GLOBAL CAMPAIGN FOR YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
Securing full employment for all young women and men by 2030, one nation at a time
presented by
Jeremy Lefroy MP, Chair, Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and IMF
David Woollcombe, Acting Coordinator, Coalition for Youth Employment
Wednesday 23rd January 2019, Wilton Park Conference
For
discussion purposes only
“They tell me, ‘If you can’t find a job, create your own: start a business!’ But nothing in my 12 years of schooling has given me one clue how to do this!”
“Marriage, a family, a home of my own – Dignity! I can get none of these things until I get a job…”
Sheku Syl Kamara, aged 18, Sierra Leone
Rahul, 19, India
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For discussion purposes only Inequality 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 % of Total Global Wealth House of Commons Library Research Bottom 99% Top 1%
CHALLENGE: to find out what works in the effort to Turbo-charge Youth Employment
Global Forces Impact Solutions
Demographic Youth Bulge
In Low Income countries, only 5 – 15% will ever work in the formal, waged sector
The 21st Century Job Market requires 21st Century Skills
Inclusive Growth is not happening: rich get richer, poor get poorer
Globally, 6m new jobs are needed every month
Livelihoods depend on selfemployment or small enterprise
Schools & VET institutions struggle to keep pace
Social tension & instability increases
XYZIncrease investment in youth job creation
Enterprise education to be included in the DNA of all National Education Provision
Make it easier for Youth to Access Capital
Introduce a SYSTEMS APPROACH
Systemic problems, require systemic solutions
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“Heads stressed the importance of investing in a systems approach to create meaningful employment opportunities for the Commonwealth's growing youth populations including through skills-building, entrepreneurship, apprenticeships, and the need for better data to target interventions effectively. ”
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Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Final Communiqué, London, April 2018
The FIVE Pillars of a Systems Approach
Partnerships Simultaneity
No one can do this alone: governments must work in partnership with the Private Sector, expert NGOs & Intl. agencies + Donors & Investors and young people themselves to solve the problem
Piecemeal interventions do not work. All aspects of the system that creates and sustains jobs must be overhauled at the same time.
National Coalitions
No ‘One size fits all.’
Each country, each region, each town must create their own Coalitions for Youth Employment to ensure contextually appropriate policy creation.
Youth Agency Investors / Donors
Youth can – and should – provide the energy to drive a systems approach. It is their livelihoods we seek to create: youth must be empowered and enabled to do much of the leg-work of delivering change.
Youth job creation is a new field: the metrics are in their infancy – so there is a need for pumppriming and Action Research to deliver Proof of Concepts and concrete evidence of what works at scale.
To be identified
Create a National Board - then Benchmark - then make a National Plan of Action
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The Coalition for Youth Employment
“We need an ambitious and tractable global partnership for youth employment, bringing together all relevant actors, governments, development agencies, the private sector and NGOs around a single vision and plan to deliver at scale.”
The Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP, Secretary of State, UK Dept. for International Development
We
Stand on the Shoulders of Giants....
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“We need to transform Job-seekers into job creators….”
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former Managing Director of the World Bank and Minister of Finance of Nigeria
“... policymakers need to ruthlessly re-orient the delivery of education.”
Alec Ross, former Senior Advisor on Innovation to Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton,
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For discussion purposes only | 9 Key Partners Gov ernment L e a d e r s h i p & P*o*l*i*c*y*1*m*a*k*i*n*g NGOs & Academics G*u*i*d*a*n*c*e Donors + In v es tors R"e"s"o"u"r"c"e"s Education Skills* & skills1 matching YOUTH V o i c e & A*g*e*n*c*y Privat e Sector A p p r e n t i c e s h i p s & W o r k E x p e r i e n c e J O B S
Coalition’s Short-term Goal: Deliver Proof of Concept to the Kigali CHOGM in 2020
Policy Focus
• Education: teach entrepreneurship & 21st Century skills; offer career guidance to all; encourage enterprise start-ups;
• Inward Investment: Encourage business with Media campaigns, investment drives etc.
• Domestic Legislation / ALMRs : remove legal constraints to employing people;
• Engage with Private Sector: Match Skills
• Empower Youth: make them feel responsible for finding solutions;
• Empower Disabled Youth: Give them a chance to find, or create, jobs;
Next Steps for T & T
This week: Agree Questionnaire & Launch bench-marking process; appoint coordinators for each stake-holder sector
Feb / March 2019: Complete bench-marking; recruit Media Partner – start Gap Analysis;
April 2019: Present Progress Report at the Global Parliamentary Conference at World Bank
May / August 2019: Prepare Drafts of National Action Plan; combine to produce consolidated NAP to present to Cabinet
Sept. 2019: Start the implementation of NAP nationwide
Kigali CHOGM, June 2020: Report on Progress to Commonwealth colleagues
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