YESKenya2006YESKenya2006YESKenya2006YESKenya2006Patron:H.E.MwaiKibaki,PresidentofKenyaCreatingMarkets…UnleashingEntrepreneurshipALearningSummit…
Hosted by the Government of Kenya
Education Development Center, Inc., USA
13-16 September 2006
Nairobi, Kenya
Government of Kenya Education Development Center, Inc
joint chairmanship of
Lady Mrs. Suzanne
youth) from 120
In over 70
bringing together diverse
stakeholders through the infrastructure of YES Country
Networks to take actions that result in productive and
sustainable employment for youth. The YES Campaign
works with national and global partners to develop and
deploy effective programs that realize the following
goals:
1. Develop capacity of youth to lead in-country
youth employment initiatives
InSeptember2002,underthePresidentBillClintonandFirstMubarak1600delegates(1000countrieslaunchedthedecadelongYESCampaign.TheYESCampaignisayouth-ledresponsetotheenormousglobalchallengeofyouthunemployment.
countries,youngleadersareOverviewoftheYESCampaignKenyattaInternationalConferenceCenter(KICC)
Iamproudtobeassociatedwithsomanydistinguishedleadersfrommorethan120nations.Together,wehavelaunchedadecadecampaignofactiontoenhanceemploymentopportunitiesforyouthallovertheworld
-WilliamJ.Clinton,(Co-ChairYESAlexandria2002)
2. Promote (in-country) youth employment to
address key development challenges
3. Build in-country coalitions to develop national
strategies addressing youth unemployment
YES Global Summits
YES Kenya 2006, will move the YES Campaign to the next level in development by focusing on Creating
Markets – through the Bottom of the Pyramid models; Earth Restoration; Trade and Foreign Direct
Investment; among others; and by Unleashing Entrepreneurship through the creation of a Global Fund
for Youth Entrepreneurship; Business Development Services; Education for Entrepreneurship etc.
In 2002 in Alexandria Egypt, after 4 years (1998 – 2002) 40 Global, and 60 National Consultations the
YES Campaign was launched at a ‘working summit’. Nine themes underpinned the Summit Agenda.
Education for Work; Transition to Work; Entrepreneurship; Investing in Youth Employment; Polices for
Promoting Youth Employment; Information and Communications Technologies; Engaging the Private
Sector; and Rural Development, Social Entrepreneurship. And a powerful call to action was made with the
launch of 60 YES Country Networks at the helm.
In 2003 in Hyderabad, India the Campaign moved to its next level of identifying sectors for employment.
Five key 5 sectors were identified and discussed: Renewable energy, Water and sanitation, Information and
communications technology (ICT), Rural development, and HIV/AIDS.
In 2004 in Veracruz, Mexico, the YES Campaign was ready to showcase the work of its 70 Country
Networks juxtaposed with the work of existing expert agencies and that of NGOs and governments. It was
a Summit focused on action and ready to move beyond conversation and debate.
YES Kenya 2006 will
• Launch a Global Fund for Youth Entrepreneurship
• Share powerful examples of how markets can be created
and youth entrepreneurship enabled
• Share how trade capacity can be built and foreign direct
investment attracted to promote youth employment
• Provide a platform for networking among delegates to learn
from one another and build partnerships.
• Showcase solid, tangible accomplishments of YES Networks
• Present the report on “State of YES Campaign 2004”
YES Campaign’s Framework of 6Es
• Set the agenda for the next two years of the Campaign.
Let us be clear. Half-educated, unemployed
youth, with no prospect of being integrated into a
better future is a prescription for disaster. If
young people do not have a stake in the existing
social order and political order, if they do not feel
there is a way for them, why should they sacrifice
today for a better tomorrow? Why should they
have an interest in protecting the stability and
social safety of that system?
Ismail Serageldin Vice
President, world Bank May 1999
Agenda
The agenda for YES Kenya 2006 will include:
Plenary Sessions
1. YES Campaign Works! Methodology and Grassroots Action…meet the leaders!
2. Creating Markets…Unleashing Entrepreneurship a workable approach (Bottom of Pyramid models)
3. Building Trade Capacity…taking advantage of Trade agreements; creating a Globalization Dividend
and Attracting Foreign Direct Investment…some success stories
4. Developing Large Scale Labor Intensive Employment programs
5. Building an Entrepreneurial Culture…many models…seeking synergy!
Breakout Sessions (to discuss further the 4 Plenary topics):
• (1) Bottom of Pyramid models: Renewable Energy; Water and Sanitation; Rural Development
(On-Farm and Off-Farm); Information and Communications Technology (ICT); HIV/AIDS; Post
Conflict Reconstruction
• (2) Building Trade Capacity and Attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI): Trade and Tourism;
Trade and Agriculture; Trade and Leather goods; Trade and Outsourcing; FDI and Renewable
Energy; FDI and Information and Communications Technologies; FDI in producing consumer
goods and garments etc.; FDI and Small Credits and Small Investments
• (3) Building an Entrepreneurial Culture and (4) Creating Large Scale Labor Intensive Employment
Program: Promoting Micro enterprises; Business Development Services; Mentoring; Micro
Finance; Entrepreneurship curriculum; Service Learning
Parallel Sessions
• Philanthropy and Investment in Youth Employment: Multilateral and Regional Banks;
Foundations; Bilateral Donors; UN Agencies; The Private Sector
• Innovations in Development: The YES Academy; The Youth Employment Network; Employment
in Earth Restoration and Environmental Conservation; Safer Cities and Youth – employment
strategies for urban youth, slum dwellers and migrant youth
• Action Planning: Bottom of the Pyramid Model; Trade Development; Attracting Foreign Direct
Investment; Building an Entrepreneurial Culture; Creating Large Scale Labor Intensive
Employment Program
Capacity Building Workshops
• Advocacy and Lobbying with Policy Makers
• Program Design and Planning
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Building Partnerships with the Private Sector
– 2005)
YESCampaignCommitteeCarlosMagariños(Co-Chair)DirectorGeneral,UNIDO(1997EstebanGonzález(Co-Chair)PresidentofFundaciónEHafsatAbiolaDirector,KudiratInitiativeforDemocracyKoosumKalyanSr.BusinessDevelopmentAdvisor,ExplorationShellNahasAngulaPrimeMinister,NamibiaJenniferCorrieroCo-Founder,TakingITGlobalJosé-MariaFigueresPresidentCostaRica,(1994-1998)
GathechaKamauCountryCoordinator,YESKenyaSithembisoNyoniFounder,ORAPZimbabweThorayaObaidExecutiveDirector,UNFPAIsmailSerageldinDirector-General,LibraryofAlexandriaMSSwaminathanWorldFoodPrizeLaureateAnnaKajumuloTibaijukaExecutiveDirector,UN-HABITATJanetWhitlaPresidentandCEO,EDC,Inc.(1981-2006)
ExecutiveDirectorPoonamAhluwalia,EDC
YES Country Networks
Afghanistan BrazilEgypt Jordan Nepal Singapore
Albania Bulgaria Ecuador Kenya Nigeria Sierra Leone
Angola Burkina Faso El Salvador Liberia Pakistan Somalia
Argentina Burundi Gambia Malaysia Panama South Africa
Armenia Cameroon Georgia Malawi Paraguay Swaziland
Australia Canada Ghana Mali Philippines Tanzania
Austria Chad Guatemala Mauritius Peru Togo
Azerbaijan Chile Guinea Bissau Mexico Romania Uganda
Bangladesh Colombia Guyana Moldova Russia USA
Benin Costa Rica Haiti Mozambique Rwanda Uruguay
Bhutan Cote D’Ivoire Honduras Namibia Senegal Zambia
Bolivia Congo India Nicaragua Serbia and Zimbabwe
Dominican Iran Montenegro
Republic
For more information please contact
http://www.yesweb.org/2006
International Delegates
Mr. PK Joseph
Coordinator -YES Kenya 2006
Youth Employment Summit campaign
C/o NIIT Ltd
B-234, Okhla Phase -I
New Delhi 110 020
Telefax: (011) 91 11 26813191
Mobile: 011 91 9810618798
E-mail: pk@yesweb.org
www.yesweb.org, www.edc.org
Kenyan Nationals
Mr. Gathecha Kamau
Country Coordinator
YES Kenya Country Network
Jogoo House, West Wing,
Ground Floor, Room 47,
Harambee Avenue
P.O. Box 41607 00100 GPO
Nairobi; Kenya
E-mail: yestemp17@edc.org
Tel: + 254 733 715795
Mobile: + 254 721691761
Fax: +254 20 215251