• It is critical to invest in young people with a view to enhance productivity.
• Young people in the region play an active role in implementation of regional policies.
• Partnership with SADC will go a long way in creating an enabling environment for the GenU initiative.

Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) and United Nations Children Fund(UNICEF) have acknowledged and underscored that young people in the SADC Region and the rest of the world represent enormous opportunities to transform economic and social outcomes.
In a statement obtained by Money FM News, the two institutions said it is critical to invest in young people with a view to enhance productivity and standards of living at regional, continental and global levels.
Further, SADC Executive Secretary Dr. Laurence Tax said SADC member states are committed to promoting youth empowerment through ongoing regional programmes.
Dr. Tax explained that young people in the region play an active role in implementation of regional policies and activities through their established structures.
“The Region’s established programmes on skills development, employment and youth empowerment, which promote realisation of the demographic dividend, were closely aligned to GenU objectives.” She stated.
And UNICEF Senior Advisor for partnerships and resource mobilization under the Generation Unlimited (GenU) movement, Ms. Nadi Albino mentions that private sector and young people are key players in these initiatives, expressing optimism that partnership with SADC will go a long way in creating an enabling environment for the GenU initiative.
According to SADC, “the parties committed to establish cooperation modalities to implement responsive interventions to address challenges facing youth in the Region.”