1. A 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

2. A Lost Generation

3. Non One Caring…

4. Untapped Youth Energy Directed Towards Social Unrests

5. Listen to Youth Leaders

6. Include Youth in Decision-Making

7. Capacitate and Empowerment Youth

8. Educate and Transform Youth

9. Support Activities of Interest to Youth

10. Celebrate Youth Day

11. Youth Are Our Future Leaders

12. 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:

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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 - ???

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

17. 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

18. Youth Employment Policy
Guiding Principles:
Employment and Economic Policies
Skills and Employability
Labour Market Policies
Youth Entrepreneurship
Rights for Young People

19. 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