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.

Employment rate and economic independence of women

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.

The highest employment rate is among university educated people.

Promoting youth employment and skills development in the context of globalization

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

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

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 .

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.

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.

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.

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.

With an unemployment rate of 25.3 and youth unemployment running at 53.9 the situation appears grim. Making matters worse, despite considerable gains in the last quarter of 2013, employment growth is far too weak to make a significant dent in joblessness.

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

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

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.

Indeed, this indicator paints a somewhat less alarming picture than that created by the headline youth unemployment rate of more than 50 in Spain, or even the 62.5 rate recently reached in Greece. The youth unemployment rate in Greece does not mean that close to two thirds of young Greeks are unemployed.

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

In that regard, information communication technologies should also be seen as an opportunity for youth employment and empowerment.

1.94 79 per cent employment rate of vocational training centres (VTCs) graduates will have been achieved.

Table 5 Employment rate for women ages 10 to 69, by place of residence and region

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.

Even though the employment rate of men is higher than that of women, the unemployment rate for men is higher (10.2 ) than that of women (9.9 ).

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.

All of this implies that if the economy is at full employment and targeted inflation, the federal funds rate should equal 2 plus the rate of inflation. It should be higher if the inflation rate is above the target level and lower if current GDP is less than the full employment level.

Furthermore, both the employment (62.7 percent) and participation rates (67.6 percent) are at record levels as the economy nears its sustainable rate of output and employment growth.

In that respect, my delegation welcomes the inclusion of the issue of youth employment in the World Summit Outcome.

My delegation would like to propose a special focus on youth employment in the work of the United Nations.

In this regard, the establishment of the Youth Employment Network and its recommendations for addressing this situation are recognized.