57 165. Promoting youth employment

The establishment of the United Nations Youth Fund and the launching of the Youth Employment Network encouraged the promotion of national action plans for youth employment.

Youth employment is also a priority area in the World Programme of Action for Youth.

The training of rural youth for self employment scheme is designed to specifically train rural youth in skills to enable them to take up self employment.

Employment rate and economic independence of women

I am pleased to represent here one of the leading countries of the Youth Employment Network, a major international initiative to address the challenge of youth employment globally.

Promoting youth employment and skills development in the context of globalization

Syria recently became a State party to the Youth Employment Network.

The European Union welcomes the progress made by the Secretary General's Youth Employment Network and encourages its further expansion to facilitate the implementation of national action plans for youth employment.

The highest employment rate is among university educated people.

The Youth Employment Strategy is the Government of Canada's commitment to helping young people, particularly those facing barriers to employment.

Among the key priorities of this policy are the participation of youth in decision making, non formal education and youth employment.

5 For more information on the Youth Employment Network, see resolution 57 165 see also www.ilo.org public english employment strat yen.

20. Encourages, in this context, current initiatives of the United Nations system on the elaboration of comprehensive employment strategies and measures to foster youth employment, bearing in mind relevant international instruments pertaining to youth

19. Encourages, in this context, current initiatives of the United Nations system on the elaboration of comprehensive employment strategies and measures to foster youth employment, bearing in mind relevant international instruments pertaining to youth

The average rate of employment of Estonian population (15 64 years old) in 2003 was 62.6 , whereas the employment rate of men was 66.7 and that of women 58.8 .

For example, Spain s 48.9 youth unemployment rate implies significantly worse conditions for young people than its 19 youth unemployment ratio.

At any rate, employment seems to have become decoupled from growth.

The Government of my country has implemented alternative employment measures essentially managed by a network of agencies specialized in promoting youth employment.

Greece s youth unemployment rate now exceeds 60 , and Spain s is above 50 .

The conference deals with education, conflict prevention and resolution, risky behavior, and youth employment.

The Youth Employment Strategy (YES) is outlined in Canada's Fourth Report under this Covenant.

Promoting youth employment is therefore one of the top priorities for the Swedish Government.

The index could measure literacy, the rates of enrolment of students in secondary school, youth employment and the marginalization of specific youth groups.

However, if Governments employ specific programmes to promote youth employment and entrepreneurship at the national level, we will succeed in significantly reducing youth unemployment.

Expectation was expressed that Governments must create and promote employment and training opportunities for youth.

As an active contributor to the Youth Employment Network, ILO had a special role to play in promoting youth employment and could act as a catalyst in mobilizing support and implementing integrated policies and programmes to effectively meet the Millennium Declaration's commitment on decent and productive work for youth.

The Youth Employment Network, which I launched in 2001 in partnership with the heads of the World Bank and ILO, has been promoting the preparation of national action plans for youth employment in an increasing number of countries.

This ill gotten money should be recovered and put into a special fund for youth employment.

Collectively, these steps increased employment opportunities for all Ontarians, including Aboriginal people, youth and visible minorities.

So the high share of government employment contributes to the region s low unemployment rate.

Initiatives to address youth unemployment include tax incentives for companies to hire youth, financial assistance for self employment, job search centres, voluntary service programmes and training courses.

National action plans and policies to address youth unemployment need constant commitment and greater resources from Governments, particularly via the work of the Youth Employment Network.5

In 2008, the illiteracy rate was 11.48 and among the youth (ages 15 19) 1.74 .

Azerbaijan, as one of the first countries to join the Network, has recently adopted a youth policy in the form of the State Programme for Youth 2005 2009, which views the promotion of youth employment and youth entrepreneurship among its key policy directions.

Global analysis and evaluation of national action plans on youth employment (resolution 58 133), A 60 133

A special summit of Europe s heads of state has been called, and a Youth Employment Initiative, proposed at the EU Council of Ministers meeting in February, aims to reinforce and accelerate measures that were recommended in a Youth Employment Package in December 2012.

1. Takes note of the reports of the Secretary General on the World Youth Report 2003E CN.5 2003 4. and on promoting youth employment A 58 229.

Liberia is one of the world's poorest countries, with a formal employment rate of 15 .

They, too, should create a special fund for youth employment in the region through the Islamic Development Bank.

Addressing the needs of children and youth and promoting employment and job creation opportunities are given high priority.

Strategies to achieve productive employment for youth should try to make employment opportunities compatible with their being in school, as that will afford them better work opportunities in future.

Germany s unemployment rate this past summer was around 5.5 , and its youth unemployment rate was around 8 remarkably low compared with many other high income economies.

The unemployment rate has been in decline since 2003, and the overall rate of employment is the highest since statistics were first compiled in 1995.

As one positive response to addressing youth unemployment at home, we are pleased to be one of the latest countries to join the Youth Employment Network as a lead country.