Fwd: Fwd: How Can Mobile Services Improve Youth Employment Opportunities?

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Subject:	Fwd: How Can Mobile Services Improve Youth Employment Opportunities?
Date:	Mon, 1 Jul 2013 23:16:58 +0100
From:	Ronda Zelezny-Green <>
To:	--- (snip), Chris Foote <sp...@tenbus.co.uk>

Hi everyone,

I am helping to organize an event on Mobiles for Employment (see below) with a colleague at the GSMA. Please have a look and if you think you can attend, it'd be great to have the support! If not, please do feel free to pass it on. Thank you!

Warm Regards,

Ronda Zelezny-Green, M.A., MSc
U.S. Fulbright Student Scholar to Kenya, 2013-2014

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Date: Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 11:01 AM
Subject: How Can Mobile Services Improve Youth Employment Opportunities?
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Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. How Can Mobile Services Improve Youth Employment Opportunities? Jul 01, 2013 12:09 am | Wayan Vota According to the UN, there are 75 million unemployed youth globally, making youth unemployment one of the biggest challenges for both developing and developed countries in the next decade. The factors impacting this complex issue are manifold, and youth themselves paint a grim picture of their present circumstances: 74% feel they cannot not access money or capital required to start a business 40% need training on how to run a business 59% feel that looking for work opportunities was ‘impossible’ with lack of skills and a lack of contacts being some of the highest ranked challenges This is only an example of what the GSMA Mobile for Employment Programme and Alcatel-Lucent found when they asked youths, mobile operators, and ecosystem partners in Bangladesh, Ghana, Indonesia and Spain for their thoughts on youth employment barriers and how mobile services could help. What is the opportunity for mobile solutions to combat this problem? How can we build a new employment reality for youth? What new solutions or initiatives have potential to make needed changes today? What are the viable business models for these services? And what opportunities do mobile services create for improving the youth employment landscape? Please RSVP now to join the GSMA and Alcatel-Lucent for a “Mobile for Youth Employment” event – an evening of lively discussions around how mobile services can play a role in helping to get youth on an employment trajectory. We’ll have lightning-style talks with concrete implementation suggestions from: Lauren Dawes, Head of Mobile for Employment, GSMA Revital Marom, Head of Market & Consumer Insight, Alcatel-Lucent Jacob Korenblum, Founder, Souktel And you? RSVP now to present your solution Before the talks, we will have a networking reception so you can meet fellow thought leaders and decision makers in youth employment, workforce development, and mobile technology. Mobile for Youth Employment 5:30-8:30pm, Wednesday, July 10th 2013 GSMA London 7th Floor, 5 New Street Square London, EC4A 3BF Please RSVP now to attend this in-person only event and follow the #GSMAm2w hashtag for real-time discussion highlights. comments | read more      ICT_Works 8,620 followers 8,919 tweets following 559 people follow Today's #ICT4D News is out! http://t.co/CrjD6eaFpB ▸ Top stories today via @texttochange7:37AM Today's #ICT4D News is out! http://t.co/CrjD6eaFpB7:37AM How Can Digital Marketing Improve East African Development Outcomes? http://t.co/qduPwQAf0p #ict4d5:31AM Latest Posts on ICTWorks How Can Digital Marketing Improve East African Development Outcomes? Is Your Project Ready to Launch, Scale or Partner? Present at the mEducation Alliance Symposium The Challenges of Illiteracy and ICT Training in Bhutan The Behaviour of Cybercafé Users in Tanzania RSVP Now to Debate MOOCs Impact in the Developing World Thanks for your interest in ICTworks - an ICT4D practitioner community. ICTworks is an initiative of Inveneo. Unsubscribe rond...@gmail.com from this list. Our mailing address is: ICTworks 972 Mission Street 5th Floor San Francisco, CA 94103 Add us to your address book Copyright (C) 2009 ICTworks All rights reserved. Forward this email to a friend Update your profile