Reimaging the Future of Work: Intergenerational Dialogues on Youth’s Aspirations and Dreams Beyond Covid-19

This article unpacks the experience of using an Appreciative Inquiry approach to gain an understanding of priorities and challenges related to youth economic empowerment in the ‘new normal’ impacted by coronavirus, and to establish a diverse network willing to work together to create change. Organized jointly by the Asian Development Bank through its youth initiative, Youth for Asia, the Asian Development Bank Institute, and Plan International, young people aged 18–29 from across Asia and the Pacific took part in a six-week process during the Asia Pacific Youth Symposium in August and September 2020.

Organized jointly by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) through its youth initiative, Youth for Asia (YfA), the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), and Plan International, hundreds of young people aged 18–29 from across Asia and the Pacific took part in the Asia Pacific Youth Symposium (APYS) from August to September 2020. This included partaking in capacity-building workshops, interviews, networking events and online consultations.