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United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Sustainable Development

Social dialogue on youth employment and the future of work: The National Youth Forums in Ibero-America

    Description
    Description
    OIJ commits to organise at least 17 National Youth Forums in IberoAmerica countries in 2017 - 2018 with the participation of approximately 1,700 young people.
    The National Youth Forums led by OIJ, promote the conversations and participation of young people and social actors to identify challenges and strategies to strength youth employment. The outcomes, in the form of national reports, including more than 90 youth proposals and regional recommendations are presented on ministerial and high-level meetings to nourish the implementation of public policies.
    Implementation of the Project/Activity

    The National Youth Forums is an initiative led by OIJ in coordination with the National Youth Organisms, ILO, AECID, Nestlé and Microsoft. It is based on the achievement of the agreements of the Iberoamerican Youth Pact to: “develop, based on social dialogue, decent employment initiatives focused on young people of IberoAmerica, based on a multiactor and intersectoral strategic alliances”.
    This initiative promotes the dialogue and participation of young people and social actors to define the main challenges and strategies that impact youth employment and future of work.
    OIJ's commitment is to organize at least 17 National Youth Forums in the Iberoamerican region in 2017-2018, with the participation of more than 1,700 young people and 130 institutions, reaching out to more than 80,000 people through social media and developing more than 90 youth proposals to strengthen employment policies.
    In addition, the National Forums contributes to decent jobs of youth by presenting the youth proposal and regional recommendations at the Iberoamerican Conferences of Ministers of Labour and Education, as well as in a high-level meeting on the field of youth employment with the objective to nourish the definition and implementation of public policies.

    The Forums involve a multisectoral alliance of stakeholders’ know-how, good practices and investment on youth employment through initiatives, programs and policies to contribute to defining new strategies on the field.

    Partners
    International Youth Organism for IberoAmerica; Instituto Mexicano de la Juventud. Mexican Youth Institute; Sistema Nacional de Juventud “Colombia Joven”. Presidencial Programm for a national system for Youth “Colombia Joven”.; Secretaría Nacional de Juventud. National Youth Secretary of Peru; Instituto Nacional de Juventud de Chile. National Youth Institute of Chile; Instituto Nacional de Juventud de Honduras. National Youth Institute of Honduras.; Secretaria Nacional de la Juventud de Paraguay. National Youth Secretary of Paraguay; Secretaría Nacional de Juventud de Argentina. National Youth Secretary of Argentina; Instituto Nacional de la Juventud de El Salvador. National Youth Institute of El Salvador; Viceministerio de Desarrollo Social de Panamá. Vice Ministry of Social Development of Panama; Instituto Nacional de la Juventud de España. National Youth Institute of Spain; Instituto Portugues do Desporto e Juventude. Portuguese Institute of Sport and Youth; Ministerio de la Juventud de República Dominicana. Youth Ministry of Dominican Republic; Consejo Nacional de la Juventud de Guatemala. National Youth Council of Guatemala.; Secretaría Técnica de Juventudes de Ecuador. Youth Technical Secretary of Ecuador.; Ministerio de Cultura y Juventud de Costa Rica. Cultural and Youth Ministry of Cost Rica.; Secretaria Nacional de Juventude de Brasil. National Youth Secretary of Brazil; Instituto Nacional de la Juventud de Uruguay. National Youth Institute of Uruguay; Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation; International Labour Organization (ILO); Nestlé; Microsoft

    Goal 8

    Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all

    Goal 8

    8.1

    Sustain per capita economic growth in accordance with national circumstances and, in particular, at least 7 per cent gross domestic product growth per annum in the least developed countries
    8.1.1

    Annual growth rate of real GDP per capita

    8.2

    Achieve higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological upgrading and innovation, including through a focus on high-value added and labour-intensive sectors

    8.2.1

    Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person

    8.3

    Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and encourage the formalization and growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to financial services

    8.3.1

    Proportion of informal employment in total employment, by sector and sex

    8.4

    Improve progressively, through 2030, global resource efficiency in consumption and production and endeavour to decouple economic growth from environmental degradation, in accordance with the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production, with developed countries taking the lead

    8.4.1

    Material footprint, material footprint per capita, and material footprint per GDP

    8.4.2

    Domestic material consumption, domestic material consumption per capita, and domestic material consumption per GDP

    8.5

    By 2030, achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value
    8.5.1

    Average hourly earnings of female and male employees, by occupation, age and persons with disabilities

    8.5.2

    Unemployment rate, by sex, age and persons with disabilities

    8.6

    By 2020, substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training
    8.6.1

    Proportion of youth (aged 15-24 years) not in education, employment or training

    8.7

    Take immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labour, end modern slavery and human trafficking and secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour, including recruitment and use of child soldiers, and by 2025 end child labour in all its forms

    8.7.1

    Proportion and number of children aged 5‑17 years engaged in child labour, by sex and age

    8.8

    Protect labour rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers, including migrant workers, in particular women migrants, and those in precarious employment

    8.8.1

    Fatal and non-fatal occupational injuries per 100,000 workers, by sex and migrant status

    8.8.2

    Level of national compliance with labour rights (freedom of association and collective bargaining) based on International Labour Organization (ILO) textual sources and national legislation, by sex and migrant status

    8.9

    By 2030, devise and implement policies to promote sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products

    8.9.1

    Tourism direct GDP as a proportion of total GDP and in growth rate

    8.10

    Strengthen the capacity of domestic financial institutions to encourage and expand access to banking, insurance and financial services for all

    8.10.1

    (a) Number of commercial bank branches per 100,000 adults and (b) number of automated teller machines (ATMs) per 100,000 adults

    8.10.2

    Proportion of adults (15 years and older) with an account at a bank or other financial institution or with a mobile-money-service provider

    8.a

    Increase Aid for Trade support for developing countries, in particular least developed countries, including through the Enhanced Integrated Framework for Trade-Related Technical Assistance to Least Developed Countries
    8.a.1

    Aid for Trade commitments and disbursements

    8.b

    By 2020, develop and operationalize a global strategy for youth employment and implement the Global Jobs Pact of the International Labour Organization

    8.b.1

    Existence of a developed and operationalized national strategy for youth employment, as a distinct strategy or as part of a national employment strategy

    Goal 17

    Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development

    Goal 17

    17.1

    Strengthen domestic resource mobilization, including through international support to developing countries, to improve domestic capacity for tax and other revenue collection

    17.1.1
    Total government revenue as a proportion of GDP, by source
    17.1.2
    Proportion of domestic budget funded by domestic taxes

    17.2

    Developed countries to implement fully their official development assistance commitments, including the commitment by many developed countries to achieve the target of 0.7 per cent of ODA/GNI to developing countries and 0.15 to 0.20 per cent of ODA/GNI to least developed countries; ODA providers are encouraged to consider setting a target to provide at least 0.20 per cent of ODA/GNI to least developed countries

    17.2.1
    Net official development assistance, total and to least developed countries, as a proportion of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Development Assistance Committee donors’ gross national income (GNI)

    17.3

    Mobilize additional financial resources for developing countries from multiple sources

    17.3.1

    Additional financial resources mobilized for developing countries from multiple sources 

    17.3.2
    Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP

    17.4

    Assist developing countries in attaining long-term debt sustainability through coordinated policies aimed at fostering debt financing, debt relief and debt restructuring, as appropriate, and address the external debt of highly indebted poor countries to reduce debt distress

    17.4.1
    Debt service as a proportion of exports of goods and services

    17.5

    Adopt and implement investment promotion regimes for least developed countries

    17.5.1

    Number of countries that adopt and implement investment promotion regimes for developing countries, including the least developed countries

    17.6

    Enhance North-South, South-South and triangular regional and international cooperation on and access to science, technology and innovation and enhance knowledge sharing on mutually agreed terms, including through improved coordination among existing mechanisms, in particular at the United Nations level, and through a global technology facilitation mechanism

    17.6.1

     Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, by speed

    17.7

    Promote the development, transfer, dissemination and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies to developing countries on favourable terms, including on concessional and preferential terms, as mutually agreed

    17.7.1

    Total amount of funding for developing countries to promote the development, transfer, dissemination and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies

    17.8

    Fully operationalize the technology bank and science, technology and innovation capacity-building mechanism for least developed countries by 2017 and enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology

    17.8.1
    Proportion of individuals using the Internet

    17.9

    Enhance international support for implementing effective and targeted capacity-building in developing countries to support national plans to implement all the Sustainable Development Goals, including through North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation

    17.9.1

    Dollar value of financial and technical assistance (including through North-South, South‑South and triangular cooperation) committed to developing countries

    17.10

    Promote a universal, rules-based, open, non-discriminatory and equitable multilateral trading system under the World Trade Organization, including through the conclusion of negotiations under its Doha Development Agenda

    17.10.1
    Worldwide weighted tariff-average

    17.11

    Significantly increase the exports of developing countries, in particular with a view to doubling the least developed countries’ share of global exports by 2020

    17.11.1

    Developing countries’ and least developed countries’ share of global exports

    17.12

    Realize timely implementation of duty-free and quota-free market access on a lasting basis for all least developed countries, consistent with World Trade Organization decisions, including by ensuring that preferential rules of origin applicable to imports from least developed countries are transparent and simple, and contribute to facilitating market access

    17.12.1

    Weighted average tariffs faced by developing countries, least developed countries and small island developing States

    17.13

    Enhance global macroeconomic stability, including through policy coordination and policy coherence

    17.13.1
    Macroeconomic Dashboard

    17.14

    Enhance policy coherence for sustainable development

    17.14.1
    Number of countries with mechanisms in place to enhance policy coherence of sustainable development

    17.15

    Respect each country’s policy space and leadership to establish and implement policies for poverty eradication and sustainable development 

    17.15.1
    Extent of use of country-owned results frameworks and planning tools by providers of development cooperation

    17.16

    Enhance the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, complemented by multi-stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources, to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in all countries, in particular developing countries

    17.16.1

    Number of countries reporting progress in multi-stakeholder development effectiveness monitoring frameworks that support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals

    17.17

    Encourage and promote effective public, public-private and civil society partnerships, building on the experience and resourcing strategies of partnerships 

    17.17.1

    Amount in United States dollars committed to public-private partnerships for infrastructure

    17.18

    By 2020, enhance capacity-building support to developing countries, including for least developed countries and small island developing States, to increase significantly the availability of high-quality, timely and reliable data disaggregated by income, gender, age, race, ethnicity, migratory status, disability, geographic location and other characteristics relevant in national contexts

    17.18.1

    Statistical capacity indicators

    17.18.2
    Number of countries that have national statistical legislation that complies with the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics
    17.18.3

    Number of countries with a national statistical plan that is fully funded and under implementation, by source of funding

    17.19

    By 2030, build on existing initiatives to develop measurements of progress on sustainable development that complement gross domestic product, and support statistical capacity-building in developing countries

    17.19.1
    Dollar value of all resources made available to strengthen statistical capacity in developing countries
    17.19.2

    Proportion of countries that (a) have conducted at least one population and housing census in the last 10 years; and (b) have achieved 100 per cent birth registration and 80 per cent death registration

    Name Description
    1 knowledge sharing or advocacy tactics on youth employment carried out, including events, campaigns and media items
    17 knowledge products on youth employment developed
    15,000 young people trained in relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, ICT skills and soft skills
    National strategies for youth employment supported in their development or operationalization in 17 countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Spain, Uruguay)
    Staff / Technical expertise
    Developing four main talks of the Forum; definition and designed on the methodological materials ; Coordination and moderation; Guidance and support for the youth labs.
    In-kind contribution
    Support of logistic facilities, venues to celebrate the Forum and development of the communication strategy.
    Financing (in USD)
    14000000
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    Action Network
    Decent Jobs for Youth
    This initiative does not yet fulfil the SMART criteria.
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    Timeline
    30 March 2017 (start date)
    31 December 2018 (date of completion)
    Entity
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    SDGs
    Countries
    Argentina
    Argentina
    Brazil
    Brazil
    Chile
    Chile
    Colombia
    Colombia
    Costa Rica
    Costa Rica
    Dominican Republic
    Dominican Republic
    Ecuador
    Ecuador
    El Salvador
    El Salvador
    Guatemala
    Guatemala
    Honduras
    Honduras
    Mexico
    Mexico
    Panama
    Panama
    Paraguay
    Paraguay
    Peru
    Peru
    Portugal
    Portugal
    Spain
    Spain
    Uruguay
    Uruguay
    Contact Information

    Alejandra Sáenz, Director of International Relation