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

Today the stakeholders of the YIN - Youth Inclusion Network Vietnam were welcomed online and in person by Bart Verheyen from MEDiCARE VIETNAMin order to address some key issues regarding #youthinclusion and the future of the YIN in Vietnam A lot of synergies were created during this exchange, which also allowed to recall the raison d'être of the YIN. We are really grateful to Enfants d'Asie, SOS Children's Villages International Vietnam, Blue Dragon Children's Foundation and

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

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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

As Simran Mehendi emphasized on October 12th in front of young people from Life Project 4 Youth: "Did you know that most recruiters spend less than a minute going through a resume? So how can you make your application stand out? What's the 'it' factor that companies search for? " Thank you very much InternNova for sharing some tips on. the subject! The participating youth really enjoyed visualizing CVs, seeing which data should be added and where, how to visually organise the

On October 1st young people from Life Project 4 Youth, based in Howrah (India) had the real pleasure to follow a training on communication skills with Intero Solutions. The best possible way for these young people to learn how to introduce themselves with confidence in the future! Thank you very much for your support

If you were a young person looking for employment, without knowing the codes of a company, what would be the best way to learn about it? Bollore Logistics in the Philippines offered the opportunity to young people to visit their ASEANA offices during September: For the company: a possibility to meet inspiring young people full of willingness and motivation For the Youth: a chance to see the functioning of a company, from the inside, and dream big Thank you very much Bollore

It is a real pleasure to see the YIN Vietnam expanding, with Decathlon Vietnam joining the network Did you know that In Vietnam, the company started production in 1995? In 2017, sales were launched across the country via the internet. In 2019, 2 Decathlon stores opened one after the other, in Hanoi in April and in Ho Chi Minh City a few weeks later. Looking forward to supporting excluded Youth all together in Vietnam!

If you had to organise some professional activities to support excluded Youth and allow them to have a decent future, what would it be? For Decathlon Philippines - in one month only - this support was given to more than 40 Youth from different NGOs including Life Project 4 Youth and Tondo Community Initiative : > a training about the best practices of resume writing, and a training about the best practices of mock interviews in the store of Alabang > one company visit in Pasa

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

Decathlon Philippines has been part of the first YIN members on the overall network and since, trained Youth, recruited, offered tons of opportunities to support them in getting the life they deserve. Indeed, for Decathlon, Youth inclusion is not a "side activity" but a "key social stake" totally integrated into their project and organisation. During this first semester 2022, Decathlon has been providing multiple opportunities to the Youth. Indeed, Decathlon Philippines is co

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

Yesterday Norex Flavours Private Limited celebrated INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY Being a member of YIN, they celebrated it with students, by motivating and enlightening them. Following one of the pillars of YIN i.e., PREPARE, Prepare the youths for their integration into the corporate world through training, mock interviews, and company visits. Today a full-day training session was organized for students. Norex's Managing Director Mr. Vaibhav Agrawal. and other technical heads a

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

To know your working rights is fundamental but this is not automatic for the Youth coming from a world where the rule is to survive, to have a job no matter the conditions. On July 30th, The Accenture team gave a full training on Employees rights to 86 Youth coming from different organisations in the Philippines. The Youth could have an extended vision of what they can expect from the professional world and what is acceptable, what is a decent job and what are decent conditio