Karnataka govt joins hands with UNDP to improve entrepreneurship and employment opportunities for youth
BENGALURU:
The Karnataka Department of Youth Empowerment & Sports has signed a Letter of Understanding with UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) on Friday, as part of the state-level initiative ‘Code-Unnati’ with the aim of improving access to entrepreneurship and employment opportunities among the youth, including women.
The LoU was signed in presence of C N Ashwath Narayan, Minister for Higher Education, IT/BT, and Skill Development.
The initiative involving United Nations Volunteers (UNV) and supported by SAP India lab’s CSR strategies will be implemented in 4 districts of Bengaluru Rural, Ramanagara, Dakshina Kannada, and Raichuru to start with, the Minister said.
📢 Karnataka Edu Min @drashwathcn launched @Code_unnati to empower women & youth of #Karnataka.
— UNDP India (@UNDP_India) December 10, 2021
This joint initiative of @saplabsindia & @UNDP_India, in p’ship with @governmentofkar, aims to support women & youth through digital & entrepreneurial skills#BuildForwardBetter pic.twitter.com/p21xK6k2ac
The LoU intends to provide a platform for cooperation between UNDP and the Department of Youth Empowerment & Sports to ensure joint implementation of the activities in close coordination with state/district/college level NSS units, he said.
As part of this 50 colleges including Government Pre-University, ITIs, Polytechnics, and Arts & Science colleges have been identified to work with the faculties and students community.
.@Skill_Karnataka signed an MoU with @monster_india for career support and counselling of youth. Monster being an international platform, will offer good support to job aspirants with job opportunity and right career guidance.@CMofKarnataka @BSBommai @Monster pic.twitter.com/ov2HvXIqmK
— Dr. Ashwathnarayan C. N. (@drashwathcn) December 10, 2021
They will work together in areas of Training & Capacity Building, Training on 21st century & Digital Skills, Entrepreneurship Development, Innovation Challenges/Boot Campus, Corporate Volunteering, and Industry Connect.
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