Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) in partnership with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), and the Rivers State Sustainable Development Agency (RSSDA), organized a two-day Youth Link Forum on the theme: “Linking Youths To Employability Skills and Entrepreneurship Development Opportunities” from the October 14 and 15, 2014 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The overarching objective of the Youth Link Forum was to help promote a platform for youth in the Niger Delta and beyond to help reposition them for entrepreneurship and employment opportunities, while contributing to a better understanding of the socio-economic development issues facing youth. The forum brought multi-stakeholder audiences and youth including fresh graduate, undergraduates, youth group members and community members to brain storm, learn and share ideas and experiences of models and approaches needed to tackle the lingering unemployment crisis facing the Niger Delta and Nigeria in general.
