Peer Review of Youth Employment Policies in the Republic of Armenia. Synthesis Report

In the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), voluntary peer reviews are undertaken within the framework of the ILO project entitled, “Partnerships for Youth Employment in the Commonwealth of Independent States”, which was launched in response to the global youth employment crisis. In 2014, nine CIS countries established a regional network within the framework of the youth employment policies voluntary peer review mechanism. The ILO has developed a guide on conducting voluntary peer reviews to provide practical support to countries willing to participate in youth employment peer reviews. In the course of the first round of reviews, the Kyrgyz Republic hosted the Republic of Armenia as the reviewer in July 2014. In the second round, the Republic of Azerbaijan reviewed the Republic of Tajikistan in March 2015. In the third round, tripartite representatives of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Kazakhstan reviewed programmes and institutions of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The fourth round undertaken in April 2016 to review the experience of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russian Federation, involved a renewed composition of participants. The peer review was conducted by a trio of participants from the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan and the Russian Federation (federal level), as well as representatives of regional employment services of the Perm Territory, Russian Federation. Fifth round involved the tripartite constituents from the Russian Federation, including the regional employment services of the Republic of Bashkortostan and Khanty-Mansy Autonomous Region, assessing the policies and programmes of the Republic of Armenia. In January 2017, the findings of the fifth round were summed up in Turin, Italy.