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Agenda on Daily Basis

The YES Mexico 2004 the 2nd Global Summit for Youth Employment ill be held from October 4-7, 2004 in Boca del Rio, Veracruz, Mexico. It will be an important milestone for evaluating global progress on youth employment. Successful programs, policies, and projects within the Summit Framework for Action will be highlighted and shared among Summit delegates. This Summit will share the critical need for partnership between all actors and actions that can be taken together as a global team to address the challenge of youth unemployment. The agenda is categorized as shown below:

Four Town Hall Style Plenary sessions

  • YES Campaign Works! Working with different actors and working towards collaborative action.
  • Corporate Social Responsibility Connects with Youth Employment - Effective models.
  • Investing in Youth Employment- Many ways: direct funding, introducing innovative policies, developing workable programs and partnerships and empowering youth.
  • Building an Entrepreneurial culture- Fulfilling the MDGs by promoting youth entrepreneurship

  • Twelve Sessions Bringing Alive the 6Es - All sessions will feature programs that are working to fulfill the objectives, and will include examples from UN agencies, NGOs, and YES Networks.

  • Employability
  • Employment Creation
  • Equity
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Environmental Sustainability
  • Empowerment

  • Eleven Thematic Sessions

  • Renewable Energy
  • Water and Sanitation
  • Information and Communication Technology
  • On-Farm and Off Farm Development
  • HIV / AIDS
  • Post-Conflict Resolution

  • Four Parallel Sessions

  • USAID
  • World Bank
  • UNDP
  • IADB

  • Nine Sessions: Working to Frame the YES Campaign

  • How to effectively share YES Campaign accomplishments?
  • What are the indicators for measuring the impact of the YES Campaign?
  • How to engage multi stakeholder groups in the YES Campaign?
  • How to mobilize the resources at the community level to invest in youth employment initiatives?
  • How YES and YEN can work together at the country level to create livelihood opportunities for youth?
  • How do I advance the goals of the YES Campaign?
  • What can I contribute to my YES Network?
  • How do we prepare the YES Networks as the drivers of youth employment in their countries?
  • How to initiate and manage the peer mentoring among the YES Networks?

  • Four Skills Building Workshops

  • Business Simulator model - Business plan, fundraising, marketing and mentorship
  • Leadership Development -Team building, Networking, Problem solving - Life skills toolkit
  • Tapping the human potential for enhancing the leadership of youth.
  • Advocacy and lobbying with policy makers - How to build your advocacy arsenal - moving the YES Campaign forward

  • Seven Parallel Regional Networking Sessions

  • Asia and Pacific
  • Middle East and North Africa
  • Southern Africa
  • Latin America and Caribbean
  • Eastern Europe and Russia
  • Western Europe and North America
  • Francophonie Countries

  • Six Parallel Sessions on Fulfilling the Millennium Development Goals through Youth engagement and Employment

  • Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
  • Achieve universal primary education
  • Promote gender equality and empower women
  • Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
  • Ensure environmental sustainability
  • Develop a global partnership for development

  • YES Network Sessions (Pre-Summit - Oct 2 - 3, 2004)

  • Strategic Planning and Leadership Development.
  • Identifying employment opportunities in the emerging sectors - presenting a mapping tool.

  • Agenda on Daily Basis


     
         
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