| PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME |
| Wednesday, September 13, 2006 |
| 7:00 - 9:00 a.m. |
Registration |
| 9:00 - 9:30 a.m. |
Welcome & Agenda |
| 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. |
Opening Ceremony |
| 11:00 - 11:30 a.m. |
Coffee Break |
| 11:30 - 1:00 p.m. |
Plenary - 1
YES Campaign Works! Methodology and Grassroots Action…meet the leaders |
| 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. |
Lunch |
| 2:30 - 4:00p.m. |
Plenary - 2
Creating Markets…Unleashing Entrepreneurship a workable approach |
| 4:00 - 4:30 p.m. |
Coffee |
| 4:30 - 6:00 p.m. |
Breakout Sessions (for Plenary 2) on Creating Markets…Unleashing Entrepreneurship in 5 Emerging Employment Sectors for Youth and Others:
B1. Renewable Energy
B2. Water and Sanitation
B3. On-Farm and Off-Farm Enterprises
B4. Information and Communication Technologies
B5. HIV/AIDS
B6. Youth in Post-Conflict Reconstruction
B7. Building Youth Leadership
B8. Youth Empowerment |
| Day Two:
Thursday, September 14 2006
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| 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. | Registration and Reception |
| 9:00 - 9.15 a.m. | Welcome, Recap and Agenda for the Day |
| 9:30 - 11:00 a.m. | Plenary - 3
Building Trade Capacity and Attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) |
| 11:00 - 11:30 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 11:30 - 1:00 p.m. |
Plenary - 4
Developing large scale employment programs |
| 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. |
Lunch |
| 2:30 - 4:30 p.m. | Breakout Sessions (for Plenary 3 & 4) on Building Trade Capacity and Attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Developing Large Scale Labor Intensive Employment Programs
B9. Capacity Building by YES Networks (Plenary 3)
B10. Preparing Youth for the Labor Market (Plenary 3)
B11. Africities: Role of Local Government in Youth Employment Creation (P3)
B12. FDI and Information and Communications Technologies (Plenary 3)
B13. Optimizing Youth Employment in Infrastructure Building Projects (Plenary 4)
B14. Equipping Youth from Countries in Conflict with Employability Skills (P4)
B15. Skills for Employability – Vocational Training, Service Programs, and others (P4) |
| 4:30 - 5:00 p.m. | Coffee |
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| Day Three:
Friday, September 15, 2006
|
| 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. | Registration and Reception |
| 9:00 - 9:30 a.m. | Welcome, Recap and Agenda for the day |
| 9:30 - 11:00 a.m. |
Plenary - 5
Building an Entrepreneurial Culture… Stand Up Against Poverty: Bringing the power of youth to achieving the MDGs |
| 11:00 - 11:30 a.m. |
Coffee Break |
| 11:30 - 1:00 p.m |
Parallel Sessions on Philanthropy and Investment in Youth Employment
P1. Multilateral Agencies Investing in Youth Employment
P2. Donors Commitment to Promoting Youth Employment
P3. Youth Employment: A Private Sector Imperative…Focus on CSR
P4. YES Fund – Global Fund for Youth Entrepreneurship
P5. Kenya Youth Enterprise Fund |
| 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. |
Lunch |
| 2:30 - 4:30 p.m. |
Breakout Sessions (for Plenary 5) on Building an Entrepreneurial Culture
B16. Promoting Micro Investment
B17. Business Development Services
B18. Mentoring
B19. Micro Enterprises
B20. Equipping Youth with Entrepreneurship Skills
B21. Social Entrepreneurship for Youth Employment
B22. The Gender Dimension of Entrepreneurship |
| 4:30 - 5:00 p.m. |
Coffee |
| Day Four
Saturday, September 16, 2006
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| 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. | Registration and Reception |
| 9:00 - 9:30 a.m. |
Welcome, Recap and Agenda for the day
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| 9:30 - 11:00 a.m. | Parallel Sessions on Innovations in Development
P6. On-Line Innovation Marketplace – The World Bazaar
P7. The Youth Employment Network
P8. Safer Cities and Youth – employment strategies for urban youth, slum dwellers and migrant youth |
| 11:00 - 11:30 a.m. |
Coffee Break |
| 11:30 - 1:00 p.m |
Capacity Building Workshops
W1. Workforce Development Models for Marginalized Youth
W2. Policy Advocacy
W3. Visioning a Joyful and Sustainable Future…Hubs for Employment
W4. Bank of I.D.E.A.S. for Community-based Enterprises
W5. Building an Entrepreneurial Culture Among Marginalized Groups
W6. Trade: African Market Access…Establishment of Value Added Industries
W7. Attracting Foreign Direct Investment for Building Tourism and Youth Employment
W8. TBA
W9. Creating Large Scale Labor Intensive Employment Program |
| 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. |
Lunch |
| 2:30 - 5:00 p.m. | Closing Ceremony |
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