Govt shows commitment in addressing youth unemployment -ILO
Ramani KANGARAARACHCHI
Encouraging youth entrepreneurship, enterprise development,effective
implementation of international labour standards and better training and
education are some of the collective action that could help change the
future for young people.
ILO Country Director Sri Lanka and Maldives Donglin Li expressed
these sentiments at the “Young Voices from Sri Lanka” workshop organized
by the ILO and Ministry of Youth Affairs at the Foundation Institute
yesterday.
He said creating jobs for youth is a crucial issue in Sri Lanka and
the government along with other stakeholders in addressing youth
unemployment. He assured ILO ’s continuous support to pursue its decent
work agenda, creating greater employment opportunities for youth in Sri
Lanka.
He said the ILO has initiated programs in Sri Lanka to support youth
mployment premised upon the four E’s of employment namely, equality,
employability, entrepreneurship and employment creation for young
persons by promotion of investment in sectors that generate jobs for
youth.
However, it is imperative that forward looking, active labour market
policies for job growth and productivity in all sectors be formulated to
harness the energies of young men and women be addressed as articulated
in the National Human Resource and Development policy. |