Through its participation in the UN’s Youth Employment Network, IYF is working with public, private, and nonprofit sector leaders to advise and support the World Bank and the International Labour Organization (ILO) in developing UN Secretary General Kofi Annan’s initiative on youth employment. IYF founder Rick Little serves as a member of the High Level Panel advising the Secretary General. IYF is also serving as the secreteriat for the development of the employability skills component of the integrated youth employment strategy. Below is a news article from the UN Wire on recent meetings held in Geneva on the new initiative.