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« What happened?: The Virtual Forum
Below is the Alexandria YES2002 Summit Agenda.
Summit background
papers available online!
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9:30
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Town Hall Style Plenary Session
Building the Networks for Youth Employment:
Recommendations from U.N Secretary-General’s High Level
Policy Network on Youth Employment
Moderator:
Mr. Charles Hodson, Anchor, CNN World Business Today
Speakers:
Mr. Göran Hultin, Employment Director, International Labour Office
Ms. Poonam Ahluwalia, Executive Director, YES
Introducing the Youth Employment Summit Country Networks:
YES Pakistan - Mr. Ali Khan
YES Honduras - Ms. Norma Elvira Carías Montiel
YES Philippines – Ms. Catherine Kamping
YES Georgia - Mr. Nugzar Meladze
YES South Africa - Mr. Clayton Peters
YES Jamaica - Ms. Venesha Phillips
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13:30
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Town Hall Style Plenary Session
Promoting Youth Employment in the Global Village:
The Role of the Global Labor Markets, Trade Policies,
Trade Unions, and International Aid
background
paper: Government Policies that Promote Youth
Employment »
Defining the Problem of Youth Unemployment by
UNFPA
Resource Person:
Prof. Niall O’ Higgins, University of Selerno (Background
paper on Government Policy)
Moderator:
Mr. Charles Hodson, Anchor, CNN World Business Today
Speakers:
Mr. Rupert Maclean, Director, International Centre
for Technical and Vocational Education and Training,
UNESCO
Mr. Mamanatou Cessi, ICFTU
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14:00 |
Parallel Thematic Sessions
Session 1: Role of InformationCommunication
Technology in Promoting Youth Employment
background
paper: Information
and Communication Technology »
Resource Person:
Dr. Richard Curtain, Professional Associate of the
National Institute for Governance at the University
of Canberra.
Hosts:
Ms. Jennifer Corriero, Co-Founder, TakingITGlobal
Mr. José-María Figueres, Managing Director, World
Economic Forum
Speakers:
Dr. Akhtar Badshah, Founder, Digital Partners
Rania El Keiy, Business Development Manager, Virgitech
Corporation NIIT, Alexandria
Session 2: Transition to Work
background
paper: Transition
to Work »
Resource Person:
Mr. Sanjay Nagi, Principle Investigator, Marketing
Insight
Hosts:
Mme. Huguette Labelle, Chancellor, Ottawa University
Hon. Nahas Angula, Minister of Higher Education,
Training and Employment Creation, Namibia
Speakers:
Ms. Monika Aring, Director, Ohio State University
Session 3: Rural Development
background
paper: Rural Development »
Resource Person:
Mr. Virat Divyakirti, Development Consultant
Hosts:
Mrs. Sithembiso Nyoni, President, Organisation of
Rural Associations for Progress, Zimbabwe
Dr. M. S. Swaminathan, World Food Prize Laureate
Speakers:
Mr. William Seiders, Senior Rural Youth Development
Officer, Food and Agricultural Organization
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16:00 |
Town Hall Style Plenary Session
Moderator:
Mr. Charles Hodson, Anchor, CNN World Business Today
Building an Entrepreneurial Culture to Promote Social and Economic Development
background
paper: Building Entrepreneurial Culture for
Social and Economic Development »
background
paper: Entrepreneurship »
Resource Persons:
Ms. Susan Davis, International Board Selection Committee,
Ashoka Innovators for Public
Mr. Francis Chigunta, Wolfson College, Oxford University
Speakers:
Mr. José-María Figueres, Managing Director,World
Economic Forum
Mr. Estéban González, President, Nexus Group International
Mr. Richard Street, Youth Business International
Ms. Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli, Founder and Managing Partner, LEAP Africa
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If you are a speaker, presenter or moderator, and your presentation or session summary is not linked below, please submit relevant materials to Jennifer Cottes, Web Architect, by email to: Jennifer@youthemploymentsummit.org.
For a detailed version of the Agenda in Word, click here.
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