make a difference (mad), by ada wong, hong kong
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Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Population: over 7,000,000
860,000 young people
between age of 15 and 24
Overall unemployment rate is 3%
Behind the glamorous façade there is a worsening rich-poor gap
Gini Coefficient: 0.537 in 2011, and still rising
Hong Kong
7.7% Youth unemployment
What did government do?
Youth Pre-employment training program:
US$10,000,000 per year with training
allowance provided to employers who hire young employees
Youth Employment Start program to enhance youth
their employability skills: US$2,000,000 per year
What did government do?
Employees Retraining Board – 800
courses in 30 different industries with annual budget
of over US$70 million Age of joining Employees Retraining Board
programs lowered to 15
What did Government do?
Vocational Training Council offering career-oriented diploma, professional diploma, high diploma and associate degree courses
Government subvention to VTC: US$300 million per year with over 20,000 students
Did it work and what is missing?
The policies were designed just to “get by”, for
young people to gain basic skills and be employed in entry level jobs
The policies are not intended for young people to
have a choice and to thrive as human beings and
have aspirations
Did it work and what is missing?
Entrepreneurship is missing
Creativity is missing
Innovation is missing
MaD 創不同 Make a Difference
2010 - 2013
Program for changemakers
令創意再進一步 Taking CREATIVITY to the next level
培育
有創意、 具社會關懷的新一代 Grooming a creative and socially conscious new generation
符合
多基準線的 創意項目 社會創新 Creative ventures and social innovation meeting multiple bottom lines
創造
創意城市 CREATIVE CITY 經濟、社會、環境改變 多元、公義、可持續發展 Generating positive economic, social and environmental change Championing pluralism, justice and sustainable development
年會 Annual MaD Forum
亞洲青年 Asian youth X
國際 International Changemakers
Discovery
個人潛能 Personal potential
社會議題 Social issues
世界趨勢 Global trends
Creativity
Creative thinking 創意思維
Creative industries 創意產業
Cross-disciplinary innovation 跨界創新
Impact
社會創新 Social innovation
策動計劃 Entrepreneurial ventures
個人改變 Personal change
The Make A Difference initiative
A pan-Asian young changemakers platform
For a collaborative and integrated new economy
For entrepreneurs and freelancers
Creative ventures have been set up
MaD talks and events attended by over 10,000
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