A156354 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 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 Of 198 countries:

Continues… Horizontal National Policy Specific Sectoral Youth Policy Authorities for Youth at All Government Levels Cooperation between Authorities at All Levels Rights-based Youth Legislation Measurable Objectives Based on Youth Wellbeing Budget for National and Sectoral Policies

Continues… Inter-ministerial 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 Horizontal National Youth Policy – 61% Specific Sectoral Youth Policy – 22% Authorities for Youth at all Governmental Levels ??? Cooperation between Authorities at all Levels ??? Rights-based Legislation – 13% Measurable Objectives Based on Youth Wellbeing – 0% Budget for National and Sectoral Youth Policies – 10% Inter-ministerial Cooperation and Coordination – 40% Education and Training for Youth Professionals – 58% Meaningful Strategies for Information and Participation – 31% Permanent Infrastructure for Research, Policy and Practice - ??? Evaluation, Quality Control, Accountability and Feedback - ???

What is Missing in the Youth Equation ? Common Vision Common Agreement on Youth Development Common Methodology and Strategy

We Need to Develop the 8 C Principles: 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