Government unveils YuWaah, a multi-stakeholder platform to prepare young people career ready as per 21st century
- The Union Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports and the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) have signed a “Statement of Intent” to establish YuWaah-Generation Unlimited (GenU), a global multi-stakeholder platform in India, to equip young people in India with the skills they need to fulfil their potential and lift up their communities.
- The YuWaah initiative is linked to the global Generation Unlimited (GenU) movement of UNICEF, which began in New York in September 2018.
- Generation Unlimited (GenU) partnership aims to bring young people together with the private sector, governments, international and local organisations to tackle the urgent challenge of investing in their learning and training so that they are prepared for the complex and fast-changing world of work and can be active and engaged citizens.
- Basic objective of YuWaah project
- Support young people by providing entrepreneurship classes (online and offline)
- Upskilling of young people on 21st century works and skills
- Create linkages with aspirational economic opportunities
- Providing career guidance support to young people