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

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.

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.

The issue of the centrality of employment to poverty reduction has been lacking from international policy discussions, with the exception of the inclusion of youth employment in the Millennium Development Goals.

In employment, policy efforts are being made toward the creation employment opportunities and labor force training professional training and integration of youth, demobilized soldiers, women and other groups of difficult groups in the labor force.

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

1. Takes note of the work of the High level Panel of the Secretary General's Youth Employment Network and its policy recommendations See A 56 422.

An integral part of the triple track strategy is our pro employment policy, which plays a significant role in the well being of youth in Indonesia.

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.

Youth employment can serve as a tool for development.

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.

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.

Promoting youth employment and skills development in the context of globalization

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

The employment policy is a failure.

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

Bangladesh adopted a national youth policy in 2003.

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

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

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

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

It is not enough to have a youth policy.

Croatia has had a national youth policy since 2000.

Component 3 youth policy formulation and programme planning capacity

In 1985, in conjunction with the United Nations International Youth Year, Malaysia formulated a national youth policy.

The thrust of our national youth policy centres on youth empowerment in different spheres of national life.

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

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.

Global Youth Action is trying to impact policy and lobbying organizations and authorities to include youth decision and policy making processes that will inevitably shape their lives.

Through the Indigenous Employment Policy, the Australian Government provides a focus on improving indigenous employment rates.

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

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.

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

We want youth issues to be part not just of current Government policy but of national policy.

I am often asked why a specific youth policy is needed.

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

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

The World Programme of Action for Youth provides a very good basis for any country to develop a national youth policy.

El Salvador responded by appointing a Secretary of Youth, whose department is working, with broad participation, on a national youth policy.

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

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.