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 About us 

Driving the largest youth movement for empowerment, equality,

social inclusion, and social justice in Asia and the Pacific. 

Youth Co:Lab positions young people front and center in order to solve the region’s most pressing challenges. Co-created in 2017 by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Citi Foundation, Youth Co:Lab aims to establish a common agenda for countries in the Asia-Pacific region to empower and invest in youth so that they can accelerate the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through leadership, social innovation, and entrepreneurship. 

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YOUTH CO:LAB!

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our impact in 2021-2022  

 

During its 2021-2022 programme cycle, Youth Co:Lab continued implementing activities across the three interconnected levels of action.  

This report presents an overview of the Youth Co:Lab activities and the results achieved by the project during the 2021-2022 programme cycle.

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FIVE YEARS OF
yOUTH co:LAB

Discover more about the first five years (2017-2021)

of the regional youth project on leadership, innovation, and entrepreneurship across Asia and the Pacific.

EMPOWERING YOUTH IN ASIA-PACIFIC

Youth are best prepared now, than any other time in the past, to engage with the world and influence sustainable development. They could be the first generation in history that can eradicate poverty, and the last generation that can reverse climate change. All over the world, young people are responding to present day challenges with innovative approaches and fresh ideas, building bridges and creating the world they want. They are leading development for themselves, their communities and their societies.

countries and territories 

28

PARTICIPANTS

engaged

280K+

2600+

youth-led social innovation and entrepreneurship teams supported 

 

POSITIONING YOUNG

PEOPLE FRONT & CENTER IN ORDER TO SOLVE THE REGION’S MOST PRESSING CHALLENGES

In addition to directly supporting youth entrepreneurship, Youth Co:Lab works closely with multiple stakeholders across the region, including governments, civil society and the private sector, to strengthen the entrepreneurship ecosystem and policy environment to better enable young people to take the lead on new solutions that will help meet the SDGs. To date, Youth Co:Lab has supported young inspiring and existing entrepreneurs in 28 countries and territories across Asia and the Pacific. 

OUR APPROACH

TO YOUTH

EMPOWERMENT

Our approach to Youth Empowerment means adopting an integrated approach that strengthens individual and institutional capabilities while building an enabling environment that promotes young people’s agency in shaping tomorrow’s world and achieving the SDGs.

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Youth Co:Lab works at three levels:

 

· Downstream: directly empowering young aspiring or inspiring entrepreneurs;

· Midstream: building the capacity of ecosystem partners to better support youth entrepreneurship;

 and

· Upstream: working with governments to strengthen the    enabling environment for youth entrepreneurship.

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