The ILO Youth Global Summer Camp Improved My Communication and People Management Skills – Blessing Ashi
Like other individuals at the beginning of January 2021, I made a new year resolution to attend relevant training and take up some certifications. I highlighted some courses I would like to take and the cost of participating. I highlighted five courses and noted institutions for the courses. One of my new year resolutions […]
The ITCILO Summer Global Youth Forum Challenged Me To Be An Agent Of Change In My Community – Elizabeth Ita
The Summer Global Youth Forum was put together by the International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization. It kicked off from 2nd – 20th August 2021 with the theme YOUTH AT THE FOREFRONT OF ACHIEVING THE 2030 AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. This program takes place annually and is basically for undergraduates, graduate students and […]
NGYouthSDGs Organizes 2 Days Monitoring and Evaluation Training for Champions Across Nigeria
The Nigeria Youth SDGs Network organized a 2-day Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) training for champions and volunteers who showed interest in the news for this training. The training was facilitated by Euphemia Uwandu (M&E Officer, Nigeria Youth SDGs Network), Chidimma Okoye (Anambra State Champion, NGYouthSDGs Network) and moderated by Uchenna Imo ( M&E Officer, Cross […]
Nigerian Youth Employment Action Plan 2021-2024
The overarching goal of the Nigerian Youth Employment Action Plan (NIYEAP) for the period 2021 to 2024 is to contribute to the achievement of decent, productive and freely chosen employment for young people by complementing and reinforcing existing policy commitments and national development priorities and related efforts. The NIYEAP has four priority areas of intervention, […]
How the COVID19 Pandemic Accelerated Digital Transformation
The COVID-19 pandemic has forever changed the landscape of human interactions. As mobility and physical gatherings were restricted, people resorted to digital versions of everyday practices from before the pandemic began, forcing them to take an extraordinary digital leap. Since life cannot really take a long break, businesses, schools, and other institutions began to look […]
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: Stories of Young Human Rights Educators
Amnesty International (AI), Soka Gakkai International (SGI) and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) (hereinafter the “Organizers”) are working together to develop a multimedia educational tool narrating stories of young human rights educators. The multimedia educational tool will feature 7 short videos, of five minutes each, of young persons from […]
Lifting 100 Million People Out of Poverty: Four Things Nigeria Needs to Do
Joshua Alade According to the National Bureau of Statistics, the unemployment rate in Nigeria is about 27.1 percent which means about 22 million people do not have jobs and if you add the underemployment rate it is nearly about 54 percent. Young people make up a significant portion of this statistics as about 60 percent […]
Why Advocacy is the Key to Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in Nigeria
Written by Chinedu Nnawetanma The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a set of 17 aspirations for economic, social, environmental and political prosperity that every country in the world is enjoined to achieve by 2030. The SDGs were launched by the United Nations in 2015 to replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the previous global goals whose timeline ran from 2000 […]
Nigeria takes steps to implement the Nigeria Youth Employment Action Plan (NIYEAP)
September 3rd 2020 The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development in partnership with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) and the International Labour Organization have commenced a nation-wide campaign to comprehend the aspirations of young Nigerians on decent work. The campaign which is being managed by the Nigeria Youth SDGs […]
Pursuing the Decade of Action Amidst a Global Pandemic
The year 2020 ushered in a new decade making exactly ten years to the 2030 target for achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). At the beginning of the year, the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres made a call for an ambitious push to intensify efforts required for the achievement of the global goals. In […]
