FAO :: ALERT :: YUNGA :: ALERT :: FAO :: ALERT :: YUNGA :: ALERT [cid:image001.jpg@01D007D0.FDE41680] Giving a young perspective on the 2014 UNESCO ESD World Conference "Education for Sustainable Development allows every human being to acquire the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values necessary to shape a sustainable future." - This means including main sustainable development issues in teaching and learning; such as, climate change, disaster risk reduction, biodiversity, poverty reduction, and sustainable consumption. Read more at: http://social.un.org/youth-flash/November2014.html#sthash.E01mWbrp.dpuf Africa invests in youth employment for food and nutrition security in Eastern Africa The Food and Agriculture Organization in collaboration with the Governments of Burundi, Rwanda, Kenya and Uganda launched yesterday the Eastern Africa project 'Promoting Nutrition Sensitive Agricultural Diversification to Fight malnutrition and Enhance Youth employment Opportunities in Eastern Africa. Read more at: https://appablog.wordpress.com/2014/11/28/africa-invests-in-youth-employment-for-food-and-nutrition-security-in-eastern-africa-the-africa-solidarity-trust-fund-astf-project-for-eastern-africa-kicks-off/ "Youth power": cashing in on Africa's demographic dividend Last month, hundreds of migrants died near Malta in what the International Organization for Migration (IOM) called the worst shipwreck in years. This year alone, thousands have drowned or gone missing in the Mediterranean trying to cross from the African continent. Tens of thousands more have survived and are either waiting on the Italian island of Lampedusa or other migrant entry points to be let in or have already made it into the European continent. These numbers are on the rise; not only in Italy, but across the Mediterranean. Read more at: http://thebrokeronline.eu/Blogs/Employment/Youth-power-cashing-in-on-Africa-s-demographic-dividend Find out more on the IFAD-FAO-CTA joint publication: Youth and Agriculture: Key challenges and concrete solutions<http://www.ifad.org/english/youth/publications/cta_fao_ifad_pub.pdf> A Guide to Developing Innovative Youth Savings Programs Women's World Banking has developed this guide for deposit-taking institutions in any stage of youth savings program development, from those exploring the introduction of youth savings to those already offering youth products. Read more at: https://www.microlinks.org/library/banking-youth-%E2%80%93-guide-developing-innovative-youth-savings-programs?utm_source=USAID+Microlinks&utm_campaign=bb6c2b8cb6-NOV_2014_Connections11_7_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c250953c9e-bb6c2b8cb6-56740709 ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the YUNGA-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.fao.org/scripts/wa-fao.exe?SUBED1=YUNGA-L