REPORT TO SHERPAS G20 TASK FORCE ON EMPLOYMENT 2013 Presented by Alexei Vovchenko Russia G20 Sherpas Meeting SPB, May, 11-12,

TASK FORCE ON EMPLOYMENT PREPARES  G20 Labor and Employment Ministers’ Declaration, Moscow, July 2013  G20 Labor and Employment and Finance Ministers’ Statement, Moscow, 19 July 2013  A set of supporting documents 2

WE ADVOCATE FOR (SIMILAR TO L20 ) the support of quality employment, job creation with a specific focus on the job potential of green economy, ICT and Health the support of investment in infrastructure, education and public services, provision of an assistance to small and medium-size enterprises, labor activation policies especially for vulnerable groups (low skilled, youth, women, seniors etc.) effective and efficient active labor market programs, mobilization of education and training policies to foster jobs-rich growth, Involvement of social partners in the Task Force work. 3

WE ADVOCATE FOR (SIMILAR TO B20) enabling environment for enterprises and entrepreneurship predictable regulatory framework that encourages long-term investments and innovations flexibility of labor regulations effective public – private cooperation in education vocational education and training lifelong education apprenticeship 4

BALANCED INTEGRATED APPROACH Labor Demand Labor Supply ALMPs Labor Activation EducationJob CreationInvestments 5 Social Protection

Second Draft of G20 Labor and Employment Ministers’ Declaration Moscow, July 2013 Comments on the first draft were received from: Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, EU, France, Germany, Italy, India, Japan, Korea, Mexico, OECD, Russian Federation, Spain, Singapore, Turkey, USA, UK Declaration consists of: Introduction (7 bullets) Enhance Job Creation Section (6 bullets) Labor Activation, Equity and Inclusion Section (11 bullets) Monitoring of progress made by countries in implementing the employment agenda set by G20 Leaders and commitments of our Declarations Section (5 bullets) The Way Forward Section (5 bullets) 6

G20 Labor and Employment and Finance Ministers’ Statement Moscow, 19 July 2013 Comments on the first draft were received from: Australia. Argentina, China, EU. France, Japan, IMF, Italy, Indonesia, Germany, Korea, Mexico, OECD, Russian Federation, Singapore, Spain, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, UK, World Bank Joined Statement consists of 10 bullets 7

TASK FORCE DELIVERABLES AND DISCUSSION SCHEDULE By May 20 Countries’ comments to third draft June 3-4 Discussion of the third draft at the Task Force Meeting June 5 Discussion of the draft joint statement at the joint meeting of the Task Force and the G20 Deputy Ministers of Finance 8

PROGRESS REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EMPLOYMENT AGENDA AS FORMULATED BY THE G20 LEADERS The objective of the Report facilitate knowledge sharing and mutual information exchange among G20 countries on recent and effective initiatives that have been taken to promote job creation, labor activation and create an inclusive and cost- effective social protection system. 9

JOINT MINISTERIAL MEETING AGENDA Session header A sound fiscal framework and a supportive environment for job creation and employment policies First discussion topic Government's role in creating incentives and eliminating barriers to investments in job creation Second discussion topic Cost effective social policies to facilitate job creation and inclusive societies 10

JULY 17 Task Force on Employment half day session for those who will accompany G20 Ministers of Labor and Employment 11