Engaging Youth: Going Beyond Skills

In Bangladesh, close to two million young people join the workforce annually. Many of the opportunities are not that of employment in the formal sector, but rather entrepreneurship in the growing info... Read More

STAR: Building Workforce and Entrepreneurs

sameena

Few days back Social Innovation Lab team along with Pushpita Apa, who is currently in charge of setting up low cost secondary schools project, went for a field visit, in Savar, Dhaka. The project we w... Read More

Business Incubation: A Step Towards Sustainable Development

sameena

The blog post I am writing today is to share the idea of business incubation and involvement of development sector in this, apparently, profit driven concept. The reason I tried to bring in this topic... Read More

Effective brainstorming session on investing in youth

Venita

Guest post by Umniyat Choudhury By 2020 Bangladesh’s youth population will exceed 60 million. There is a definite need for empowering this ever-increasing group, and harnessing their abilities thr... Read More

Investing in Youth and Financing Dreams

Venita

Guest post by Umniyat Choudhury As a SIL intern researching the demand for youth-centric finance, I visited an ADP (Adolescent Development Programme) beauty skills training class to hear what the ... Read More