Additional Resources on Renewable Energy:

Inequitable access to technology and the widening effect of globalization on the socioeconomic divide between the peoples of the world require a new vision for education in the 21st century---universal literacy in Work and Life (WL). The Work and Life Literacy model is a holistic approach that empowers individuals to establish a foundation for successful and productive work and life and pursue life-long learning. Aussie disponible en français.

The main aim of this paper is to stimulate policy debate on the potential benefits of youth entrepreneurship as a viable career option, obstacles that stand in its way, and policy measures and strategies that can be initiated to support it. It discusses the status of youth enterprises and raises the key challenges that youth entrepreneurs face. It also looks at successful youth enterprise promotion programmes and 'best practices' and identifies areas for suggested actions. Aussie disponible en français.

This paper provides constructive dissent to conventional solutions to mainstream approaches to youth alienation and unemployment in general and the double burden that poor youth face in particular, of being poor and searching for employment, creative work, self-respect and dignity. The underlying premise is that the numbers of youth searching for employment set at approximately 500 million are too large, for the problem to be solved by expansion of private and public sector growth, formal education and skill training programmes welfare measures, micro credit and subsidies or charity. Even in their own terms while these strategies may respond to some of the problems of these youth they are by themselves not adequate when the numbers are so large and majority are poor youth, who have a double burden and poor young women who have a triple burden. This paper provides an innovative approach and practical solutions based on lessons from the ground in Asia, Africa and Latin America to meet this challenge. Aussie disponible en français.

In this paper, the way in which government's can promote youth employment is discussed. Various ways in which government policy can be improved are analysed including, better policy integration, the more widespread and effective use of Labour Market Information, the promotion of links between the labour market and educational systems, the involvement of the social partners and other relevant actors and the setting of targets and targeting particularly as regards the promotion of employment amongst disadvantaged young people. Aussie disponible en français.

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The focus of the paper is on best practice examples from low and middle-income countries based around five best practice principles: promoting youth entrepreneurship; promoting public-private partnerships; targeting vulnerable groups of young people; and bridging the gap between the digital economy and the informal sector and putting young people in charge. Aussie disponible en français.

Business has a critical role to play in addressing the issue of youth employment (YE). This is due to the vast resources it has at its disposal, its employment capacity, which extends indirectly to its suppliers, and the fundamental requirement that it operates within a healthy economy. How to engage business effectively, however, is a complicated issue since business is not directly motivated to solve the YE issue. This paper addresses the question: How can business be engaged in YE issues. It builds upon eight case studies from around the world, and identifies key motivations for business to be engaged and other important lessons. A summary of Engaging the Private Sector is also available. Aussie disponible en français.

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