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ILO/Japan Tripartite Regional Meeting on Youth Employment
in Asia and the Pacific
27 February - 1 March 2002
Bangkok
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Promoting youth employment through
information and communication technologies (ICT): Best practice examples
in Asia and the Pacific
Paper by Richard Curtain (Australia)
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Contents
1 Introduction2 Five key principles for ICT
generated employment opportunities for
young people3 Some examples of best
practices4 Recommendations
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1 Introduction
“No country can afford to ignore ICT.” (WER 2001).
because …– Limit their ability to acquire
knowledge & tap into global networks.
– Could be excluded from markets.
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2 Five key principles for ICT generated employment for young people
1. Youth entrepreneurship has important roles.
2. Public-private partnership is valuable.
3. Can assist vulnerable groups of young people.
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4. ICT can help link the informal economy to opportunities in the world economy.
5. Important that young people are in charge.
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3 Some examples of best practices
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Entrepreneurship
• Grameen Telecom’s Village Pay Phones
• Young women as ‘information intermediaries’
• Greenstar India• Community-based telecenters (India)• Cable television• “Technopreneurship” in Singapore
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Start an E-Commerce Movement
Greenstar India• 50 solar-powered community & e-
commerce centres in remote villages,• income through e-commerce on
traditional culture (art, music, literature, history, …)
• Fund basic needs – e.g. clean water, telemedicine, basic education, micro-credit, Internet connection to the world.
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An Idea:Young Women as Information
Intermediaries
• Qualification: from community, knows English & can use computers,
• JD: work at community centres– get information from internat’l sources– relay it to local women farmers.– Assist in 2-way comm.
• Takes: a PC + Internet access + stipend = $1,000/community/year
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Public-private partnerships
• ICT infrastructure (Korea)• Investment promotion in ICT
(China, India, Malaysia)• Softbank Emerging Markets• Cisco Networking Academies• Oracle Academic Initiative
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An International public-private partnership to assist local
entrepreneurs to close the digital divide
SOFTBANK Emerging Markets• Incubating Internet companies in 100
developing countries,• Partnership with industry leaders,• Leading-edge Internet models to
countries,• Generates investor interests,• Prices ; subscribers • promotes free or subsidized Internet
service to schools, etc.
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Assisting the vulnerable
• Vaancha ICT Association (India)• Finding unexploded bombs (Lao
PDR)• Marketing pro-poor tourism (Nepal)• Internet Learning Centres (Lao
PDR)• Recycling PCs (Australia)
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Informal economy & digital economy
• “IndiaShop”• SEWA – distance learning, e-
commerce by members• TARAhaat.com (India) – a portal for
local people
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For best practices to diffuse more widely …
Should be linked to an integrated strategy …
• delivered by governments and the private sector
• with the support of civil society org’s & international agencies.
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This strategy needs to encompass:
• appropriate infrastructure provision
• adequate skills pool• supportive public policy• financial support to
enterprise ...
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Capitalising on the potential of the Internet also requires
• relevant local content & applications
• suitable to the needs and capabilities of the population.
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4 Recommendations
1 Develop supporting strategies
Potential to generate employment for young people will not be realized without supporting strategies.
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2 Encourage self-employment
• Many opportunities for self-employment & SEs with ICT skills;
• Need to promote ICT-related self-employment as a viable option;– Role models: an image of success
and achievement
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3 Provide business skills
Other business skills needed: – manage cash flow;– Assess one’s strength & ability; – Seek info & advice;– Plan, communicate, negotiate;– Solve problem, resolve conflict;– Evaluate performance, etc.
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4 Organize youth competitions
National or regional competitions: a high profile way of promoting youth enterprises related to ICT.
Opportunity for young women and men to explore and develop a business idea with the assistance of a business adviser or mentor.
Likely to generate significant publicity in the media.
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5 Encourage mentor support
Mentor support for starting ICT-related enterprises
To offer informal advice and guidance based on relevant business experience
Could also be a means of gaining access to business networks.
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6 Provide business capital
Young people face more constraints than older people on access to finance.
Identify specific measures for young people to obtain credit.
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7 Develop public-private partnerships
Partnerships between governments and private sector enterprises are emerging as ‘essential’ to enable the transfer of ICT infrastructure and knowledge to developing countries.
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It is recommended that governments explore the use of public-private partnerships in relation to ICT as a basis for creating and expanding employment opportunities in this area or in providing up-to-date ICT skills.
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8 Develop web sites
The UN ICT Taskforce has recommended that the UN and its agencies provide assistance in building local, national and regional networks of partnerships.
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One way to assist the process of building networks is to create a web site to post information about case studies of partnership initiatives in different countries and to otherwise assist in the exchange of information.
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9 Create transparent partnerships
Principles underpinning the business arrangements developed by governments and private sector companies to transfer ICT should be made transparent and subject to public debate.
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10 Recognize external benefits
It is recommended that the business models identify and attempt to quantify public good benefits.
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11 Incorporate social responsibility and pro-poor development
It is recommended that the business models underpinning public-private partnerships should incorporate a strong element of corporate social responsibility and a significant development dimension, esp. poverty
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12 Monitor public-private partnerships
Need develop mechanisms/tools to monitor, measure and evaluate the effectiveness of knowledge & technology transfer;
In relation to achieving specific socio-economic goals and targets as defined by the partners
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13 Publicize Internet marketing
Possible for craft producers in poor and remote areas to use ICT to tap directly into regional, national and global markets.
Case studies with obstacles & solutions should be on a website.
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14 Encourage youth participation
• Participation of young people: a key to success.
• Involve young women & men through representative org’s– Developing concepts;– Implementing projects;– Evaluating outcomes of ICT employment
generation initiatives.
• Case studies should be on websites.
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An initiative of the ILO
• An interactive website (“Gateway” or “Portal”) to facilitate exchange of knowledge and information by practitioners of youth employment programmes.
• Good practice principles and tools will be uploaded.
• In partnership with CIDA & IDRC