HELPING DISADVANTAGED YOUTH: PROGRESS & POLICY ACTION TOWARDS - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

HELPING DISADVANTAGED YOUTH: PROGRESS & POLICY ACTION TOWARDS THE ANTALYA G20 YOUTH GOAL

2nd G20 Employment Working Group virtual meeting, 8 April 2020

ILO and OECD

Antalya Youth Target

Broad agreement in 1St EWG meeting to measure progress by:

 NEET rate: share of young people aged 15 15-29 29 who are Not in Employment, Education or Training  Oth ther in indic icators: Covering diverse range of individual and national labour market situations facing disadvantaged youth

2

In 2015, G20 Leaders agreed “to reduce the share of young people who are most at risk of being permanently left behind in the labour market by 15% by 2025”.

Most G20 economies have made solid progress towards the Antalya goal

3

12 countries were ahead of schedule in reaching the Antalya goal

Decline in NEET rate, 2014-2019 (% points)

• 6.0
• 4.0
• 2.0

0.0 2.0 4.0

Actual decline Expected decline

But COVID-19 risks undoing much of this progress

1,000,000 2,000,000 3,000,000 4,000,000 5,000,000 6,000,000 04/14/2007 04/12/2008 04/11/2009 04/10/2010 04/09/2011 04/07/2012 04/06/2013 04/05/2014 04/04/2015 04/02/2016 04/01/2017 03/31/2018 03/30/2019 03/28/2020

Initial claims for unemployment benefits in the United States

14 April 2007 to 28 March 2020

Going beyond the crisis, structural challenges need to be addressed

4

Much of the decline in the NEET rate driven by declines in unemployed NEETs

Change in NEET rate for 15-29 year olds by activity status, 2014-2019 (% points)

• 7.0
• 5.0
• 3.0
• 1.0

1.0 3.0 5.0

Unemployed Inactive Total

Low-skilled youth face a high risk of labour market exclusion Many young people in unstable and low-paid jobs

Young women face additional barriers to good quality jobs

5

NEET rates are higher for young women than for young men

NEET rate for 15-29 year olds by gender, 2019 (%)

Greater difficulties in reconciling caring responsibilities with work Narrow stereotypical views about the professional role of young women, and discrimination in employment

10 20 30 40 50 60

Women Men

G20 Policy Principles for Promoting Better Youth Employment Outcomes

Improving education and skills of youth

• Ensuring basic skills for all
• Ensuring school completion
• Providing greater choice in

educational pathways

• Promoting access to higher education
• Bringing closer together the worlds
• f education and work

Improving youth employment

• Strengthening job opportunities
• Tackling unemployment
• Avoiding prolonged periods out of

work

• Improving job quality

6

Sustainable Development Goal 8

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

Target 8.6: By 2020, substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training Target 8.b: By 2020, develop and operationalize a global strategy for youth employment and implement the Global Jobs Pact of the International Labour Organization

7

Recent developments in national youth employment strategies

8

Promoting better youth employment

• utcomes

Improving education and skills

Ensuring basic skills for all 7% Ensuring school completion 8% Providing greater choice in educational pathways 11% Promoting access to higher education 4% Bringing closer together the worlds of education and work 24% Strengthening job

• pportunities

5% Tackling unemployment 25% Avoiding prolonged periods out of work 4% Improving job quality 1% Mixed interventions 11%

9

• Tackle weak aggregate demand to

avoid large job losses

• Extend job retention measures to all

young workers

• Expand training opportunities
• Strengthen income support for

young people

Strengthen support in economic downturns

• Increase quality jobs opportunities
• Better prepare young people for

school-to-work transition

• Promote quality work-based

learning and recognition

• Promote entrepreneurship
• Update employment & social

legislation for diverse forms of work

• Invest in high-quality, cost-effective

employment services

• Promote engagement in social

dialogue

Improve successful labour market entry Possible elements of a comprehensive Youth Action Plan

10

• Promote participation in

STEM subjects & apprenticeships in all fields

• Tackle gender divide in

digital skills

• Foster leadership skills

Improve educational & employment choices for girls & young women

• Promote non-

discriminatory practices at the workplace

• Reduce gender gaps in

career and pay progression, including after motherhood

• Promote self-employment
• pportunities
• Promote gender equality in

global and domestic supply chains Reduce gender disparities in job quality

Tackle barriers to decent employment for young women

• Ensure autonomy in

reproductive decisions

• Provide affordable &

quality support for caring

• Invest in care economy &

better gender balance in unpaid work

• Support job prospects and

mobility through tailored employment services & programmes Facilitate young women’s access to the labour market