Highlights-YES Kenya 2006
Third Global Youth Employment Summit (YES)
Nairobi, Kenya. September 13-16, 2006

Patron
President, Republic of Kenya, H.E. Hon. Mwai Kibaki, CGH, MP

Co-Chairs
President, Senegal, HE Abdoulaye Wade
President, Dominican Republic, HE Leonel Fernandez Reyna

Hosted by
Youth Employment Summit (YES) Campaign
Ministry of State for Youth Affairs Government of Kenya

Summit Highlights:

• President of the Republic of Kenya, H.E. Mwai Kibaki, inaugurated the YES Kenya 2006
• Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq, Hon. Dr. Salam, Al-zoba'e gave an inspiring opening address, which set the context for the rest of the Summit days.
• 2000 delegates attended the Summit from all over the world.
• Over 100 countries represented from all continents.
• 63 Ministerial Delegations attended the Ministerial Forum
• The Government of Azerbaijan to host the Fourth Global Youth Employment Summit 'YES Azerbaijan 2008'
• The Ministers and the hi-ranking government delegations that attended the Ministerial Forum crafted several recommendations contained in a Ministerial Declaration which was read out by the Minister of State for Youth Affairs, Kenya, at the Closing Session of the YES Kenya Summit.
  
  These Include:
  
  
  • Setting up of the first African Regional YES Network under the Ministry of State for Youth Affairs, Republic of Kenya. Kenya to host the Secretariat for Eastern Africa Region, South Africa (Southern Africa), Algeria (Northern Africa), Nigeria (West Africa) and Cameroon (Central Africa)
    
    
  • Hosting the first African Regional YES Summit in 2007.
    
    
• The "State of the YES Campaign Report" released.
• Achievements of over 45 YES Country Networks showcased through the summit sessions and innovation marketplace.
• Set a vigorous and groundbreaking agenda for 2006 to 2008 for the YES Campaign by the Country Coordinators at their two-day Workshop.
• High-level participation from UN agencies and major international donors and private sector: UN Habitat, UNDP, ILO, YEN, MDG, UNIDO, UNESCO, UNICEF, UNFPA, UNEVOC, World Bank, USAID, SDC, Microsoft, NIIT Ltd, Adopt a Light etc. to support the YES Campaign in its next phase.
• Dialogue and debate for launching the Global YES Fund for Youth Entrepreneurship. Which was launched at the Clinton Global Initiative.
• Poonam Ahluwalia and Hon. Kuti, the Minister of State for Youth Affairs led the Ministerial Forum and engaged/inspired the ministers in thinking about how they could work closely with the YES Networks in building a coalition for youth employment in their countries and the delegates set a vigorous and groundbreaking agenda for the next two years of the campaign.
• Two-day Pre-Summit strategy meeting held with YES Coordinators that built collaboration and renewed commitment.
• In keeping with the YES goals to fulfill the MDGs - Salil Shetty, Director, UN Millennium Campaign on the role of the YES Campaign in fulfilling the Millennium Development Goals.
• The Government of Kenya launched the Youth Employment Fund for promoting youth entrepreneurship in the country.
• A creative and resourceful agenda developed and presented at the Summit.

The Agenda for the YES Kenya 2006