 for young adults.
A longer review of this book is on our website at: http://www.acys.info/resources/research_tools/book_reviews/employment
This eighth annual report is supported this year by a summary paper ('How Young People Are Faring 2006: At a Glance'), and by expert commentaries and additional materials. All are available for free from the DSF website at: http://www.dsf.org.au/hypaf.html (Source: Dusseldorp Skills Forum website, viewed 6 December 2006 at: http://www.dsf.org.au.)
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Research on youth employment: Youth Employment Strategy a 'blueprint for the needs of all Australian youth'
The Youth Employment Strategy (YES) is based on several years of national and international research and analysis by one of Australia's leading providers of employment and training programs, Mission Australia. Launched in November, the report calls for greater coordination between governments, business and community, and a raft of new initiatives and policies to address the causes of youth unemployment in Australia. YES is a community-business partnership between Mission Australia and its Youth Strategy and Advocacy Group, whose chair, Rupert Myer, has called the YES report 'a blueprint, not just for Australia 's marginalised young people, but for the needs of young people as a whole'.
Launching the report, Mission Australia spokesperson Anne Hampshire explained that, while Australia's youth unemployment levels have declined in recent years, youth unemployment remains 'unacceptably high in Australia because of changes in full- and part-time work, the disappearance of unskilled job opportunities, changes in educational retention rates, a breakdown in the traditional pathways for young people transitioning to adult life, and the general failure of all sectors of society to meet the increasingly complex needs of young people', and that 'concerted action is needed to engage thousands of marginalised young people and reduce youth unemployment'. Unemployment in the 15- to 19-year-old age bracket is four times as high as the rate for the over 25s -- and in the 20- to 24-year-old age group, it's twice as high as the rate for the over 25s.
The YES report recommends the establishment of a National Participation Agenda for Young People, similar to the National Agendas for Children and for Ageing previously developed by the Commonwealth Government. Besides helping to build a framework for greater integration and coordination across all levels of government and portfolios which impact on young people, for example health, education, employment, such an agenda would involve the business and community sectors. The YES report findings and recommendations are outlined in a more detailed review of this resource on the AYinfo weblog at: http://www.australian-youth.info/news/?cat=30 The Youth Employment Strategy report is available online -- get right to the
report via: http://preview.tinyurl.com/ya6nze .)
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A call for 'near universal engagement of young Australians in education and training'
Australia's future prospects will depend on the near universal engagement of young Australians in education and training, according to a two-page paper by Bob Birrell (Director of the Centre for Population and Urban Research at Monash University) and Virginia Rapson released on 30 October and published by the Dusseldorp Skills Forum. 'Clearing the myths away: Higher education's place in meeting workforce demands' concludes that 'there is plenty of scope to increase the proportion of young people studying in both the higher education and vocational training sectors, and to do so on the basis of well-informed policy rather than myths'. The myths challenged in this short paper are said to have influenced recent debates about higher education and training policy in Australia (that there's been too much emphasis on young people getting a university education, and that a choice must be made between trade training and university education, and that there will be declining numbers of young people entering the workforce in Australia in future). The author proposes that we should rather be expanding youth participation at both the higher education and the trade levels: 'policies that prioritise access and opportunity for young people are the keys to boosting participation and productivity over the longer-term'. See: http://www.dsf.org.au
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Business Council of Australia report
Still on youth employment issues, the Business Council of Australia released the report, 'New pathways to prosperity: A national innovation framework for Australia' in the past few days which includes a recommendation for enhancing 'policy focus and strategic investment in education and training to improve the innovation capabilities and culture of our people', and in regard to youth, recommends introducing a national post-school 'Entrepreneurs and Innovators Internship Program' that would allow young people to gain useful experience from working for short periods with leading practitioners, including those based overseas. See: http://www.bca.com.au/
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A well-skilled future: Tailoring VET to the emerging labour market
At its research forum in Melbourne in late November, the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) released a series of two-page research overviews of its research project, 'A well-skilled future: Tailoring vocational education and training to the emerging labour market'. The overviews address questions relating to changes in work skill needs and work organisation arrangements, and their implications for the vocational education and training sector. This body of work was undertaken by a consortium of researchers from the National Institute of Labour Studies at Flinders University and the University of Melbourne's Centre for Post-compulsory Education and Lifelong Learning. See: NCVER's website at: http://www.ncver.edu.au/publications/1721.html, and at: http://www.ncver.edu.au/newsevents/mr/2006.html
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Australian vocational education and training statistics: Student outcomes 2006 - Summary
This publication summarises results from a national survey of students who undertook vocational education and training (VET) at TAFE institutes or other government, private or community education providers during 2005. It reports on students' characteristics, employment outcomes and satisfaction with, and benefits from, the training. See: http://www.ncver.edu.au/publications/1719.html
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TRANSITIONS
'With the end of another school year thousands of teenagers are coming to a crossroad in their life. The decisions they make now will greatly impact on their future. Teenagers who have grown up in poverty will often drop out of school early and with limited education, few skills and little confidence, they will find themselves unemployable, just like their parents did before them. Today's economy requires education, skills, social support and flexibility. Without these resources young people will never get further than the bottom rung of the employment ladder.' So says the chairman of Brotherhood of St Laurence, Bishop Phillip Huggins. It is his strong desire to see 'every kid who exits prematurely from the schooling system, for whatever reason, on a real pathway to appropriate training and employment ... so every kid feels, and knows, that they are valued and can live with dignity.' See: http://www.bsl.org.au/
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Family expectations and post-school plans
The Smith Family has commissioned the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) to conduct a study of Family Expectations and Post-School Plans. The project will combine a major literature review with around ten case studies of young people and their families. The young people are from disadvantaged backgrounds and participating in the Smith Family's Learning for Life program. The project began in August 2006 and will conclude in March 2007. (Source: 'ACER eNews', n.46, October 2006; http://www.acer.edu.au.)
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Jun 27th, 2006 - 05:10:08 |
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Updates on YES Kenya 2006 and Call for Papers
call for paper deadlines:
Abstract submission: July 11th 2006
Abstract acceptance: July 18th 2006
Full paper submission: August 10th 2006
Full paper acceptance: August 20th 2006
see more below
------- Forwarded message follows -------
Date sent: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 16:56:32 -0400
From: "Poonam Ahluwalia"
To:
Dear YES Family
It gives me great pleasure to share that amazing preparations are underway for YES Kenya 2006. In all YES countries the Networks are organizing consultations, meetings to build their country delegations.
I hope that you are all planning to attend and participate in this 3rd Global Youth Employment Summit – YES Kenya 2006! We are lucky to have the full support of the Government of Kenya at the highest level –with the President of Kenya HE Mwai Kibaki, serving as Patron. The newly formed Youth Ministry is working hard with the YES Kenya Country Network and the development partners to organize this Summit, and make sure that when you come to Kenya you will witness the legendary Kenyan hospitality.
Please do log on to www.yesweb.org and register if you have not already done so. Please also be in touch with your Country Coordinator – if there is a Network in your country and help build the delegations http://www.yesweb.org/people.htm#ycnc
So 81 days are left…and then we will gather in Nairobi to celebrate the accomplishments of the YES Campaign, and to make plans for the next two years. Many of the speakers for the Summit have been chosen, please do review the agenda http://www.yesweb.org/2006/agenda.htm and suggest additional speakers especially for the Breakout and Parallel sessions, some are open. Please email your suggestions to manasi@yesweb.org
If you want to launch an initiative, or publication at the YES Kenya 2006 please be in touch with me Poonam@yesweb.org
Now that the Agenda is almost finalized we would welcome your intellectual input into the Summit Content and hence we are making a call for publications. Please see the attached document for details – the details have also been copied in the body of this email in case you are unable to open the attachment. A brief history of the YES Campaign and previous summits is also included in the attached document. Your personal experiences with projects and/or policies that relate to these topics are invited, as well as your research on these issues. We look forward to reading your work and learning from it. Please feel free to invite others, whether policy-makers or academics, and experts in these issues, who can also contribute by submitting their written work to the Summit.
We can only accomplish great things by working together and we want to work with you to accomplish great things! Our youth deserve nothing less…
In solidarity
Poonam Ahluwalia
Executive Director
Call for Papers:
We are interested in project and policy-oriented, methodologically and conceptually sound papers with an empirical focus related to the following four working groups:
1. Creating Markets…Unleashing Entrepreneurs in Five Emerging Employment Sectors for Youth
- Renewable Energy
- Water and Sanitation
- On-Farm and Off-Farm Enterprises
- Information and Communication Technologies
- HIV/AIDS
2. Building an Entrepreneurial Culture
- Promoting Micro enterprises
- Business Development Services
- Mentoring
- Micro Finance
- Entrepreneurship curriculum
- Service Learning
- The Gender Dimension of Entrepreneurship
- Eco-entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurship
3. Building Trade Capacity and Attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
- Fair Trade
- Trade and Agriculture
- Leather Goods Exports from developing Countries
- Labor Export Strategies in International Trade
- FDI and Renewable Energy
- FDI and Information and Communications Technologies
- FDI in producing consumer goods and garments etc.
- FDI Through Tourism and Diaspora
4. Developing Large Scale Labor Intensive Employment Programs
- Optimizing Youth Employment in Infrastructure Investments
- Youth Employment in Crisis
- Skills and Vocational Training
Instructions for Authors: Papers must be written in English. Each paper must include a short abstract and a list of keywords indicating subject classification. Kindly note that submission and subsequent acceptance of a paper does not require (nor is an invitation for), the authors to present their paper at the Summit. However, all accepted papers will be made freely available to participants at the Summit on CDs and/or in print, and they will be published online on www.yesweb.org. A few selected papers will be printed as part of documentation released by the YES Campaign for the Kenya Summit.
An abstract of 400-500 words outlining the content and conclusions of the paper should be e-mailed to Poonam Ahluwalia, Executive Director, YES Campaign: PAhluwalia@edc.org
Deadlines:
Abstract submission: July 11th 2006
Abstract acceptance: July 18th 2006
Full paper submission: August 10th 2006
Full paper acceptance: August 20th 2006
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