Imagine a World where Every Young Person is a Leader or Changemaker - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

OCTOBER 2019

Ravi Venkatesan, UNICEF Special Representative for Young People & Innovation

Imagine a World where Every Young Person is a Leader or Changemaker

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What we need is a completely NEW PARADIGM for YOUTH and the FUTURE OF WORK.

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"Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine.”

Mathematician & Computer Scientist Alan Turing

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Tap into the drive & talent of this generation to create an army of CHANGEMAKERS, LEADERS, PROBLEM SOLVERS OR SOLUTIONEERS.

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This leads me to the SECOND SHIFT which is in the way we think about EDUCATION and SKILLING.

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Need for SYSTEM THINKING &

COLLECTIVE ACTION

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YuWaah or Generation Unlimited in India aims to revolutionize how we engage and prepare young people for aspirational work and societal

• leadership. It is designed as a multi-stakeholder alliance with business,

government, civil society and young people. By 2030 Generation Unlimited will § Work with the private sector to build pathways to aspirational economic opportunities for 100 Million youth § Equip 200 Million youth to gain relevant skills for productive lives and the future of work § Engage 300 million youth as problem solvers and catalysts of societal change.

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“Our nation is filled with tremendous energy of the youth. Whatever future we desire of, we must keep the youth at the

• center. If we do this, we can surge

ahead at an unmatchable pace!“ – Prime Minister Modi