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The Secretary-Generals Youth Employment Network
  • Background to the Youth Employment Network
  • Policy orientations which underpin the Network
  • Contact information

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Background information on YEN
  • What do you know about the YEN?

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Secretary-Generals Youth Employment Network
  • A commitment of the Millennium Declaration
    Develop and implement strategies that give young
    people everywhere a real chance to find decent
    and productive work
  • A global alliance led by the heads of the UN, the
    World Bank and the ILO
  • Requested the ILO to take the lead in organizing
    the future work of the YEN and to host a
    permanent Secretariat

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The High-Level Panel
  • The Secretary-General
  • Appointed a High-Level Panel in 2000 and asked
    them to draw up recommendations by 2001.
  • Invited the panel to continue working in an
    advisory capacity as a standing panel

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Objectives of YEN
  • To formulate a set of recommendations on youth
    employment
  • To disseminate information on good practice and
    lessons learned
  • To identify, for implementation with its
    partners, collaborative youth employment
    initiatives.

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The YEN Partners
  • The Network Involves a number of partners and
    collaborating agencies including the ILOs social
    partners, non-governmental Organizations (NGOs)
    and youth groups.

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The 3 elements of the Panels 2001 Recommendations
  • Puts forward the importance of youth
  • Youth are an Asset - not a Problem
  • Youth are partners of today - not tomorrow

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Panels 2001 Recommendations
  • 2. Presents a political process
  • National reviews and action plans
  • ILO to prepare a global review and evaluation of
    action plans
  • Suggests Youth as integrated concept of
    employment policies
  • Lead countries to take the initiative

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Lead Countries are committed to
  • YEN has prepared a guidance note for lead
    countries
  • Political commitment at the highest political
    level to decent and productive work for young
    people
  • Prepare a national review and action plan on
    youth employment

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Lead Countries
  • Contribute to international development
    cooperation in sharing national experience with
    other countries and with the international
    community
  • Nine countries have stepped forward to volunteer
    as lead countries for the YEN
  • -Azerbaijan, -Brazil,
  • -Egypt, -Hungary,
  • -Indonesia, -Iran,
  • -Namibia, -Senegal,
  • -Sri Lanka.

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Panels 2001 Recommendations
  • 3. Four global priorities for action plans
  • Employability invest in education and vocational
    training
  • Equal opportunities give young women the same
    opportunities as young men
  • Entrepreneurship make it easier to start and run
    enterprises
  • Employment creation place employment at the
    center of macroeconomic policy.

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Panels 2001 Recommendations
  • Cross-cutting issues are
  • Youth empowerment through organisation of young
    workers and entrepreneurs
  • HIV/AIDS and youth
  • Youth and conflict

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UN Resolutions on Promoting Youth Employment (Dec
2002) and Policies and Programmes for Youth (Jan
2004)
  • Takes on board the political process recommended
    by the High-Level Panel
  • Encourages to develop national reviews and action
    plans and to involve youth and youth
    organizations in the process
  • Invites the Youth Employment Network under ILO
    leadership to carry out global analysis and
    review ILC 2005 and Global Employment Report
    2005

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Working Groups
  • In 2002 the High-Level Panel set up working
    groups on each of the four Es.
  • Provide policy advice on the four priority areas.
  • Provide guidance for national action plans
  • Support the implementation of policies,
    programmes and projects on youth employment
    undertaken by the broader Network's partners

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2nd meeting of the High Level Panel, June 2003
Our challenge now is to move from the excellent
policy work that has been done to a new phase of
action at the country level. UN Secretary-General
Kofi Annan
The youth around this table are a tremendous
resource. Young people are not just leaders for
tomorrow, they are partners for today. Engage
them. Listen. Build together. Let's get beyond
lip service. ILO Director General Juan Somavia
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Panels 2003Recommendations
1. Endorse the outcomes of the Panels 4 Working
Groups
  • The Working Group on Employability
  • Government responsibility
  • Investment in education and training
  • Access to basic education
  • School-to-work transition
  • Relevance to labour market needs
  • Lifelong learning
  • Involving social partners

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Panels 2003Recommendations
  • The Working Group on Entrepreneurship
  • Cultural attitudes
  • Regulations
  • Education/training
  • Finance
  • Business Support

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Panels 2003Recommendations
  • The Working Group on Equal opportunities
  • Set specific objectives and targets to rectify
    gender disparities
  • End stereotyping in education and training
  • Recognize the constraints placed on young
    womens
  • productive roles by their reproductive
    responsibilities
  • Focus both on equal opportunities and equal
    treatment
  • Recognize the value of womens entrepreneurship
  • Sexual violence

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Panels 2003Recommendations
  • The Working Group on Employment creation
  • Employment as an overall objective of economic
    policy
  • Financial stability to promote employment
  • Open markets for developing countries

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Panels 2003Recommendations
  • 2. Encourage governments to translate the
    recommendations into national action plans.
  • 3. Establish social dialogue for youth
    employment.
  • 4. Invite youth organisations to play an active
    role in the Network
  • 5. Mobilize resources for youth employment in
    committed countries

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Next steps for the Youth Employment Network
  • Strengthening the role of Youth
  • National actions plans to be included in national
    Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs).
  • The role of the High Level Panel in MDG-process

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Contact details YEN Secretariat
The Youth Employment Network Website
http//www.ilo.org/yen Secretary for the Youth
Employment Network Steven Miller miller_at_ilo.org
Senior Policy Advisor on Youth Employment
Regina Monticone monticone_at_ilo.org
Communication and Public Information Officer
Justin Sykes sykes_at_ilo.org
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Contact details ILO - YEN
  • ILO Geneva
  • Mr. Takafumi Ueda
  • Technical Coordinator on Youth Employment
  • The ILO Youth Employment Task Team (YETT) YENs
    Focal Point
  • ueda_at_ilo.org
  • ILO Sub regional Office for East Asia
  • Ms. Elizabeth Morris
  • Senior Labour Market and Human Resources Policies
    Specialist
  • morrise_at_ilo.org
  • Ms. Sara Spant
  • Associate Expert on Employment Promotion
  • Youth Employment Focal Point within ILO
    Subregional Office East Asia
  • Spant_at_ilo.org
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