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Page 1: Youth Entrepreneurship, Employment and the Digital Economyunctad.org/meetings/en/Presentation/dtl_eWeek2017p... · Global Trends in Youth Employment Source: International Labour Organization

eCommerce Week

Youth Entrepreneurship,

Employment and the Digital Economy

James ZhanDirector

Investment and Enterprise Division

Geneva

25 April 2017

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Global Trends in Youth Employment

Source: International Labour Organization (2016) and Youth Business International

Overall, the global youth unemployment rate to rise to 13% in 2017

Geographic disparities: in 2017, youth unemployment rates are as follows:

29,7%IN THE MIDDLE

EAST

29.2%IN NORTH

AFRICA

10.9%IN EAST

ASIA

10.9%IN SOUTH

ASIA

71.0 MILLION

YOUNG PEOPLE UNEMPLOYED

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Young entrepreneurs on the rise

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Enhancing the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem for Youth

• UNCTAD and The Commonwealth have

developed a policy guide on youth

entrepreneurship to help resolve many

challenges for young entrepreneurs in many

countries.

• The Policy Guide on Youth Entrepreneurship,

aims to support policymakers in designing

entrepreneurship policies and programmes for

youth.

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UNCTAD-Commonwealth POLICY GUIDE FOR YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP

2 Creating an

enabling regulatory

environment for young

people

3 Embedding

Youth entrepreneurship

in education

4 Enhancing

technology and innovation for

and among youth

5

Ensuring a youth Financial

inclusion

6 Promoting

networks for and among

youth

1Design an integrated youth entrepreneurship strategy

Source: UNCTAD and Commonwealth Guiding Framework for Youth Entrepreneurship

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UNCTAD Social EntrepreneurshipTraining (SET)

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UNCTAD's Alliances for Youth Entrepreneurship Programs

• Commonwealth Guiding Framework for Youth Entrepreneurship

• Joint research and regional workshops on Youth Entrepreneurship

• Joint research and curricula design

• Joint Curricula and Youth Training

• Empretec partner - BEST

• Empretec partner - MBA Program

• Partner since 2009 - Awareness Campaigns

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