Yes YOUth Can: Decent Jobs for Filipino Youth

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines Presentation on ILO Decent Work Programme for Filipino Youth at UNI Global Union Asia & Pacific Youth Workshop 4 June 2012 Manila, Philippines

Quick definitions
Employment Working for Pay, Income, or Family Income for at least 1 hour within a duration of two weeks Unemployment Without work, available and seeking Vulnerable Employment Sum of own-account worker and unpaid family worker - lack of decent working conditions often characterized by inadequate income, low productivity, difficult conditions that undermine fundamental rights

GlobalEmploymentTrendsYouth2012

GlobalEmploymentTrendsYouth2012

YouthPopulationinthePhilippines
Estimated Population by Sex and Age Group
22% 21%
20% 20%

28%
1519Female 1519Male

29%

2024Female 2024Male

46%

46%
34%

34%
Youth Children Adult

Source: NSO Labor Force Survey 2010 Series

Philippines:PercentageofYouthWorkersperSector
MaleYouth YouthinEmployment 32.5 48.7
Agriculture Industry Services

18.8

45.2

38.7
FemaleYouth

16.1
19.7 10.9 69.4

YouthLaborForceParticipation

8,222,61

21%

15%
21%
8,222,610 79%

79%
30,714,888

38% 24%
1519Female

Adult Youth

23%
30,714,8 88

1519Male 2024 Female

YouthUnemploymentinthe Philippines

1.5 million Unemployed youth (17.6%)

3 million Unemployed

(7.4%)

YouthVulnerableEmploymentRate
byRegionandSex
100 90

80

70

60

50

Female Male

40

30

20

10

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Source: NSO Labor Force Survey 2010 Series

ILO CO-Manila

SupplyandDemand ofWorkers in thePhilippines 133,938 747,967 178,771 60,012

60,000 DemandforWorkers 50,000 43,393 SupplyofWorkers

40,000 33,100 30,000 24,059 24,481 33,886

20,000 12,503

18,252

12,612 10,000

12,012 9,994 8,309 4,795 3,127 4 2,315 90 2,794 54 2,384 2,500

Source: 2007 National Human Resource Conference; * Figures from 2006 National Manpower Summit

CALLING FOR A NEW GENERAL DISCUSSION AT THE 101ST INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONFERENCE

LESSONSLEARNT SINCETHE2005ILCRESOLUTION
1)YouthEmploymentisatopnationalprioritybutnot sufficientlytranslatedintoaction 2)Governmentexpendituresonyouthemployment policiesandprogrammesneedtobemaintained 3)Improvequalityandeducationatalllevelstoenhance employability

LESSONSLEARNT SINCETHE2005ILCRESOLUTION
4)Workexperienceprogrammesareeffectivein preparingyoungpeopleforthelabourmarket 5)Youthentrepreneurshipcanbepromotedasa careeroption 6)Highlevelpolicycoherenceandcoordinationis required

LESSONSLEARNT SINCETHE2005ILCRESOLUTION
7)Policiesfacilitatingaccesstojobsshouldrespect youthrightsatwork

8)Needforcontinuedsocialdialogue

9)Policycoordination,coherenceandevaluation arekey

UNCountryTeamAgencies: ILO,IOM,UNICEF,UNFPA GovernmentAgencies: DOLE,DepED,TESDA,DTI,NYC,NCRFW NEDA(NationalSteeringCommittee) LocalGovernmentunitsofAgusandelSur,Antique, Maguindanao(ARMM)andMasbate

BENEFICIARIES: 10,000 poorandvulnerableyoung menandwomen(15 24 yearsold) Outofschoolyouth Inschoolyouth Highschoolgraduates YouthleftbehindbyOFW parents

Achievements
NationalActionAgendaformulated EstablishYouthandMigrationCenters TechnicalvocationalandEntrepreneurshipTraining TechnicalVocationalLaboratories OntheJobTraining EducationalSubsidies

YouthEmploymentandChildLabour

InternationalProgrammeontheEliminationofChild Labour(IPEC) Childlabourandyouthemploymentarelinked throughanoverlappingagegroupof1517yearolds. Youngpeopleinthisagegroupwhoarevulnerableto theworstformsofchildlabour

RoleofTradeUnions
Representtheyouthandhavekeyroletoplayin shapingthepresentandfutureofourglobaleconomy Influenceeducationandtrainingpoliciesandthe creationofqualityjobs

YesYOUthcan!

Thank you

For more information, please contact: ILO Country Office for the Philippines Tel: 63 2 580 9900, Fax: 63 2 856 7597 E-mail: manila@ilo.org www.ilo.org/manila