FORTYNINTH MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF
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FORTY-NINTH MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF GOVERNMENTS AND ADMINISTRATIONS (17– 20 June 2019, Noumea, New Caledonia) PAPER NO. 4. 2: UPDATE ON YOUTH HIGH-LEVEL DIALOGUE OUTCOMES: PACIFIC YOUTH DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK
CHALLENGES IN EDUCATION & LINK TO YOUTH ISSUES Education quality & relevance Absence of learning pathways Student Outcomes & Wellbeing YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES Youth Not in Education, Employment and Training (NEET) Not enough jobs in the market No clear pathways for out of school youth Youth Unemployment Youth delinquency & mental health issues Disengaged and socially excluded youth Skills not aligned with labour market demands
HOW IS SPC RESPONDING TO THESE YOUTH ISSUES? PYDF Implementation • Policy and programming support • Collaboration and partnerships • Youth@Work Programme in Solomon Islands transitioning to Government • Upscaling of Youth@Work Programme and new modelling for national and regional level application
WHY UPSCALE YOUTH@WORK? • Youth Bulge • Absence of pathways for youth NEET • Alignment of skills training and labour market needs • Need for a more coordinated approach to youth unemployment • Promoting innovation to address youth unemployment in the region Youth Not in Education, Employment and Training (NEET) Not enough jobs in the market No clear pathways for youth Youth Unemployment Youth delinquency & mental health issues Disengaged and socially excluded youth Skills not aligned with labour market demands
HOW? UPSCALING & MODELLING YOUTH@WORK THE APPROACH – CREATING PATHWAYS FOR PACIFIC YOUTH EET N H T U YO FOCUS SOCIAL ON I T A V O INN LED YOUTH- NT PME DEVELO YOUTH VOICE & LEADERSHIP to E G A R E LEV E UPSCAL VALUE ADDING ic Econom ent m r e w o Emp AL via SOCI RISE ENTERP LLY A R U T L CU TE & A I R P O R APP T RELEVAN ing d r a u g e f Sa cultural via e g a t i r e h AL R U T L U C IES R T S U D IN G CREATIN YS PATHWA
WHAT? UPSCALED NEW YOUTH@WORK MODEL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS • Youth Social Entrepreneurship (Youth-SENT) • Youth Skills, Training, Employment Programme (Youth-STEP) • Youth Labour Mobility (Youth-LAB) • Youth Inter-Island Cooperation (Youth-INC) • Youth Social Innovation Hub (Youth-SUB)
RECOMMENDATIONS CRGA is invited to: i. Note the progress made on the implementation of the Pacific Youth Development Framework (PYDF); ii. Call on the Secretariat and partners to consider the findings and recommendations of the State of the Pacific Youth Report as an important platform for strengthening the statistics required to inform policies and actions for youth; iii. Approve the mid-term review of the PYDF top be carried out in 2019 -2020 iv. Based on the CRGA 48 recommendation for more resources for the implementation of the PYDF, consider opportunities for increasing resourcing for youth in SPC.
