Youth work and youth unemployment in Jordan

Why this seminar is important? Regionally: • Arab Spring’s spark in Tunisia was by Bo Azizi due to Unemployment • What’s happening now in many MEDA countries as well as some European neighbours; e.g. Greece, Spain, Portugal… • Economic growth and jobs represent a central concern for the peoples of the region, which has the highest youth unemployment rate of any region in the world. • Tackling the issue of ‘unemployment’ was one major track of Salto’s Lyon seminar recommendations 2012. Nationally: • During the WEF 2011: HM King Abdullah II emphasized that Political and economic reforms must be in parallel, • Finally, HM addressed the region's young people as having "The power to transform the future''. He called them "A vital dynamic in this World Economic Forum " • During the WEF 2011: HM Queen Rania highlighted the importance of Entrepreneurship to overcome unemployment. • In fact, economic reform is the one of the main pillars for the ongoing socio-political evolution in Jordan General Aim: • To support overall economic and political stability in the EuroMed region. Objectives: • To reach a deeper understanding for the relationship between unemployment and economic/ political instability. • To provide participants with tools for more entrepreneurial initiatives. • To make participants motivated to get engaged as active citizens for better economic reform. Estimated results: • Gaining knowledge about the inherent inevitable relationship between unemployment and economic and political instability. • Acquiring/ developing entrepreneurial skills. • Creating a more positive attitude towards youth economic involvement. Outputs: • Networking • Partnership building and potential project ideas • Recommendations about ‘how to entrepreneurship regionally among youth?’