YINnovation with Debendra Pokharel from CEO and Founder of Cocina Mitho Chha! The global webinar brought together 18 participants eager to explore how social enterprises foster Youth inclusion. Debendra Pokharel shared his inspiring personal journey and the story behind founding Cocina Mitho Chha, highlighting the challenges and successes of building a social enterprise. The session also featured testimonies from two Youths, who spoke about their experiences and the opportuni

In today's competitive job market, a well-crafted resume can make all the difference in landing your dream job. To shed light on this crucial aspect of career advancement, a YIN Youth Webinar titled "CV Dos and Don'ts" was conducted on the 13th of April, offering valuable insights to ambitious professionals seeking to enhance their CV writing skills. Hosted by Jacqui Cuadro and Kamalia Kamari from Webhelp/Think Human Foundation, the webinar provided a wealth of knowledge on o

Coming from underprivileged backgrounds, the Youth are often struggling with an issue that we all have to face one day : Discrimination. On the 23rd of March, Sujata from Twirl Store was the speaker on one of our YIN Youth Webinar and talked about this more than difficult subject with 160 Youth from all around the world. What is discrimination ? How to be non discriminating ? How to know when you are being discriminated against ? What should you know about discrimination ? Wh

On the 14th of March, the YIN holds its first ever Expert Webinar on CSR policies. Social or environmental CSR : why should companies have to choose ? The answer? There is absolutely no need to choose one. This is what Pranav from Recosolution and Kiki from Sodexo BRS Indonesia tried to make us understand during one hour. In front of committed members and full of willingness companies, they shared about the different ways to be eco-friendly like working more on digital, with

On the 17th of February, we had the real pleasure to welcome Sodexo Philippines’ HR, Claire Caparas as a speaker for our monthly YIN Youth Webinar. The subject this time was “Fake Job Offers.” About 150 Youth had the opportunity to learn how to recognize a fake job offer and how to prevent themselves falling for such traps. With examples of messages you could receive to basic tools for you to understand better, Claire gave a great training to the Youth from India, Philippines

On the 26th of January, the Youth Inclusion Network had the real pleasure to welcome 2 speakers from the Philippines and 2 speakers from Nepal to discuss the gap between access to education and employment. The great opportunity given by The Learning Planet Festival helped us to raise awareness on this subject. The Youth speaker have been able to make their voices heard directly from the companies. Companies could share their motivations and their great advice to the Youth. A

On Thursday 12th of January, about 160 Youth around Asia had the chance to learn more about Digital Literacy. Adhithya provided them a list of 8 skills that are important for Digital Literacy, such as knowing how to use properly digital devices, where you should download your softwares or even how to use public computers and how to deal with their security. Thus, with doing lots of practical cases, the Youth have been able to really understand the importance of these skills i

On December 8th, 170 youth coming from several countries such as India, Philippines, Bangladesh or even Lebanon got trained on public speaking with Sujata Chatterjee, founder of Twirl Store in India. Public speaking and being at ease with it are essential for the professional world. Excluded youth are not used to talk in front of big groups, this is why it is more than necessary for them to learn how to prepare themselves, manage their stress in order to speak clearly and bei

On November 10th 140 young people from excluded background took part in a training session organised by the YIN on "How to introduce yourself professionally" Considering that excluded Youth are often confronted with stereotypes from the companies when being hired, learning on how to be the most professional is vital for them. Hence the training which allowed them to learn how to professionally introduce themselves in any circumstances, or in an email, or even during a job int

Imagine a call gathering participants from Lebanon, and a trainer from the United States. This is what happened on November 3rd, when Aaron Golbin delivered a training to young women on entrepreneurship. Coming back on his career as a young entrepreneur, Aaron delivered an empowering speech to the participants, providing them with tips and clear explanations on start-ups and their creation. No doubt that this will support the professional development of the participants It is

On October 27th we had the pleasure t organize the second YIN Networking event. Representatives from companies based in India, Nepal, the Philippines and Vietnam took part and exchanged about their companies, challenges, possibility of partnerships,... This event was particularly insightful as it started with an ice-breaker focused on the first professional positions occupied by the participants. From sweeping parking lots, travel agent, cashier....to high-level positions: in

Putting together more than 150 Youth coming from 5 different countries: why? To exchange with Nadège Iff from Decathlon Philippines on the importance of a decent work. How can you identify such work? What should always be present in a job offer? What should you be aware of? When we read such news about fake job offers, we understand, more than ever, why it is important for young people to fully grasp what they should expect from a job. Thank you for your support and this oppo

In September we had the real pleasure to welcome Sujata Chatterjee from Twirl Store, for a webinar entitled: "Equality & Equal Pay". Since 2019, on September 18th the International Equal Pay Day is celebrated. However for young people, struggling to find employment, the notion of equal pay remains something unknown, or inapplicable. During this YIN Youth Webinar we welcomed more than 200 young people from different countries, NGOs, gender, background. They all left the train

The two project managers of the YIN benefited from a grant to take part in the Nobel Prize Dialogue (NPD) “The Future We Want Together”, held in Singapore, on September 13th. > Alexia Gaube interacted with Paul Romer, Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 2018, in a session entitled “Economic well-being”. > Claire-Marie Beyet took part in the “Youth education” session with Esther Duflo, who was awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics. You will find below the highlights of the di

On August 25th we had the real pleasure to organise a webinar with the YIN South East Asia members (Vietnam and Philippines) on "Interacting with Youth from excluded backgrounds: Expectations, learning and benefits". Insightful testimonies were delivered, best practices shared, and new actions developed. After listening to the testimonies of Hanh Le Thi Hong from PASSERELLES NUMÉRIQUES (YIN Vietnam) and Jacqueline Cuadro from WEBHELP (YIN Philippines) / Representative of Thin

On August 11th Debajyoti Paul, from Career Guide, delivered a testimony on the professional use of social medias. After doing an offline exercise on the matter, more than 250 Youth from Lebanon (Y4CN & LP4Y), Myanmar, Indonesia, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, the Philippines and Luxembourg joined an online debrief, followed by the testimony of the professional career coach. During the exchange, Debajyoti Paul showed the importance of professionally using social medias, especially

On July 14th we had the real pleasure to welcome Jacqui Cuadro from Webhelp / Think Human Foundation, who provided the young participants with professional tips to adopt the right posture in a company. After completing an offline exercise, the Youth joined online break out rooms to exchange with other participants, and listened to the inspiring testimony of Jacqui.

On June 29th we had the real pleasure to listen to 5 inspiring testimonies during the first YIN Career Fair. During an online exchange Impact Hub (Bangladesh), Recosolution, (India) Ubuntu (India), Urban Food Company (India) and a call center agent provided Youth with concrete examples of what it meant to be an entrepreneur, work in the food & beverage sector, or create a company oriented to support sustainable development. We are really grateful to them! More than 200 Youth

On June 7th the YIN had the real pleasure to organise its 2nd YIN International Webinar for 2022, on "Companies: diversity & inclusion". ...

Next week the YIN will have the real pleasure to organise a Webinar on "Companies: Diversity and Inclusion". The opportunity for the YIN...