Role of trade unions in shaping youth employment policy – conference in Azerbaijan
Baku hosted a conference focusing on the role of trade unions in shaping youth employment policy. It was jointly organized by the International Labour Organization and the Azerbaijan Trade Unions Confederation.
5 May 2014
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The conference was unveiled by chairman of the Azerbaijan Trade Unions Confederation Sattar Mehbolliyev, who stressed importance of the conference’s themes for the country’s future and significance of the state youth programme for 2007-2015 and the Azerbaijan Youth Foundation established in 2011.
The conference brought together over 50 young trade unionists and persons responsible for youth policy and consisted of two blocks. On the first day of the conference delegates heard reports on youth employment global trends and problems, Azerbaijan’s youth policy and contribution of the Azerbaijan Trade Unions Confederation.
Sergeyus Glovackas, ILO Moscow Senior Specialist in Workers’ Activities, reviewed macroeconomic and social challenges influencing youth employment such as the lack of skills, migration, inequality and unprotected labour and stressed importance of tripartite social dialogue and the role of social partners in creating well-balanced youth employment policy.
Rena Abdullayeva, deputy head of the youth employment department at Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Population briefed on the republic’s youth employment programmes.
Mikhail Pouchkin, Chief Technical Adviser of the ILO project “Partnerships for youth employment in the CIS” focused on priorities and plans of the project financed by Russia’s oil company LUKOIL and implemented in three countries – Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Russia. Youth employment roadmaps and databanks of best practices in response to emerging challenges will be created within the project’s framework.
Anna Salnikova, coordinator of programmes and campaigns at the Pan-European Regional Council of the International Trade Union Confederation, in her presentation aside from the ITUC-PERC’s policy and activity focused on challenges the youth was facing and trade unions’ role.
The conference’s second block included teamwork. Participants in the conference had to select most pressing problems and to think over concrete steps to solve them.
Source: ITUC
The conference brought together over 50 young trade unionists and persons responsible for youth policy and consisted of two blocks. On the first day of the conference delegates heard reports on youth employment global trends and problems, Azerbaijan’s youth policy and contribution of the Azerbaijan Trade Unions Confederation.
Sergeyus Glovackas, ILO Moscow Senior Specialist in Workers’ Activities, reviewed macroeconomic and social challenges influencing youth employment such as the lack of skills, migration, inequality and unprotected labour and stressed importance of tripartite social dialogue and the role of social partners in creating well-balanced youth employment policy.
Rena Abdullayeva, deputy head of the youth employment department at Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Population briefed on the republic’s youth employment programmes.
Mikhail Pouchkin, Chief Technical Adviser of the ILO project “Partnerships for youth employment in the CIS” focused on priorities and plans of the project financed by Russia’s oil company LUKOIL and implemented in three countries – Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Russia. Youth employment roadmaps and databanks of best practices in response to emerging challenges will be created within the project’s framework.
Anna Salnikova, coordinator of programmes and campaigns at the Pan-European Regional Council of the International Trade Union Confederation, in her presentation aside from the ITUC-PERC’s policy and activity focused on challenges the youth was facing and trade unions’ role.
The conference’s second block included teamwork. Participants in the conference had to select most pressing problems and to think over concrete steps to solve them.
Source: ITUC