Youth voices from Asia and the Pacific

Between December 2011 and May 2012, the ILO consulted young people from around the globe to gather their inputs to an International Youth Forum in Geneva, ahead of the 101st International Labour Conference for which a key focus is youth employment. As part of this global process, 13 national youth employment consultation events took place in Asia and the Pacific. This report summarises the key messages brought by young people and policy-makers.

This report summarises the key messages and youth employment practices from events held in: Indonesia and Timor-Leste (27 March); Thailand (28 March); Philippines (29 March); Viet Nam (29 March); China (7 April); Bangladesh (8 April); Pakistan (11 April); India (20 April); Sri Lanka (26 April); and the Pacific Island Countries and Territories (10–11 May). Although not officially part of the Global Youth Consultations, this report also includes messages from the Cambodia National Youth Employment Forum (NYEF) (15–16 December 2011), the Special Panel Discussion on youth employment at the ILO Office for Japan/Japan Association for Advancement of ILO Activities Symposium commemorating World Day of Social Justice (22 February 2012) and the South Asian regional event ROTASIA 2012 (26–29 January 2012).