A 156354 ACTRAVITCILO COURSE Capacity Building for members
A 156354 ACTRAV/ITC-ILO COURSE Capacity Building for members of Youth Committees on the Youth Employment Crisis in Africa 26 to 30 August 2013 YOUTH POLICY
A Lost Generation
Non One Caring…
Untapped Youth Energy Directed Towards Social Unrests
Listen to Youth Leaders
Include Youth in Decision. Making
Capacitate and Empowerment Youth
Educate and Transform Youth
Support Activities of Interest to Youth
Celebrate Youth Day
Youth Are Our Future Leaders
Current State of Youth Policies Of 198 countries: • 99 States (50%) have a current Youth Policy • A further 56 States (28%) are revisiting their existing National Youth Policy or are, in few cases, developing their very first National Youth Policy • 43 States (22%) have no National Youth Policy
Continues… Horizontal National Policy Specific Sectoral Youth Policy Authorities for Youth at All Government Levels Cooperation between Authorities at All Levels Rightsbased Youth Legislation Measurable Objectives Based on Youth Wellbeing Budget for National and Sectoral Policies
Continues… Interministerial Cooperation and Coordination Education and Training for Youth Professionals Meaningful Strategies for Information and Participation Permanent Infrastructure for Research, Policy and Practice Evaluation, Quality Control, Accountability and Feedback
Analysis of Youth Policies Evaluation, Quality Control, Accountability and Feedback ? ? ? Horizontal National Youth Policy – 61% Specific Sectoral Youth Policy – 22% Permanent Infrastructure for Research, Policy and Practice - ? ? ? Authorities for Youth at all Governmental Levels ? ? ? Meaningful Strategies for Information and Participation – 31% Cooperation between Authorities at all Levels ? ? ? Education and Training for Youth Professionals – 58% Rights-based Legislation – 13% Inter-ministerial Cooperation and Coordination – 40% Budget for National and Sectoral Youth Policies – 10% Measurable Objectives Based on Youth Wellbeing – 0%
What is Missing in the Youth Equation ? Common Vision Common Agreement on Youth Development Common Methodology and Strategy
What is to be Done? We Need to Develop the 8 C Principles: • Concept – what should constitute a Youth Dev. Pol • Cooperation – No one can do it alone • Competence – Educate + Train the Youth • Credit – Well-targeted Financing of Youth Activities • Correction – Listening should be at the heart of development interventions • Coordination – Collective Approach • Control – Monitoring and Evaluation – Feedback • Courage – Political Will to take Youth Issues seriously
Youth Employment Policy Guiding Principles: • Employment and Economic Policies • Skills and Employability • Labour Market Policies • Youth Entrepreneurship • Rights for Young People
Conclusions Multi-pronged and balanced strategies for growth and job creation Targeted youth employment action through tripartite consensus and time-bound action plans Apprenticeships, skills training and other work-training programs Comprehensive packages of labour market measures targeting specific groups of young people Employment services that target youth needs Multiple services for entrepreneurship, social enterprises and cooperatives development Bipartite and tripartite cooperation Platforms for exchanging knowledge and lessons of what works
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