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Strategic intelligence hub

Formed in 2022, the Strategic Intelligence Hub (SIH) is a community of practice and learning co-curated by Youth Co:Lab, co-led by the United Nations Development Programme and Citi Foundation, the Commonwealth Secretariat, International Labour Organization (ILO), Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP).

Using a three transitions approach (economic, skills and mental model transitions), key future policy trends for the youth entrepreneurship ecosystem were identified. These included enabling an inclusive youth entrepreneurship environment through strengthening the data ecosystems and evidence bank, facilitating digital access of all entrepreneurs to fully leverage the potential of a tech-driven future of work, and building the capacity of young entrepreneurs to actively lead the green and blue transition agendas across the region. 

Objectives

Expand regional and national understanding of relevant policies, regulatory frameworks and requirements through a youth entrepreneurship lens to identify common and differentiated ecosystem challenges and enablers for various youth groups.

Foster collective intelligence for South-South and triangular collaboration between government partners and other core stakeholders to bridge data evidence gaps and strengthen enablers for ecosystem development.

Identify leverage pathways and offers for research and thought leadership to influence policy, programmes and partnerships development around thematic priority areas identified by the hub at the regional and national levels.

Increase understanding of the Youth Co:Lab, Commonwealth Secretariat and the Youth Empowerment Alliance’s support offers, including the ecosystem diagnostic methodology, and ways government actors can leverage key partnerships with development actors.

Leveraging Social Entrepreneurship for Youth Employment, Skills, and Entrepreneurship

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Leveraging Social Entrepreneurship for Youth Employment, Skills, and Entrepreneurship

The webinar provided a platform to policymakers, youth leaders, social enterprises and international development actors to come together and discuss mechanisms of support for social enterprises, lessons learnt, encourage sharing of best practices and reflect on longer term goals for enabling youth-led social enterprises.

Youth led solutions in dignifying informal waste workers and creating circular economy

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Youth led solutions in dignifying informal waste workers and creating circular economy

Waste pickers play a crucial role in global recycling, yet they are often not legally recognized as workers and suffer from poor working conditions and lack social protection. Watch this multi-stakeholder dialogue that showcases the youth-led policy solutions from the Waste Hero Alliance’s Thinkathon exercise to address the problems faced by informal waste workers share country experiences and generate ideas for concrete, replicable and scalable policy actions.

Women and Youth at the Forefront of a Just Transition: Spotlight on MSMEs in Asia-Pacific

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Women and Youth at the Forefront of a Just Transition: Spotlight on MSMEs in Asia-Pacific

In commemoration of the International Day for Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) on June 27th, this webinar aims to shed light on the crucial role of women and youth-led MSMEs in achieving a just transition in the Asia-Pacific region. The region is home to over 100 million MSMEs, many of which are led by women and youth, making these groups essential contributors to economic growth, job creation, and environmental sustainability.

South-South Cooperation on including youth in green transition

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South-South Cooperation on including youth in green transition

Around 60% of Asia’s and 20% of Latin America’s and Africa’s population are young people, which presents the regions with opportunities for green economic growth and innovation led by youth. The webinar highlighted unleashing the potential of youth for a greener future and calls for south-south cooperation around engaging young people (entrepreneurs) in the green transition through knowledge sharing, capacity building, and technology transfer between countries facing similar development challenges.

Strengthening data ecosystem for inclusive youth entrepreneurship in Asia Pacific

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Strengthening data ecosystem for inclusive youth entrepreneurship in Asia Pacific

Inclusive youth entrepreneurship refers to the involvement of young people from diverse backgrounds, including those from marginalized communities, in entrepreneurial activities. While there are many opportunities for inclusive youth entrepreneurship, there are also several challenges that need to be addressed. The webinar called for the need to strengthen the inclusive data ecosystem, especially for vulnerable youth groups. It is critical for promoting inclusive economic growth and ensuring that no one is left behind.

UNDP x ILO x Commonwealth Collective Intelligence Workshop

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UNDP x ILO x Commonwealth Collective Intelligence Workshop

Date: 13 March 2023 01:45 Welcome remarks 09:43 Warm up exercise 18:00 Setting the scene 28:24 Breakout session 1 Unpacking the policy barriers 30:08 Reflection 42:40 Breakout session 2 Designing policy actions 43:20 Reflection 55:10 Closing remarks

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REPOSITORY OF STUDIES

During the Youth Co:Lab Summit 2023, the government track under the Strategic Intelligence Hub (SIH), focused on “Policy Experiments for the Inclusive Entrepreneurship Ecosystem”.

It convened policymakers from over 15 countries in the region in an interactive and dynamic setting to ideate, design, and refine innovative policy experiments that foster an enabling environment for all young entrepreneurs.

Read the 2023 SIH Package here

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ACTION COMMITTEE

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HOW IT ALL STARTED

The concept of Strategic Intelligence Hub (SIH) was presented at the Youth Co:Lab Summit in Singapore in July 2022 to 14 government representatives who engaged in discourse to scope out the vision and governance structure of the SIH and ideate south-south collaboration ideas on youth entrepreneurship policy programming within their country contexts and at the regional level.

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