Tribune News Network
New York
Education Above All (EAA) Foundation, Silatech and UNICEF’s Generation Unlimited (GenU) on Sunday announced the signing of an agreement to train and mobilise 565,670 young people to access education, tackle climate change and become community volunteers and entrepreneurs driving sustainable development efforts across Jordan, Lebanon and Egypt.
Announced against the backdrop of the Summit of the Future at UNGA, in response to urgent calls for a new consensus to tackle global challenges, the new three-year $33 million partnership with equal contributions from UNICEF, EAA and Silatech will support access to education and empower young volunteers and entrepreneurs with the training, resources and mentorship they need to take climate action.
In this context, a high-level roundtable was convened to discuss ways to provide educational and employment opportunities for youth in their communities through strategic and local partnerships to support the economies of their countries and empower youth with methods to protect the environment and address climate change.
The session was chaired by Permanent Representative of Qatar to the United Nations HE Ambassador Sheikha Alya Al Thani, and featured participation from Qatar’s Minister of State for International Cooperation HE Lolwah bint Rashid Al Khater, alongside numerous ministers, distinguished figures, representatives from the United Nations, youth advocates.
The session was attended by Bob Rae, ambassador and permanent representative of Canada to the United Nations in New York; Dr Georges Kallas, minister of Youth and Sports of Lebanon Farah Abdulkadir Mohamed, minister of Education of Somalia.
During the roundtable held on the sidelines of the ‘Summit of the Future’, Fahad Al Sulaiti, CEO of the Education Above All Foundation, said: “This partnership is a testament to the power of collaborative efforts in providing quality education for children and empowering youth to develop green skills in real life.”
