The Youth Employment Summit (YES) began as a response to two powerful and ominous global realities. First, youth populations worldwide are burgeoning while employment opportunities for young people are diminishing. The second is the absence of a coordinated, international effort to address the pervasive problems caused by widespread youth unemployment and underemployment. From its inception, YES has held the unwavering conviction that young people themselves are the greatest asset in the struggle for productive and sustainable youth employment. Rather than simply relying on governments and the private sector to create jobs, youth can control their own futures by learning to become entrepreneurs. Young people from more than 60 countries contributed to the development of the YES movement, the Alexandria Summit (2002), and the resulting Decade Campaign of Action. Young YES leaders also initiated and built what was to become the centerpiece of the YES movement: the YES Networks, which have formed in 69 countries. This report shows how the youth-led YES Networks in 69 countries are working innovatively and collaboratively with diverse groups to initiate new policies and programs, and to implement projects. YES Campaign has taken momentous strides in the two years since its inauguration at the Alexandria Summit in the fall of 2002. The journey has encompassed scores of countries, and the progress is substantial. The heart and soul of the Campaign lies in the work of young people around the world, particularly the dynamic leaders who have responded to the Campaign's call to action by forming Country Networks and launching concrete initiatives. In addition to convening meetings, authoring publications, and raising awareness, these Networks are tackling the issue of youth unemployment directly; they are hiring young people on their staffs, they are creating jobs, and they are starting and nurturing new youth-led enterprises. Above all, they are providing hope that the seemingly intractable problem of worldwide youth unemployment can be solved. The solutions are well within reach.