5. What did government do?
Youth Pre-employment training program:
US$10,000,000 per year with training
allowance provided to employers who hire young
employees
Youth Employment Start program to enhance youth
their employability skills: US$2,000,000
per year
6. What did government do?
Employees Retraining Board – 800
courses in 30 different industries with annual budget
of over US$70 million
Age of joining Employees Retraining Board
programs lowered to 15
7. What did Government do?
Vocational Training Council
offering career-oriented diploma, professional
diploma, high diploma and associate degree courses
Government subvention to VTC: US$300
million per year with over 20,000 students
8. Did it work and what is missing?
The policies were designed just to “get by”, for
young people to gain basic skills and be employed in
entry level jobs
The policies are not intended for young people to
have a choice and to thrive as human beings and
have aspirations
9. Did it work and what is missing?
Entrepreneurship is missing
Creativityis missing
Innovationis missing
10. MaD創不同 Make a Difference
2010 - 2013
Program for changemakers
11. 令創意再進一步
Taking CREATIVITY to the next level
培育
有創意、
具社會關懷
的新一代
Grooming a
creative and
socially
conscious new
generation
符合
多基準線的
創意項目
社會創新
Creative ventures
and social innovation
meeting multiple
bottom lines
創造
創意城市 CREATIVE CITY
經濟、社會、環境改變
多元、公義、可持續發展
Generating positive economic, social
and environmental change
Championing pluralism, justice and
sustainable development
16. The Make A Difference initiative
A pan-Asian young changemakers platform
For a collaborative and integrated new economy
For entrepreneurs and freelancers
Creative ventures have been set up
MaD talks and events attended by over 10,000