SKILLS and jobs for youths are a prominent aspect of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDG) or Agenda 2030. It emphasises the crucial need for substantially increasing the number of youths who possess skills essential for their lives and livelihoods.
Countries (for example, New Zealand, Denmark, Canada, Switzerland, Japan, the Netherlands and Singapore) that invest considerable resources to provide their youths (both girls and boys) with quality education and skills to fully use their talents and potential, give opportunities for gainful work and economic activities and participation in political and developmental processes that affect their lives, are those that have progressed and prospered in conditions of peace and security.