Accenture dan Save the Children: Skills to Succeed: Opening Doors to Employment and Economic Opportunities for Marginalized Youth in Bandung and Lampung
Skills to Succeed (S2S) is a global program of Accenture’s Corporate Citizenship that has been implemented in several countries, including Indonesia. S2S is a program that is addressing the need of marginalized youth (aged 15-24) to increase their capacity in entrepreneurship and job related skills. In Indonesia, Accenture is in partnership with its global partner, Save the Children (StC), in implementing the program since 2012 in Bandung area (West Java) and Lampung (Sumatra). Both organizations share similar goal to improve the livelihood for youth and to achieve impact globally.
The S2S program activities are: (1) to assess the job market, (2) to provide training on vocation, life skills and entrepreneurship, (3) to establish network with companies, government, training centers, associations, and other institutions; to support vocational, internship, entrepreneurship training, and job assignment for youth groups, and (4) to build communication with decision makers in relations to policy on youth workers.
As of April 2014, S2S program has trained 1,680 youth on vocational skills, 775 youth on entrepreneurship, and 2,584 youth on life skills. From these results, approximately 879 youth have participated in the internship program, 727 youth have been hired as permanent employees, and 152 youth have established their own businesses.
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