YOUTH EMPLOYMENT NETWORK >> Lead countries

As invited by the YEN High-Level Panel in their policy recommendations in 2001, nineteen countries have stepped forward to volunteer as Lead Countries for the YEN: Azerbaijan, Brazil, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Ecuador, Georgia, Indonesia, Iran, Jamaica, Mali, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal and Sri Lanka, Syria, Turkey, Uganda and the United Kingdom.

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As Lead Countries they have committed themselves to take the lead in the preparation and implementation of National Action Plans for youth employment as outlined in UN GA Resolution A/57/165 and to submit them to the UN in 2005 as called for by a UN Note Verbale.

A total of 45 countries (both YEN lead countries and others) have now prepared or reported on plans to prepare National Action Plans. A UN Secretary-General's report providing a Global Analysis and Evaluation of these submissions and of the YEN's recent activities is now available and was distributed to delegates at the 60th session of UN General Assembly in 2005.

Activities have been undertaken or are planned in the nineteen lead countries, often resulting in concrete measures, both to develop projects and to support the mainstreaming of youth employment into national, regional and international policy frameworks.

Many other countries have turned to the World Bank, ILO and United Nations Secretariat asking for assistance on youth employment in the framework of the YEN.

Countries where the development of National Action Plans are underway or are planned in the immediate future include, China, Colombia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Pakistan, The Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania and Vietnam.

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