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1.8 billion people in the world are between 10 and 24 years old. They are among the most affected by the COVID-19 crisis and need to be included in building a sustainable, inclusive and green recovery.
To bring youth voices into policy debates, the OECD is creating Youthwise – an advisory group of people between 18 and 30 years old – as part of our “I am the future of work” campaign and the OECD Youth Action Plan we are developing to help countries design better policies for young people.
Want to join, or know someone who should? The call for interest in joining the OECD Youthwise Group for 2021-2022 will be opened at the Warwick Economic Summit on 5 February together with a youth consultation on the Future of Work. Youthwise applications close on 25 February. More information will be available soon!
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The report Governance for Youth, Trust and Intergenerational Justice: Fit for all generations? provides the first comparative assessment of the policies, laws, institutional capacities and governance tools put in place by 34 OECD countries and the European Union and 8 non-member countries to promote youth empowerment and intergenerational justice. It also presents the results from the OECD Youth Governance Survey run among 80+ youth-led organisations in the participating countries. |
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Africa’s fast-growing cities are youthful. More than two-thirds of the residents of some of the continent’s largest cities like Lagos, Dakar, Accra and Abidjan are below the age of 30. How these cities, and hundreds of others, will look like in 20-30 years depends on the ability of urban youth to shape urban development with their ideas, preferences and visions.
In July 2020, we surveyed more than 4 000 young people across 17 countries and 27 cities in West Africa and the Sahel to find out how they feel about their cities – what they like, what they dislike and what they think should be the priorities for their local governments. How is life in your city?
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Compared to general programmes, vocational education and training (VET) programmes suffer a double disadvantage as social distancing requirements and the closure of enterprises have made practical and workbased learning that are so crucial for the success of vocational education difficult or impossible. |
