71M

YOUNG PEOPLE

ARE UNEMPLOYED

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YOUTH ARE NEITHER IN

SCHOOL NOR EMPLOYED

220M

5-7X

YOUTH ARE

MORE LIKELY

TO BE UNEMPLOYED

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 & TERRITORIES

IN ASIA-PACIFIC 

25

PARTICIPANTS​

engaged

75K

yoUTH-LED STARTUP

CATALYSED & SCALED  

600

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. In its second year (2018-19) Youth Co:Lab has been implemented in 25 countries and territories across Asia Pacific: Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Fiji, Hong Kong (SAR), Indonesia, India, Japan, Malaysia, the Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor Leste, Vanuatu and Viet Nam.

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.

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.