World Youth Skills Day celebrated on 15th July

World Youth Skills Day celebrated on 15th July

World Youth Skills Day is celebratednacross the world on 15 July every year. On 18 December 2014, the

United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted a resolutionnled by Sri Lanka and declared 15

July as the World Youth Skills Day.MSri Lanka started this resolutionnwith the help of G77 (Group of 77

countries) and China to highlight the importance of youth skill development at the global level.

Its objective is to achieve better socio-economic conditions for the youth which will act as a means of addressing the challenges of unemployment andunderemployment. World Youth Skills Day is traditionally organized by the Permanent Missions of Portugal and Sri Lanka together with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the International Labor Organization and the Office of the Secretary-General.

World Youth Skills Day is also important because rising youth unemployment in the world is seen as one of the most seriousnproblems facing the economies and societies of developed and developing countries.