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2019 Global Youth Economic Opportunities Summit Agenda

Friday, October 4

Breakfast Breakout Sessions

8:15 - 9:00 A.M.

Ready for the

Global Workforce

The Power of Corporate Youth Partnerships in Social Entrepreneurship

Deloitte,

Mozaik Foundation

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Building a 

Foundation

Co-Creating,

Co-Learning and Co-Shaping Career Guidance in a Developing Country: A Case Study from Sri Lanka 

CareerMe, YouthLead

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Global Context

Matters

Breaking Down Barriers to Peace and Prosperity in Malakal South Sudan: War Child Canada's Youth Livelihoods Program

War Child Canada

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Ready for the

Global Workforce

The Importance of Roots in Youth-Led Social Enterprises

Macalester College

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Coffee & Transition Break

9:00 - 9:15 A.M.

Morning Plenary

9:15 - 10:15 A.M.

In Development

Coffee & Transition Break

10:15 - 10:35 A.M.

Breakout Sessions

10:35 - 11:35 A.M.

Ready for the

Global Workforce

So How Much Does You Program Cost?

Catholic Relief Services (CRS), Fusades

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Building a

Foundation

Decido Ser/I Choose: A Psychosocial Support Tool for Youth Affected by Conflict in Colombia

ACDI/VOCA, Juan Felipe Gomez Escobar Foundation

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Global Context

Matters

Youth Speak Out on Migration: The Whys Behind Migration and How We can Empower Youth to Build Their Own Future

Creative Associates,

Inter-American Dialogue

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Livelihoods Through Self-Employment

Replicable Lessons from the STRYDE

Self-Employment Program in Rural

East Africa

TechnoServe, MasterCard Foundation, Youth Farmer, EAYIP

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Coffee & Transition Break

11:35 - 11:55 A.M.

Breakout Sessions

11:55 A.M. - 12:55 P.M.

Ready for the

Global Workforce

Gigi-tal is the New Digital: Gender Transformative Applications for Digital Scaling, Development, and Employment

Save the Children, Accenture, Plan International

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Building a

Foundation

Private Sector Driven TVET – Lessons Learned and an Emerging Model from the Millennium Challenge Corporation

Millennium Challenge 

Corporation (MCC)

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Global Context

Matters

Working with Business and Governments to Create Opportunities for Decent and Sustainable Work for Youth, Women, and Refugees

IKEA Foundation

Livelihoods Through Self-Employment

Technology, Social Networks, Employment: How to Access Social Capital at Scale

Mercy Corps, MicroMentor

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Networking Lunch

12:55 - 1:40 P.M.

Breakout Sessions

1:40 - 2:40 P.M.

Livelihoods Through Self-Employment

Building Resource Ecosystems: Making Opportunities More Accessible to Young Chnagemakers in the Blue and Green Economy

Radicle Global, Young Women Transform Prize Grantees

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Building a

Foundation

Engaging Youth through Volunteerism as a Pathway to Sustainable Livelihoods

VSO International

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Global Context

Matters

Let's Try That Again: Creating and Adjusting Youth Programs in Complex and Shifting Humanitarian Settings 

BRAC USA, SNHU's Global Education Movement at Southern New Hampshire University, Harvard FXB Center for Health and Human Rights

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Livelihoods Through Self-Employment

Supporting Spaces for Youth Entrepreneurship: Are We Sustaining or Undercutting the Entrepreneurial 

Ecosystem?

Aflaton, HIVOS, SOS Children's Villages Ghana

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Coffee & Transition Break

2:40 - 2:50 P.M.

Breakout Sessions

2:50 - 3:50 P.M.

Ready for the

Global Workforce

Youth Employment at the Front Line: Embedding in Employers to Improve Talent Recruiting and Onboarding

Nandos, Generation

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Building a

Foundation

Financial Literacy Through The Ages

Sesame Workshop, Making Cents International

Global Context

Matters

Unleashing the Economic Potential of Young Women in Conflict Zones

Glasswing International, Walmart

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Ready for the

Global Workforce

Easing Labor Market Transitions: Evidence from Two Longitudinal RCTs in South Africa

Harambe Youth Employment Accelerator, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (JPAL), RTI International

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Coffee & Transition Break

3:50 - 4:15 P.M.

Closing Plenary

In Development

4:15 - 5:00 P.M.

Closing Celebration

& Marketplace

Celebrate the GYEO Summit, enjoy live music, and mingle with your new connections at the closing Summit celebration and marketplace that brings together our global community with local food entrepreneurs and artisans. Your first drink is on the house.

Live Music by Dogo

5:00 - 7:00 P.M.

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