"The UNESCO YouthMobile Initiative leverages the widespread availability of mobile phones to empower youth through digital skills training. Young people are introduced to coding as both a resource to solve local issues and a tool to develop complex learning skills. Through YouthMobile training, students are encouraged to develop, promote and sell their own mobile applications, as the key to ensure sustainable development. Since its launch in 2014 by the Knowledge Societies Division of UNESCO, the Initiative counts nearly 7,000 direct recipients of training in 27 countries, giving young people the skills to develop and distribute mobile apps for sustainable development."