SafeYouth@Work Action Plan: Sub-Regional Consultation, Jakarta, Indonesia
50 representatives from government, workers’ and employers’ organizations, and youth networks meet to discuss concrete plan for improving young worker safety and health.
From 23-25 January ILO SafeYouth@Work Champions join some 50 representatives from youth organizations and networks, governments, workers’ and employers’ organizations, to discuss and provide inputs for the SafeYouth@Work Action Plan to be launched around SafeDay 2018.
The Sub-Regional Consultation, taking place in Jakarta, will provide support for constituent planning related to country-level launches and implementation of the Action Plan, while also serving as a platform for empowering Youth Champions to support & sustain implementation of the Action Plan. Participants include representatives from Indonesia, the Philippines, Viet Nam, Myanmar and Singapore as well as from ASEAN-OSHNET, the ASEAN Trade Union Council (ATUC) and the ASEAN Confederation of Employers (ACE).
The SafeYouth@Work Action Plan was initiated at the XXI World Congress on Safety and Health with the aim of establishing a framework for actions to change knowledge, attitudes and behaviour on youth OSH vulnerability. Concrete steps across 5 critical areas are being defined to achieve this:
The Action Plan will be launched on 28 April as part of ILO’s World Day for Safety and Health at Work. A reporting back on Plan implementation will be featured at the XXII World Congress on Safety and Health at Work, Toronto, Canada, October 2020.
The Sub-Regional Consultation, taking place in Jakarta, will provide support for constituent planning related to country-level launches and implementation of the Action Plan, while also serving as a platform for empowering Youth Champions to support & sustain implementation of the Action Plan. Participants include representatives from Indonesia, the Philippines, Viet Nam, Myanmar and Singapore as well as from ASEAN-OSHNET, the ASEAN Trade Union Council (ATUC) and the ASEAN Confederation of Employers (ACE).
The SafeYouth@Work Action Plan was initiated at the XXI World Congress on Safety and Health with the aim of establishing a framework for actions to change knowledge, attitudes and behaviour on youth OSH vulnerability. Concrete steps across 5 critical areas are being defined to achieve this:
- Research
- Education
- Compliance
- Advocacy
- Networks
The Action Plan will be launched on 28 April as part of ILO’s World Day for Safety and Health at Work. A reporting back on Plan implementation will be featured at the XXII World Congress on Safety and Health at Work, Toronto, Canada, October 2020.