Part I

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Where Is the Opportunity?: Emerging & Evolving Industries for Youth in a Changing World of Work

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4:10 pm-4:40 pm

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A familiar theme in a “changing world of work” is the fear of job loss to automation, matched by insufficient job creation to meet the demands of youth unemployment. These worries are not unwarranted: for lower-skilled workers, the barriers are already high and may get higher. For women who work in sectors that are increasingly automated and who face persistent gender inequality in growing STEM-related fields, the changes to the world of work present a mixed picture.Yet the evidence also suggests that far more jobs are emerging or evolving in dramatic ways than are being lost to robots. How can youth development practitioners and policymakers better understand the changes we are witnessing today across industries in order to prepare young people for economic opportunity?

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This plenary convened unique insights from two growth industries—tourism and technology— to explore how their businesses and supply chains are evolving in today’s changing economy, and where the opportunities are to support greater youth economic opportunity.
 

Moderator

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Branka Minic, Founder, Future Work Consulting

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Speakers

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Daniella Foster, Senior Director, Global Corporate Responsibility, Hilton

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Rebeca De La Vega, Corporate Social Responsibility Manager, Cisco Latin America

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Part II

 

YouthLead: Building Opportunities by and for Young Change-Makers

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4:40 pm – 5:15 pm

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Announced by USAID Administrator Green during the Summit of the Americas in April 2018, YouthLead is a multilingual platform that can reach young change-makers across the globe and connect them to the people, opportunities, and tools they need to achieve their goals and dreams. This platform is building on the success of the USAID-funded YouthPower.org knowledge hub, which has been focused on youth supporting organizations.

Initiated and inspired by a Youth Advisory Group of young change-makers from programs such as the Young African Leaders Initiative, Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative, Atlas Corps and others, YouthLead will support these young leaders’ objectives to learn from each other; provide peer-to-peer support; and have ready access to tools, experts, and funding.

During this launch event, USAID’s Youth Coordinator, Michael McCabe, was joined by three youth speakers and discussed how a platform like YouthLead has helped them achieve their goals.

 

Moderator

 

Mike McCabe, USAID Youth Coordinator

 

Speakers

 

Mohamed Amine Belhouss, Career Center Advisor & Communication Counselor, USAID Career Centers Program, University Cadi Ayyad Career Center Marrakech (Morocco)

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Ebenezer Wikina, Partnership Initiative for the Niger Delta (PIND) (Nigeria)  

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Violeta Martinez, CEO, VAIZA (El Salvador)

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