Skills to Succeed

In collaboration with our strategic partners, we are working on initiatives that will help us achieve our goal. By the end of fiscal 2011, we had more than 200 initiatives that are making a real impact on the economic vitality of individuals, families and communities around the world. For example:

• Brazil, where we are offering free training in market-relevant skills for people who are unemployed, as well as providing free consulting services for small entrepreneurs.

• Africa, where we are working in multiple countries to help build the skills of young entrepreneurs.

• Spain, where we’re teaming with local organizations to train migrant groups in specialized technology skills that will allow them to enter the Spanish job market.

• Philippines and Cambodia, where we’re helping underprivileged students build the skills they need to obtain IT jobs and break out of poverty.

• United States, where we are conducting IT training to prepare disadvantaged youth for employment.

• United Kingdom, where we are helping young people achieve their potential by getting a job or accessing education and occupational training.

Watch our Skills to Succeed television advertisement which features some of the people impacted by these programs.

Through our long-term relationships with leading nonprofit organizations, we work to deliver change for people and communities around the world. We will continue to work with a number of strategic partners that share our skills-building goals, including organizations such as the Canadian-based non-profit Enablis, who we're working with in Africa; Genesys Works in the United States; Dr. Reddy's Foundation in India; and Youth Business International in the United Kingdom. We will continue to offer our people “time and skills” opportunities, enabling them to participate in our corporate citizenship programs.

Additionally, Accenture and the Accenture Foundations committed to contribute more than US$100 million over three years to support our corporate citizenship efforts, through global and local giving, as well as pro bono services and the time and skills of Accenture employees. Learn more about our global giving efforts and grantees.