progrannes to be agricutturally based and Eo aim aE creating jobs for youth. Through the Year, the National Co-ordinating Connittee hopes the public r{ill become more anare of existing youth problens. The Zambian Comnittee is seeking public invoLvement by encouraging public support for iEs tund-raising activities such as dinners and auction sales. The connit.tee organi.zed a fund-raising gaLa night featuring well-known entertainers, ehicb provided publiciEy for lhe Year and funding for various projects planned for 1985. zj.nbabwe: the National Co-ordinating Connittee for Ehe Internalional Youth Year in zinbabrde has prepared a wide range of act.ivit.ies for the Year with youth ernployment and Eraining having been establiShed as national prioriEies. In Ehis context, Ehe CorDmit.tee is organizing a number of development projecls tha! stress employnent and training of young people. II. ASIA AND TEE PACIFIC 4lsEilie: planning for InternaEional Youth Year in AusEralia has been a collaborative effort involving federal, state and local governnents, youth groups, trade unions and representalives of industry. Young people are represented as equal participanEs on the national- and slate co-ordinaling conmittees, thereby encouraging expression of their concerns and opinions. Young people in Ausf,ralia especj.ally $ant a fairer deal fron society and a cbance to contribute to its development. Youth organizat.ions are primarity focusing on youEh issues during 1985 as well as the strengthening of youth structures in Australia and f,he allocation of adequate resources to then. The federal and state governnenEs are holding back on major publiciEy campaigns for t.he Year while using the impelus of t.he Year bo eork lo$ards the establishnent and impleflEntation of youth policies and reforns. Wilh Che prirnary focus of attention on local level iniliatives, progranfiEs for the Year in AusEralia vary fron finding solulions to the ploblens of Aboriginal and rural youth to nation-eide connunity enplolnnent projecEs. At the
**Analysis**
The text discusses the International Youth Year, which aims to create jobs for youth and raise awareness about existing youth problems. It also mentions various projects and initiatives focused on youth employment, training, and community development. These themes suggest that the main focus is on the social and economic development of youth.

**Category**
Employment, Agriculture