Proposal 3

Matching Education with Labour Market Requirements

Second Asia-Pacific Intergovernmental Meeting on Human Resources Development for Youth
Bangkok, 1-5 June 1998

Objectives

  • To match education with the requirements of the everchanging and increasingly competitive employment market, in order to empower young people in making their career choices.
  • To exchange experiences in creating employment opportunities to meet the requirements of social, economic and technical changes on a sustained basis.

Problem addressed

  • Lack of matching between education and the needs of the employment market, and socioeconomic and technological change;
  • Lack of extension services, internships and other schemes providing guidance on career choices available to youth.

Activities

  • Establishment of a regional resource and training center on career education and employment for youth, with a proper network of government and private institutions in the countries of the region;
  • Constitution of a pool of experts to share experiences, to assist in planning, and to train at the national level;
  • Organization of regional consultations of government and private sector agencies dealing with education and employment on a regular basis.

Role of UN agencies

  • Establishment of a regional resource and training center;
  • Coordination of efforts;
  • Mobilization of financial and human resources at the regional level.

Role of national counterparts

  • Mobilization of financial and human resources at the national level.

Outcome

  • Young people making better-informed choices regarding their careers.

Back to overview of both meetings

Asia-Pacific Meeting of Youth Organizations in Preparation for the Third Session of the World Youth Forum, 27-29 May 1998
Report of the Meeting    (TEXT-ONLY VERSION)
List of Participants    (TEXT-ONLY VERSION)

Second Asia-Pacific Intergovernmental Meeting on HRD
for Youth, 1-5 June 1998
Keynote Speech | Panel Discussion
Report of the Meeting    (TEXT-ONLY VERSION)
List of Participants  (TEXT-ONLY VERSION)
Asia-Pacific Position    (TEXT-ONLY VERSION)
Proposals for Action  (TEXT-ONLY VERSION)
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