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Closing Event:

“Re-Imagining Youth Economic Opportunity in a Post COVID-19 World"

On Thursday, October 29 from 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. EDT, Making Cents International’s YEO Network convened a special closing session of the 2020 Global Youth Economic Opportunities Summit (GYEO) virtual series.

 

Joined by the Summit’s global community of international youth-led and youth-serving organizations, funders and policymakers, business voices, researchers, technical experts, and young leaders we reflected on the lessons, challenges, and opportunities on our community by the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

The multi-format event included video and live sessions that brought together voices from across the youth development community. The agenda included:

 

Event Details

Date & Time:

Thursday, October 29, 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. EDT  

Format:

Four hours, online, advance registration required.
Registration is free and space is limited.
 

Event Schedule

Welcome and Opening Remarks  

9:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m.

Welcome Opening

Join Making Cents' Director of the YEO Network Sarah Sladen as we kick off the closing event for the 2020 GYEO Summit. 

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Sarah Sladen
Making Cents International 

Voices from the Community  

9:10 a.m. – 9:20 a.m.

Voices fromthe Community

Implementing partners from around the world share, what reimagining youth economic opportunities means to them. 

Voices from the Community

Voices from the Community

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Generation to Generation Fireside Chat​  

9:20 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.

Gen2Gen FirsesideChat

2020 GYEO Youth Voices Sponsor IREX presents will highlight the importance of youth inclusion through a special Generation to Generation Fireside chat featuring a young leader from Nigeria and Director from Ford Foundation.

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Sarita Gupta
Director, Future of Work(ers),
Ford Foundation
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Asher Adesina Adeniyi
Ripple Impact Ltd
Young Leader, Nigeria

Expert Lightning Talks - What Does the Pandemic Mean for...​  

9:50 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.

Expert Lightning Talks

Experts from fields key to youth economic success share what the pandemic has meant for youth economic inclusion in their respective fields.  

Gender and Workforce

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Kehinde Ajayi
Economist,
The World Bank
Gender and Workforce

Gender and Workforce

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Education Technology and Inclusion