  
Innovation
Market Place The 3rd Global Youth Employment Summit
held from the 13th to the 16th September 2006 at Nairobi KICC Kenya. The innovation
Market Place at the summit allowed YES Country Networks, Youth Entrepreneurs,
Governments, Businesses,
NGO's, and Foundations, International development agencies, civic society and
Youth Leaders to showcase their innovations for promoting Youth Employment. .
The exhibitors displayed their best practices, programs, products
and literature in the field of Youth Employment to a wide and diverse global audience
from over 100 countries and of over 2000 delegates. Objectives
of the Innovation Market Place - Provided an opportunity
to the young people budding entrepreneurs and youth innovators in employment generation
to showcase their unique enterprise ideas, products and services
- Provided
an opportunity to the YES Country Network members across 45 countries to demonstrate
their country action plans and success stories in employment creation and wealth
generation by youth in their local communities
- Enabled the development
partners to showcase their innovative Youth Employment programmes and effective
practices
The sectors that had been identified
as key development needs and presented tremendous opportunities for the gainful
employment and entrepreneurship of young people include:
1. Information and communication Technology (ICT) Expanding access to ICTs as
a tool for education and business development and employing ICT's as a means of
livelihood. 2. HIV and AIDS Addressing livelihood generation within
the context of HIV and AIDS in order to strengthen youth friendly HIV/AIDS and
reproductive health services, mitigate the spread to infections, increase opportunities
for youth living with HIV/AIDS and improve the reproductive health and family
choices of women 3. Renewable Energy Facilitating and supporting
the involvement of youth as entrepreneurs, service providers and maintenance operators
in the renewable energy sector to address the energy needs of communities
4. Rural Development (on/off farm) Equipping youth with the appropriate skills
suited to the rural labour market including training in innovations in agro -business,
access to micro credit and the skills necessary to analyze and address community
needs 5. Water and Sanitation Integrating youth livelihood opportunities
in the community resource management process to improve the availability and supply
of clean drinking water, sanitation services and improve environmental condition.
Exhibitor Categories of Stalls: - Development
Partners and Donors:- 10 stalls
- Government Ministries in Kenya:-
5 stalls
- Private Sector Organizations:- 10 stalls
- YES
Country Networks:- 45 stalls
- Youth Organizations and other Civil
society organizations: 20 stalls
- Non-sponsored Youth Innovators:-
50 stalls
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