Abstract

My research findings indicate that since the 1950s, the extractions of natural resources and related environmental impacts have greatly accelerated worldwide (Steffen et al., 2015a). Human activities now generate ever-more significant pressures on the global environment: climate change, deforestation, biodiversity losses, and decline in air and water quality have been recognized as important issues which need to be addressed (UNEP, 2012). The concept of Planetary Boundaries (PBs) is a fairly recent one (Rockströms et al., 2009). The PBs are a set of nine physical and biological limits of the global Earth system that should be respected in order not to leave a “Safe Operating Space” that would put the planet’s human-friendly living conditions in peril. This research recognizing the twin crises of a shortage of jobs and a shortage of skills. In the course of it, though, I realized the need to take into account another key shortage: the lack of hard data. This deficiency makes it difficult to even begin to understand which skills are required for employment, what practices are the most promising in training youth to become productive citizens and employees, and how to identify the programs that do this best. The state of the world’s knowledge about education-to-employment is akin to that regarding school-system reform a dozen years ago, prior to groundbreaking international assessments and related research. This research intends to fill this knowledge gap.

Presenters

Idrissa Alimamy Patience Kargbo
Legal Officer & Regional Manager, Investigation, Mediation and Complaints, Office of the Ombudsman, of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone

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Presentation Type

Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

Theme

2020 Special Focus—Globalization and Social Movements: Familiar Patterns, New Constellations?

KEYWORDS

Education, Unemployment, Violence and Youth

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