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Submitted by GEC Team on Thu, 12/03/2009
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WAAS e-Conference on the
GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT CHALLENGE
An inquiry into the root causes and remedy for the problem of unemployment
This e-conference will utilize a variety of methods to explore creative solutions to the problem of global employment, including presentations, panel discussions, webcasts and open forums.
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The WAAS/GEC forum extends a special welcome to WAAS Fellows in Africa and to all participants who are interested in the topic - “Youth and Employment in Africa”.
In Africa, 62% of its overall population is below the age of 25. There are 200 million youth (ages between 15 and 24 years, 2007). In Sub-Sahara Africa, 3 in 5 of the totally unemployed are youth (ILO 2006) and on an average 72% of the youth population live with less than US$2 a day.
The World Bank's report “Youth and Employment in Africa - The Potential, The Problem, The Promise” will serve as our background material for discussion. It contains facts of youth and labour markets in Africa, discusses past youth employment interventions in the region and argues for the need of an integrated approach to actions to tackle the youth employment issues.
The e-forum will bring people together to
- Discuss the World Report in the context of their own understanding on youth and employment in Africa.
- Create greater awareness of the unemployment situation in Africa and its global impacts.
- Call upon participants and employers to share their experiences and ideas on how they are helping to tackle the employment problems.
- Identify participants who will present/facilitate e-seminars in the future on special topics related to youth and employment in Africa.
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GEC Team
Dec 3, 2009
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