‘World Youth Skills Day 2019’ at UN Headquarters
View(s):The ‘World Youth Skills Day 2019’ was celebrated for the 5th consecutive year on July 15, at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York.
The event was organised by the Permanent Missions of Sri Lanka and Portugal to the UN in New York, in partnership with the Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, ILO and UNESCO.
The event was attended by over 120 participants and brought together the voices of Member States of the UN, the UN system, private sector, academia, civil society and youth organisations.
On December 18, 2014, the UN General Assembly adopted by consensus, Resolution A/RES/69/145, titled ‘World Youth Skills Day’, spearheaded by Sri Lanka, declaring July 15 as ‘World Youth Skills Day’. Since then, this has been an annual event celebrated at the UN.
This year’s event was held under the theme ‘Learning to Learn for Life and Work’, and was co-chaired by the Permanent Representative of Portugal Francisco António Duarte Lopes and the Chargé d’ Affaires a.i. of Sri Lanka, Satya Rodrigo.
The event assessed mechanisms needed to operationalise lifelong learning; explored ways to optimise inter-generational dialogues, including through work exposure measures, and discussed new ways of learning in the future of work .