make a difference (mad), by ada wong, hong kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Population: over 7,000,000

860,000 young people

between age of 15 and 24

Overall unemployment rate is 3%

Behind the glamorous façade there is a worsening rich-poor gap

Gini Coefficient: 0.537 in 2011, and still rising

Hong Kong

7.7% Youth unemployment

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

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

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

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

Did it work and what is missing?

Entrepreneurship is missing

Creativity is missing

Innovation is missing

MaD 創不同 Make a Difference

2010 - 2013

Program for changemakers

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

年會 Annual MaD Forum

亞洲青年 Asian youth X

國際 International Changemakers

Discovery

個人潛能 Personal potential

社會議題 Social issues

世界趨勢 Global trends

Creativity

Creative thinking 創意思維

Creative industries 創意產業

Cross-disciplinary innovation 跨界創新

Impact

社會創新 Social innovation

策動計劃 Entrepreneurial ventures

個人改變 Personal change

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