IRC is recruiting for a consultant to conduct an assessment in Southern Sudan looking at education and skills building needs and opportunities for youth. The term of the contract will be approximately 3-4 weeks between May-June 2010 to conduct research in Sudan and write 10-15 page report. Interested applicants should submit their CV/resume, a 3 page writing sample and fee requirement to Abigail Gacusana: abigailg@wrcommission.org.
The overall objective of USAID/Nicaragua’s sustainable tourism activity is to assist Nicaragua in expanding the economic benefits of tourism to the less advantaged through the growth of small businesses, the protection of the country’s environment and natural resources, and improvement in the quality of public education and outreach.
This expert post from executive director Jeroo Billimoria explains why Aflatoun chose a campaign as the growth and expansion strategy for their social and financial education programme, and what the benefits of this approach have been to date.
Can children manage money? How can they best be taught the importance of saving money and other resources? These are questions Aflatoun is answering through its Campaign for Social and Financial Education. From its 2008 launch in Amsterdam by Princess Maxima of the Netherland, the UN Secretary-General's Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development, the campaign has pursued one key goal: to provide high quality social and financial education to 1 million children in 75 countries by the end of 2010.
The International Rescue Committee and Fundacion Paraguaya invite you to engage in a participatory learning event, the School-based Businesses workshop, to be held on Thursday September 10th, 2009 at the International Rescue Committee offices in Washington DC.
International Rescue Committee, Conference Room,
1730 M Street, NW - Suite 505, Washington DC
Thursday September 10th, 2009
For many youth in Africa, the educational systems in African nations are not adequate preparation for the workplace, as the curriculum is mostly theoretical. There is often a mismatch of skills, with most educational institutions still offering courses that are no longer relevant to the current job market, given current economic trends. This raises the following questions:
- How is the skills gap defined more specifically, a prerequisite for designing and implementing adequate solutions?
Publisher:The Youth Employment Network (International Labour Organization), International Youth FoundationDate:2009Remote Resource:
This discussion paper presents an analytical review of the design and implementation of Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) schemes, particularly in Latin America; juxtaposing it with those schemes in India that have similar characteristics. The objective is to promote informed discussion among various stakeholders on the desirability and feasibility of introducing multi-sectoral CCT schemes for alleviating human poverty and achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in India.
The Public Affairs section of the U.S. Embassy in Ankara invites Turkish non-governmental, non-profit organizations to submit funding proposals for a nationwide youth innovation and entrepreneurship program in Turkey. The goal of this program is to nurture creativity among Turkish high school students while allowing them to acquire entrepreneurship skills and to create formal and informal ties between Turkish and American youth engaged in business education.
Project HOPE’s orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) program, implemented in Mozambique and Namibia, uses a low literacy “Parenting Map” comprised of measurable child-specific indicators across all domains of critical needs for OVC. This map is designed to be used at the household level by project staff and volunteers as a road map for showing a quick but comprehensive snapshot of each child’s well-being, which identifies service needs and provides immediate feedback to caregivers.
This report by Save the Children emphasizes the role of cash transfers in lowering child mortality. It argues that well-designed cash transfer programs can help tackle many of the determinants of child mortality, most immediately by increasing access to healthcare and reducing malnutrition.
This Report, prepared by the World Bank, examines five pivotal phases of life that can help unleash the development of young people’s potential with the right government policies: learning, working, staying healthy, forming families, and exercising citizenship. Within each of these transitions, governments need not only to increase investments directly but also to cultivate an environment for young people and their families to invest in themselves.
