Tag Archives: Target 4.4

From talking to creating jobs for Africa’s youth

Posted on 10 November 2017 by GEM Report

By John Mugo, Director of Youth and Talent, ZiziAfrique The inaugural Africa Talks Jobs (ATJ) conference has just ended at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa. This was an African Union-European Union (AU-EU) bilateral conversation to highlight that 2017 … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Developing countries, Skills, Uncategorized | Tagged Africa, jobs, skills, skills training, Target 4.4, youth skills | 3 Comments

DigComp: A framework helping young people to use their digital skills to find work

Posted on 19 July 2017 by GEM Report

Today, in an everyday digital world surrounded by videogames, smartphones, digital social networks and online chats, still 45% of the European Union population and 37% of its labour force have insufficient digital skills. Having digital skills is nowadays also relevant … Continue reading →

Posted in Adult education, Developed countries, digital literacy, Employment, europe, ICT, Skills, Uncategorized, Youth | Tagged digital literacy skills, digital skills, education, europe, european commission, ICT, ICT skills, Target 4.4, youth employment, youth skills | Leave a comment

And the winners of our youth photo competition are…

Posted on 10 May 2017 by GEM Report

We’re delighted to announce the three winners of the youth photo competition we launched just over a month ago around the themes of Target 4.7 in the new global education goal. Selected from a huge amount of talented submissions, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Citizenship, Climate change, sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized, Youth | Tagged global citizenship, SDG, sdg 4.7, sustainable development, Target 4.4 | 5 Comments

For Africa to achieve inclusive growth, it will need to learn how to get there

Posted on 4 May 2017 by GEM Report

The World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa is taking place in Durban, South Africa this week under the theme ‘Achieving inclusive growth: responsive and responsible leadership’. The current prosperity enjoyed by pockets of people around the world – Africa included … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Developing countries, Economic growth, Uncategorized | Tagged #Target 4.5, Africa, economic growth, prosperity, south africa, Target 4.4, WEF | 1 Comment

Join our youth photo competition

Posted on 7 March 2017 by GEM Report

In September 2015, the member states of the United Nations agreed on a new sustainable development agenda with 17 goals to be achieved by 2030. These Sustainable Development Goals are the collective vision of the international community. They merge the … Continue reading →

Posted in Citizenship, sdg, sdgs, Sustainable development, Uncategorized | Tagged gender. equality, global citizenship, peace, sustainable development, Target 4.4, target 4.7 | 1 Comment

Target 4.4 – What is at stake for monitoring progress on skills for work?

Posted on 20 October 2016 by GEM Report

4.4 By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship Global monitoring of skills for decent work is likely to prove elusive because of … Continue reading →

Posted in data, Gender, monitoring, Post-2015 development framework, sdg, sdgs, Skills, Uncategorized | Tagged monitoring, monitoring sdg 4 blog series, SDG, SDG4, skills, skills training, Target 4.4 | 2 Comments

“Youth need to be the beneficiaries and the guardians of the future”

Posted on 7 September 2016 by GEM Report

The GEM Report will be holding the first ever digital youth launch of the 2016 GEM Report today at 2pm UCT. All are welcome. Please tune in to watch and ask questions during the digital launch from anywhere in the … Continue reading →