Shea Gopaul

Shea Gopaul
Shea Gopaul in 2016
Executive Director of the Global Apprenticeships Network

Shea Gopaul is the Founder and Executive Director of the Global Apprenticeships Network, a coalition of companies and organizations addressing the skills mismatch and youth unemployment crisis since 2013.

Education

Shea Gopaul is an Institute for the Study of Labor Policy Fellow and a recipient of an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters^[1]

Career

With over 20 years of experience within the United Nations system,^[2] Gopaul has worked in several senior positions such as Director of Administration at the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and Special Advisor to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Assistant Director-General before establishing the GAN.

Shea Gopaul is also a member of the B20 Employment Taskforce,^[3] a Sherpa of the European Pact for Youth within CSR Europe^[4] and an International Gender Champion,^[5] a network for gender equality.

An accomplished classical ballet dancer,^[6] she remains active in the art world and is on the Board of Directors of Battery Dance Company in New York, which uses dance to foster intercultural exchange and understanding.^[7]

Publication

In early 2013, Shea Gopaul led and authored an International Labour Organization (ILO) feasibility study to gather information from businesses about their apprenticeship programs and to seek their views on how an international business network on apprenticeships could add value for them. In collaboration with the International Organisation of Employers (IOE) and members of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Youth Unemployment, the feasibility study collected information from multi-stakeholders on country and company apprenticeship practices; and, explored the interest and eventual commitment of companies to join forces to promote apprenticeship through a Global Apprenticeships Network.^[8]

References

1. "Shea Gopaul, Policy Fellow". Institute for the Study of Labor. IZA.
2. Commella, Nancy. "Alumna Shea Gopaul now on world stage at United Nations". Point Park University. Point Park University.
3. "Documents". B20 Germany 2017.
4. "The European Pact for Youth" (PDF). CSR Europe.
5. "International Gender Champions". International Gender Champions.
6. "An experiment in goodwill". The Rotarian. March 1980.
7. "Board and Advisors". Battery Dance Company.
8. "Feasibility Study for a Global Business Network on Apprenticeship". Cornell University.