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Young people is the calling of our time and everyone has a role to play.
A demographic boom is happening across much of the world, bringing the potential to transform economic and social outcomes, raise global productivity, and reduce inequality, but only if we create enough opportunity.
Generation Unlimited is a global multi-sector partnership to meet the urgent need for expanded education, training and employment opportunities for young people, aged 10 to 24, on an unprecedented scale.
Connecting the Next Generation
Connecting every child and every young person to the internet is a matter of equality. According to the International Telecommunication Union, nearly 3.7 billion people remain unable to access the internet and are disconnected from digital solutions that could dramatically improve their lives. That’s 346 million young people. This limits them from accessing the same information as their more-connected peers. Unless things change, a big part of this rapidly growing group of young people is in danger of being left behind - excluded from the opportunity to learn.
COVID-19 has put a spotlight on the digital divide within, between countries and regions, making closing this gap more urgent than ever, and placing universal connectivity and digital learning higher on the agenda.
In response, Generation Unlimited is working to connect every child and young person to the internet, and scale-up IT-enabled solutions to boost young people’s skills, improve teaching, and enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of education systems. GenU will also engage and use the enthusiasm, energy, and innovation of young people in this process and encourage their entrepreneurial mindset.
Our focus is on four strategic priorities:
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Connect every school and learner to the internet
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Scale up online/remote learning, skilling, and livelihood platforms
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Boost entrepreneurial skills and opportunities
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Engage youth as changemakers
Creating a world where the future can thrive
Generation Unlimited creates public-private partnerships – globally and in countries – to co-create and support investment opportunities, programmes and innovations at a large scale, and to help young people become productive in life.
"We are going to co-design and co-create with young people. So with Generation Unlimited, they are going to be in the driver's seat, steering us all along the way. The time is now. The need is urgent. And 1.8 billion young people are waiting."