ITUC-Asia Pacific Regional Youth Charter ITUC-AP Youth and Education Department ITUC-Asia Pacific

ITUC-AP Regional Youth Charter Background of Youth Charter: 7 th ICFTU-APRO Youth Committee Meeting, 1-3 December 2005, Bangkok, Thailand ICFTU-APRO Minimum Demand for Youth Topic: ◦Employment and Job Creation ◦Training and re-training ◦Wage issue and Working Conditions ◦Social Safety Nets ◦Health and Social Issues ◦Union participation – Youth Activity ICFTU-APRO Youth Charter adopted, 8 th ICFTU- APRO Youth Committee Meeting, 26 August – 1 September Busan, Korea

ITUC-AP Regional Youth Charter Structure of the Youth Charter: Trends on employment of young workers 4 challenges for urgent support needed to youth 5 demands of ITUC-AP Youth

ITUC-AP Regional Youth Charter Preamble: Decent Work for the Youth World Youth Unemployment Girls and Young Women – Disadvantaged Less Social Security in Informal Economy No Benefit for Young Workers – Globalisation Deficit = World Trends Main findings from the Regional Surveys on Young Workers conducted in 2002 and 2004 = Trends in Asia and Pacific region

ITUC-AP Regional Youth Charter Findings from Regional Survey on Young Workers in 2002 and 2004: Youth Unemployment twice as high as of adults Mismatch btw. Training/Education & Job Requirement Shifting to Casual, Atypical, Temporary jobs Low Organisation Rate of young workers Social problem such as HIV/AIDS  Challenges for urgent support needed to Youth

ITUC-AP Regional Youth Charter Challenges for urgent support needed to Youth 1. Employment and Job Creation 2. Education, Training/re-training and Job-Exchange 3. Working and Social Lives of the Youth 4. Trade Union Participation

ITUC-AP Regional Youth Charter Challenges for urgent support needed to Youth 1. Employment and Job Creation Youth Unemployment rate : 14.4% (Global : 6.2%) More atypical/informal workforce of Youth More vulnerable young women Youth in skill intensive economy (The YEN indication) 2. Education, Training/re-training and Job- Exchange Less opportunity to Youth, Child Labour Too fast technological changes Less vocational training by enterprises and government Insufficient Job-exchange schemes

ITUC-AP Regional Youth Charter Challenges for urgent support needed to Youth 3. Working and Social Lives of the Youth Low wage for of Youth (lower than minimum wage, etc.) Wage gap between men and women Unfair wage treatment Social Safety Net needed Social problems (HIV/AIDS, Drugs, Harassment, etc.) 4. Trade Union Participation Low participation of Youth in trade union due to little knowledge of the importance of trade union Aging trade union – generation gap Voice of Youth not reflected Union not attractive to Youth

ITUC-AP Regional Youth Charter The Youth of ITUC-AP demands: (General Policy Guidelines and National Actions) 1. Creation of job opportunity to promote youth employment 2. Vocational training, retraining and promotion of employability 3. Decent working conditions and Social Safety Nets 4. To fight against poverty, HIV/AIDS and drugs for decent social lives 5. More Youth participation in trade unions

ITUC-AP Regional Youth Charter The Youth of ITUC-AP demands: 1. Creation of job opportunity to promote youth employment General Policy Guidelines:  Consensus among social partners on Decent jobs  Macro economic policy for quality employment  ILO, UN, IFI, etc. should take up youth  Youth structure in the national centre National Actions:  Demand government for more employment opportunity  Suggest national centre to fund Job match campaign  Hold campaign on decent job for youth  Gender equality

ITUC-AP Regional Youth Charter The Youth of ITUC-AP demands: 2. Vocational training, retraining & promotion of employability General Policy Guidelines:  Promotion of employability for technological changes  Adequate resources for training scheme  Quality skill training scheme  No Child Labour National Actions:  Organize education seminar on workers’ rights  Increase national youth activities  Seminars for youth parents  Approach government to address needs

ITUC-AP Regional Youth Charter The Youth of ITUC-AP demands: 3. Decent Working Conditions and Social Safety Nets General Policy Guidelines:  Equal pay for equal work for youth  Adequate wage for decent quality of living and employment  Public Social Safety Nets National Actions:  Enhance relations with neighbouring national centres  Organise rally for fundamental rights  Lobby in the parliament  Hold Campaign for equal value of work  Support MDGs

ITUC-AP Regional Youth Charter The Youth of ITUC-AP demands: 4. To fight against poverty, HIV/AIDS, drug for decent lives General Policy Guidelines:  Awareness campaign  Eliminate Discrimination against HIV/AIDS  GCAP National Actions:  Hold awareness programmes, HIV/AIDS campaign  Suggest to put Youth Minister  Hold seminar on poverty issue  Ask more partnership with private and public sector  Tie with HR commission / authority against harassment

ITUC-AP Regional Youth Charter The Youth of ITUC-AP demands: 5. More Youth Participation in trade unions General Policy Guidelines:  Recruit Strategy for youth  Youth representation at all level of governing body  Gender balance ensured  Comprehensive youth policy  Union education and training programmes  Opportunities for exchange experiences  National youth rally  Global, Regional and National campaign for youth

ITUC-AP Regional Youth Charter The Youth of ITUC-AP demands: 5. More Youth Participation in trade unions National Actions:  Hold Youth Committee more regularly  Put youth representative to national Executive Body  Get a seat of delegates in the congress  Ensure young worker issue at forefront  Continue training programmes for youth  Promote more funding for youth activities  Restructure National Centre to attract and encourage young people to join the union  Organize new industries i.e. digital media, biochemical  Hold more recruitment campaign  Consider how to implement ITUC-Youth Charter

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