Chairman SHF, Mr. Shahid Hussain, was invited to represent Pakistan at European Conservatives and Reformists Group Conference in Berlin, Germany in March 2019 to discuss recommendations to increase labor force participation rate in developing countries.
The 1.5 million youth entering Pakistan’s workforce every year presents both an opportunity and a challenge: Where there is a real potential to build a strong industrial base to strengthen the economy and lift millions out of poverty, the question arises that how does a resource constrained governance structure deliver educational, vocational, and employment opportunities to 1.5 million youths every year for the next 10-15 years?