Since October 2011, our network has grown steadily, establishing a consortium of 15 partner organizations and launching an online community, among other milestones. Here are some highlights of its activities to date:Innovation and Business Fair- Forum . Last October, GYIN organized a Global Youth Innovation Workshop and Fair that brought together 86 youth entrepreneurs from about 50 countries. More than half of the attendees reported that the workshop and fair gave them the opportunity to make business deals or establish contacts with potential partners. The event featured a meeting with Benin's President, Boni Yayi.
Online presence. GYIN has a website with over 5,000 registered members, as well as an active presence on Facebook and Twitter. The website serves as a directory of network members, a library for news and resources involving youth entrepreneurship, and a business opportunity forum.
Youth leadership. GYIN is led by a 13-member international Youth Advisory Group that was set up and confirmed during the Benin workshop.
GYIN has a constitution, an action plan for 2012-2015 and each national chapter has their own customized strategic development and action plan
Advocacy. GYIN Ambassadors have represented the network at many local and global events – including the 2012 Farmers' Forum youth session hosted by IFAD in Rome, the Global Future 2045 International Congress in Moscow and the Rio +20 global conference on environmental sustainability, The African Economic Outlook Presentation in Rome, the High level Youth Employment Policy organized by the African Development Bank recently in Lusaka, Zambia.
GYIN Gambia is helping to design a new project benefiting young people and women. Other network members sit on the steering committees of three ongoing IFAD-supported projects in that country, and of a forthcoming UN Development Programme report on youth and employment there.
GYIN Senegal was part of a supervision mission to assess the impact of an IFAD-financed project addressing rural youth issues.
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