YOUTH PARLIAMENT 2020 RESOLUTIONS • Reconsider the film and television sector support by the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) to ensure that it supports youth and local companies; • Develop youth specific incentives to support programm

target should reach 7% by 2030 and the shortages of special needs schools should be addressed; • Enterprises must get contracts only if they can demonstrate that 25% of their employees are youth; • Create a state bank that will address the challenges of lack of access to finance for micro and small medium enterprises and youth owned enterprises; • The NYDA should help young people formulate successful business plans before they submit applications for funding; • Youth business ventures in the agriculture sector must be encouraged; • There should be a transition strategy for youth to move from internships to jobs; • Open up government infrastructure to private companies that support the employment of youth; • Provide a grant for youth looking for work to cover the cost of preparing and sending CVs to prospective employers; • Youth Parliament should not be a once off event and Parliament should prepare a progress report on progress made on issues raised in previous Youth Parliaments; and • There must be greater representation of youth and vulnerable groups in Parliament.