A presentation to mobilize youth to educate others by awareness raising on MDGs and NEEDS

1. Overview of MDGs and NEEDS A Presentation During DEVELOPMENT KNOWLEDGE SEMINAR for Nigerian Youth BY KABIR HAMISU KURA [email_address] 0803 314 4162, 0808 554 2212 @ 2007

4. OBJECTIVES 1. Strengthen the development knowledge base and information networks of youth. 2. Enhance the capacity of young people to become active and effective in contributing to the achievement of MDGs and NEEDS at all levels. 3. Increase Youth awareness of what is already being done within our communities towards achieving MDGs and NEEDS objectives, and how they can contribute to the process. 4. Improve participants’ own livelihood skills through enhancing their project management, critical thinking, communication, and training skills.

7. MILLENNIUM CAMPAIGN: The Millennium Campaign informs, inspires and encourages people’s involvement and action for the realization of the Millennium Development Goals. An initiative of the United Nations, the Campaign supports citizens’ efforts to hold their government to account for their promise to achieve the Goals by 2015.

9. 2. Achieve Universal Primary Education 3. Ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling 6. Net enrollment ratio in primary education 7. Proportion of pupils starting grade 1 who reach grade 5 8. Literacy rate of 15-24 years olds. 3 . Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women 4. Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education preferably by 2005 and to all levels of education no later than 2015 9. Ratio of girls to boys in primary, secondary and tertiary education 10. Ratio of Literate females to males of 15-24 years old. 11. Share of women in wage employment in the non- agricultural sector. 12. Proportion of seats held by women national parliament.

13. NEEDS AS A DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY In May 2004, the Federal Government of Nigeria launched the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS 1) aimed at dealing with the twin problems of Poverty and Unemployment and achieving four (4) key Goals NEEDS 2 VISION A Nation Built on Strong Democratic Principles, United, Secure and Stable, Economically Prosperous, Socially Inclusive for Happy Citizenry and A Key Player In The Regional and Global Economy. MISSION Needs2 Seeks To Reduce Poverty Through Growth With Employment.