Now in its 9th year, the Global Youth Economic Opportunities Summit is designed to increase the impact, scale, and sustainability of youth economic opportunity programming. On October 6-8, 2015, in Washington, D.C., the Summit will convene 460+ leading stakeholders from 70 countries to exchange knowledge that results in changed practices and improved performance.
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eading up to the 9th annual Global Youth Economic Opportunities Summit (October 6-8), Making Cents International is organising a series of virtual events designed to increase knowledge sharing and capacity building for those working to ensure youth economic inclusion. Two upcoming events include:
#YouthEO Twitter Chat: Scale in Practice | Thursday, July 30 | 9:00 AM EST
This one-hour Twitter chat will address how development practitioners and private and public sector actors can meet the growing demand for youth economic inclusion. Join @YouthEconOpps for this Twitter discussion on how to advance youth economic inclusion at scale by tweeting with #YouthEO. Twitter chat partners include Management Systems International, EDC and Udemy.
Register today and learn more about how to get involved.
Webinar: From Education to Employment: Solutions to Tackle Youth Unemployment by Bridging the Job Market Gap | Tuesday, August 11 | 9:00 AM EST
Peter Vogel, author of Generation Jobless? Turning the Youth Unemployment Crisis Into Opportunity, Michelle Blanchet of the Educators’ Lab, and Carsten Sudhoff of the Circular Society, will provide insights into the challenges and opportunities that arise at the intersection of the education and labour market and offer a variety of creative ideas for tackling youth unemployment. Space is limited, register today to reserve your spot.
For more information on other Youth Economic Opportunity events and activities, you can follow @YouthEconOpps on Twitter.