News - Education & Employment

1. Investing in girls’ education transforms individuals, communities, countries and the entire world

   The Netherlands is committed to improving access to education for all girls. An investment in girls is an investment in the ...

   News item | 11-11-2021 | 12:06

2. Agriculture: back-breaking or game-changing for young people?

   How can we make our food systems healthier, fairer and more sustainable? On International Youth Day, this topic will be addressed ...

   News item | 16-08-2021 | 14:11

3. From the farm to the market: Ghanaian young people and designers tackle food waste

   On International Youth Day, young people worldwide will be thinking up creative ways to make production more sustainable and ...

   News item | 13-08-2021 | 11:40

4. Practical agribusiness training offers new prospects to young Ugandans

   Around 80 percent of Uganda’s population is under the age of 30. A project initiated by the Dutch embassy in Kampala has trained ...

   News item | 11-08-2021 | 08:16

5. UNICEF Report Talent on the Move: 'Talent is universal, opportunities are not'

   UNICEF launched their flagship report Talent on the Move, developed together with the United Nations Major Group for Children and ...

   News item | 15-07-2021 | 14:48

6. Young experts need knowledge, skills and exposure to thrive

   ‘The most important skill for us is to be reflexive’, say young experts who participate in Young Expert Programmes (YEP), ...

   News item | 14-07-2021 | 08:57

7. Learning from students during a working visit

   ‘Education should meet the needs of the labour market,’ are words Ambassador for Youth, Education and Work Tijmen Rooseboom says ...

   News item | 12-07-2021 | 10:49

8. Merging perspectives on decent employment for Africa’s youth post pandemic

   The COVID-19 pandemic had a great impact on youth decent employment in Africa. The second session of the INCLUDE knowledge ...

   News item | 23-06-2021 | 09:16

9. Launch of Edukans training: Providing youth with skills to lobby

   In collaboration with Ambassador Tijmen Rooseboom the Edukans Life Skills for Lobby training was launched. The training provides ...

   News item | 07-06-2021 | 14:15

10. What and when is a job decent to youth in Africa?

    Francis Arinaitwe, youth leader and board member of Restless Development Uganda, launched a webinar series on decent ...

    News item | 17-05-2021 | 09:18