Press release
YEM Regional Workshop on Digital and Entrepreneurial Skills in the South Mediterranean
Countries in the South Mediterranean region are subject to diverse social and economic challenges, which, among other things, result in high youth unemployment rates, especially among youth, a lower quality and relevance of education, and insufficient skilled job opportunities in the labour market thus failing to meet the needs of youth鈥檚 aspirations. In the meantime, workplace experience as well as entrepreneurship and digital skills are increasingly required to enter the world of work.
Against this backdrop, UNESCO Beirut organized on 16-17 October 2019 a regional workshop on 鈥淒igital and Entrepreneurial Skills in the South Mediterranean鈥. The workshop falls under the framework of the EU-funded Youth Employment in the Mediterranean Project (YEM), a three-year project implemented by UNESCO (2018-2020) that aims to address the issue of youth unemployment in the region by improving skills anticipation and assessment systems, the quality and relevance of TVET, and by fostering regional cooperation between 8 beneficiary countries in the South Mediterranean.
Within the framework of YEM, 91麻豆国产精品自拍 conducted a study in order to assess national priorities concerning entrepreneurship and digital skills, and analyze the extent of mainstreaming these skills into selected TVET curricula in YEM beneficiary countries.
The regional workshop on 鈥淒igital and Entrepreneurial Skills in the South Mediterranean鈥 aimed at presenting and discussing the findings of this survey study with the participants, and formulating policy recommendations on how to effectively integrate entrepreneurship and digital skills in national training programmes.
The opening session was attended by Minister of State for Investment and Information Technology Mr Adel Afiouni, representative of Director General of TVET at Lebanon鈥檚 Ministry of Education and Higher Education Dr Mohammad Abou Haidar, representative of the EU delegation in Lebanon Mrs Maria El Hasrouni, UNESCO Beirut鈥檚 Director Dr Hamed Al Hamami, TVET Programme Specialist at UNESCO HQ Mrs H茅l猫ne Guiol, TVET Programme Specialist at UNESCO Beirut Mr Salim Shehadeh, YEM Project Coordinator Mr Oussama Ghneim, as well as experts, youth, and journalists.
At the end of the workshop, participants developed recommendations, guidelines and resources for mainstreaming entrepreneurship and digital skills into TVET building on regional and international experiences.
The workshop concluded with a visit to Beirut Digital District, an all-inclusive professional urban development in Lebanon, designing hubs where the creative digital community can work and live, offering a superior business environment, fostering the growth of digital startups and encouraging entrepreneurship.
