Youth ECOSOC on “Creating a Sustainable Future: Empowering Youth with Better Job Opportunities”

The Department of Economic and Social Affairs and the Department of Public Information will organize a Youth ECOSOC conference on "Creating a Sustainable Future: Empowering Youth with Better Job Opportunities", to be held on 4 May 2012 at United Nations Headquarters, New York. Since the onset of the global economic crisis, youth unemployment has increased across the world, affecting both developed and developing countries alike. To address this issue, youth representatives from around the world will participate in two dialogue classroom sessions on "Training and education to facilitate access to job market" and "Promoting youth employment-Creating jobs for a more sustainable future".

Please find the links to the background note and draft programme on the event as well as a registration form for interested young people in your networks.

Background note: http://www.un.org/esa/desa/download/Background_Note_Programme_Youth_Event-United_Nations.pdf

Registration Form: http://www.un.org/esa/desa/download/Youth_Event_Registration_Form.doc