Tarik Yousef Addresses Doha Summit: "Young People and Employment in the Arab World"
The Doha Summit, June 1-2
Tarik Yousef, Dean of the Dubai School of Government and Non-Resident Fellow at Brookings, spoke at the Doha Summit, titled “Young People and Employment in the Arab World,” organized under the leadership of Her Highness Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned.
He stressed the role of the private sector in providing job opportunities for youth in the Arab world and emphasized the need to continue to analyze and diagnose the problems facing the youth population. Coverage of his remarks can be found from the following sources (all in Arabic):
Federation of Arab News Agencies
Also announced at the summit was MEYI's participation in the Youth Knowledge Consoritum with Silatech, Gallup, the World Bank’s Global Partnership for Youth Investment, ImagineNations Group, International Labour Organization, and the Issam Fares Institute at the American University of Beirut (AUB).
Tarik Yousef featured in Financial Times Special Report
Tarik Yousef was also recently featured in the Financial Times Special Report on Youth in the Middle East and North Africa, discussing the gap between youth expectations and skills and the labor market in the region and the need for increased investment in youth development. The article is available here.
