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

In the CIS, the peer reviews are conducted within the framework of the project “Partnerships for Youth Employment in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)” which was launched as a response to the global youth employment crisis. A voluntary peer review network focusing on youth employment policies was launched in 2014 with nine countries participating in the network. In order to offer practical guidance to countries that wish to conduct a voluntary peer review in the area of youth employment, a Toolkit on conducting voluntary peer reviews was developed by the ILO. For the first round of peer reviews, the Kyrgyz Republic volunteered to be reviewed by the Republic of Armenia in July 2014. The Peer Review was initiated with the drafting of a national report by representatives from the Ministry of Labour, Migration and Youth, followed by an on-site visit to the Kyrgyz Republic by a delegation from the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of Armenia. After analysis of the national report and discussions with national stakeholders, the Armenian delegation drafted a review report. The finding from both reports were presented and discussed at a regional meeting in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, in October 2014 where all nine countries of the peer review network were present. This report belongs to a series of synthesis reports produced on the basis of findings of the peer review rounds between the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. It summarizes the main findings and recommendations of the first round of peer reviews around job-rich economic growth, labour market information system, role of Public Employment Service and other aspects, and is based on all mentioned reports, the conclusions of the regional network meeting and external sources of data.