Among the major challenges being faced by the Young people throughout the world are shrinking resources and lack of integration. We are required to do more with little. This can only be done through efefctive networking at all levels, local, provincial, national and international levels. It is need of hour that we should identify key steps that can help us to build, strengthen and sustain the network. I am eagerly looking forward to hear ,learn from your experiences and knowledge pertaining to networking?

In order to address the gigantic problem of Youth unemployment and under employment, there is a dire need to ascertain the factors which affecting employment status of youth in Pakistan. Unfortunately, we have no major and nation wide study which helps us to assess and analyze the magnitude of the problems being faced by youth regarding their employment. In view of this gap, I am in process of conducting first ever nation wide Youth baseline study. I have started doing the spadework by establishing contacts with the various institutions to get their expert advice and cooperation in the implementation of the research. I am grateful to Professor. Alia, Ms. Tazeen, Ms. Juneda and Ms Diana for joining me in this research. I would like to take this opportunity to express my heartfelt thanks to the YES Advisory Board whose personal interest and guidance has ignited me to work on this first ever project. I am writing down the initial work already carried out for your kind review and feedback. Please feel free to express your suggestions.
Topic

To study the factors affecting employment status of Youth.

Objectives of study.

To determine the socio-economic profile &personal attributes of youth.
To assess the magnitude of unemployment and under employment among Youth
To explore factors influencing employment status of Youth (social, cultural, political and economical)
To study the effects of unemployment status
To explore job preferences among youth
To record Youth views regarding future aspirations about standard and status
To explore major shortcomings of existing employment services for young people
To explore what measures be adopted by the public and private sector to improve the present status of youth with regard to employment
Universe.

Universe is area of study or place where investigation is conducted.


Geographical Universe.

For geographical universe study shall be carried out in the province of Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan and NWFP.


Human Universe.

Males & females age (15 to 29 years),

(At the moment working on the formula to select number of respondents from each province.)


Sampling Method.

Systematic sampling method will be used in conducting research.

Tool Development.

Keeping in view the study & its nature an interview schedule will be
developed for the purpose of data collection around the various areas of the study. Both open ended & close ended questions will be included in the schedule/interview guide.

Pre-testing.

The interview tool will be tested 5% to 10% total number of respondents excluding actual respondent of the study to ensure reliability.

Editing.

Data will be edited for mistakes and missing information. This will be then classified into categories on basis of their similarities and variation and coded and finally tabulated on data sheets.

Tabulation.
After classification of data tabulation & interpretation will be done.



Analyses & Interpretation.

After tabulation both statistical & descriptive analyses percentage will be calculated before interpretation.



Report Writing.

In the final stage of study, a report will be prepared to present the result of study in sufficient details.


Plesae feel free to give your suggestions.

Your friend,

Ali Raza Khan

We have always been talking about Young people involvement in all phases of development; there is dire need to analyze its importance in the context of our country youth where youth have not many opportunities within and outside their families to contribute. How we define Young people development by keeping in view our context? What are the benefits of Young people involvement? What are the consequences of lack of involvement of Young people in the plans? What are the effective strategies for young people involvment?

what you guys think person variables are more important or environmental variables in the development of young people.

One of the most critical challenges before us is learning and teaching how to be peaceful, empathetic, tolerant, responsible and effective global citizens; how to be contributing members in a global community. Communities have always transmitted to new generations how to be responsible members of the community--whether of the clan, the family, the tribe, or the nation. Now we have to extend this to being responsible participants in a global community. A staggering increase in international and national violence in the last few moths has left a great number of families mourning the violent death of a loved one. We believe that intolerance is a "a global threat." A danger to all humanity. When a violence or terrorism takes place, a great many family members and friends are left grieving and seeking justice. The murder of a loved one shatters your sense of safety, destroys your trust in the institutions that should be protecting you, and forces you to examine your own vulnerability. Because of the finality of this horrific situation, survivors often feel trapped and isolated in pain and anger. They need people who understand their pain, people who have been there, to be there to support them as they deal with this horrific tragedy.

It is rightly said that the world is dangerous not because of those who do harm but because of those who look at it without doing anything. How can there be a world without war? This is a reasonable question. For many centuries we've been governed by a policy based on the Roman motto that says: Si vis pacem para bellum-If you want peace, prepare for war. Throughout the centuries, we followed this motto. We prepared for war and what we had was war, not peace. And this continues even now in the Nuclear Age. We have got to do something about this.

Every person is entitled to the respect of others and to the recognition of their inherent worth and dignity as human beings. How we value what people are saying about the future then becomes important. How much non-judgemental attitude do we adopt? How much active listening do we do? How much empathy do we give? How much foresight and solidarity do we display? Until we explore our own values and beliefs and understand them as rooted in our own cultures; we will draw inaccurate and judgmental conclusions about others based on our own limited perspectives.

There is need to build cultural competence among people especially in young people by providing knowledge and skills for the promotion of communication, tolerance and cooperative compassionate action.

Time has come when we should give a chance to everyone to express themselves as to what, in their view, is important to world peace. It will help us to better understand topics and issues that touch the lives of the people every day such as resolving conflicts, clarifying values, and understanding diversity. Please reply to me i am eagerly looking forward to hear from you.
Peace to all of you .