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gener8tor, Employ Milwaukee and Microsoft launch digital skills accelerator

The first Milwaukee gener8tor Upskilling program launched late last month in partnership with Employ Milwaukee and Microsoft…
A Microsoft program called Technology Education and Literacy in Schools, or TEALS, launches in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, providing the city’s young people with the STEM skills and training to pursue jobs of the future.

In Ciudad Juárez, a Mexican city brimming with factories just south of El Paso, Texas, Daisy Aguilera…
How aspirations become actions From Ethiopia to community college to MIT, Mussie Demisse ’21 is on a mission to use his love of learning to solve big problems.

MIT alumnus Mussie Demisse ‘21 shares how open education resources, like MIT OpenCourseWare, gave him the tools…
A Unique Workforce Development Program Shows Promise in Reducing Inequality and Boosting Economic Growth

Graduates of Year Up—a full-time, year-long workforce training program offered at no cost to low-income young adults—enjoy…
Analyzing the Social and Economic Returns of Laboratoria’s Bootcamp

Laboratoria, a Latin American nonprofit organization, aims to provide women from underserved backgrounds the skills and opportunities…
The ACJEMP (Accompagnement et Coaching des Jeunes et renforcement de leur Employabilité) project offers youth in Tunisia better access to the job market through coaching and training. The project is funded by the French Development Agency.

ILO Chief Technical Advisor, David Andrevon, speaks from Tunis about the ACJEMP project, which is improving the…