BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a8e504db63c3 DTSTART:20170425T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20170425T150000Z LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland SUMMARY:Youth Employment in the Digital Economy CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The 2017 edition of the UNCTAD E-Commerce Week comes at a cruci al moment when governments are looking to develop strategies on how to dea l with a changing economic and social landscape brought about by the digit al economy.\n\nDigital technologies are driving new ways of producing and consuming goods and services.\n\nThe digital transformation implies disrup tive changes to business models across sectors thereby affecting the natur e of jobs and the skills young people need to successfully enter the labou r market.\n\n\n\n"\;E-Commerce can unlock new opportunities for young entrepreneurs. Not by accident but from deliberate\, targeted acts of incl usion and empowerment"\;\n\nMukhisa Kituyi\n\n \n\n"\;If you want to create jobs — make trade easier. If you want to help small businesse s and entrepreneurs — help them go global. If you want to live in a more peaceful\, more open world — make more connections"\;\n\nJack Ma\n\ n\n\nStudies suggest that in the coming years many low- and middle skilled jobs will be replaced by automation\, advanced manufacturing and 3D print ing\, robotics\, autonomous transport and artificial intelligence. Existin g and new high-skilled jobs will therefore be driving innovation and the w orkforce demands.\n\nMany young individuals feel ill-prepared for this fas t-changing technological landscape. In order to leave no-one behind\, a mu lti-stakeholder approach becomes urgent to connect the dots for an enablin g environment where young people can thrive in and drive the global econom ic trends of the future.\n\nDuring this session\, young men and women\, as well as guest speakers from the public sector and the business community\ , will share experiences and views on crucial issues to help young people contribute to and benefit from the digital economy through jobs and entrep reneurship.\n\nThe session\, guided by the outcomes of the online discussi on taking place from 10 March to 2 April 2017 with worldwide youth partici pants\, will identify two to three concrete actions to be presented to all UNCTAD E-Commerce Week participants.\n\nThe session on youth employment i n the digital economy will address key elements for youth in the digital t ransformation such as:\n\n\n\nWhat are the future trends of the labour mar ket in the context of the digital economy?\n\n\nWhat policies need to be u rgently set in place to respond to the demands of the workforce in the dig ital economy?\n\n\nWhat partnerships are necessary to make sure that young people face the digital transformation with the right skill sets?\n\n\nWh y is e-Entrepreneurship relevant to achieving inclusive economic growth an d how can governments respond better to the needs of e-Entrepreneurs?\n\n\ n\n\n<\;p>\;The 2017 edition of the UNCTAD E-Commerce Week comes at a crucial moment when governments are looking to develop strategies on how t o deal with a changing economic and social landscape brought about by the digital economy.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;Digital technologies are drivin g new ways of producing and consuming goods and services.<\;/p>\;\n\n& lt\;p>\;The digital transformation implies disruptive changes to busines s models across sectors thereby affecting the nature of jobs and the skill s young people need to successfully enter the labour market.<\;/p>\;\n \n<\;div class="\;row\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad. org/meeting/youth-employment-digital-economy DTSTAMP:20260826T023245Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR