Youth employment

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Youth employment

• WAPES-ILO Meeting, 22 February 2007

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The ILOs Youth Employment Programme Maximizing
impact at the country level
Workers
Employers
Field/country-level action
Other technical units (DCOMM, CODEV, etc.)
Field/country-level action
Employment Sector
Social Protection
Social Dialogue
YEP team
Field/country-level action
Standards and Fundamental Principles Rights at
Work
International Training Centre, Turin
Governments
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ILO Plan of Action
Advocacy promotional activities
Building knowledge
Technical assistance
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Technical assistance
Target countries
Development and implementation of National
Action Plans on Youth Employment
Main types of country level intervention
Policy instruments and programmes on youth
employment
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PES YE Some focus areas for technical
assistance

• Make PES more attractive to young people
• Improve targeting and sequencing of services in
  order to identify and treat disadvantaged youth
  
• Combine curative measures for young people with
  preventive and promotional ones
• Facilitate sharing of experience and expertise on
  youth employment across PES within and between
  regions