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The purpose of SDG indicator 8.b.1 is to provide an indication of the progress of the country in addressing youth employment issues. 

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The proposed methodology draws on:

a. Global policy instruments, notably:

•  Resolution on The youth employment crisis: A call for action, adopted at the 101st session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) in June 2012. In calling for vigorous, collective action to address an aggravated youth employment crisis, this resolution advocates for a multi-pronged approach with policy measures that are context-specific and integrated, entailing strategies which bring together in a coherent manner a variety of instruments to increase the demand, enhance the supply and improve matching in youth labour markets.
•  Recovering from the crisis: A Global Jobs Pact2 adopted by the ILC at its June 2009 session. Based on the ILO’s Decent Work Agenda, the Global Jobs Pact presents an integrated portfolio of policies that puts employment and social protection at the centre of crisis response, recognising the critical role of participation and social dialogue.

b. ILO databases:

•  International monitoring of youth employment policies was carried out over the period 2010- 2012 by the Youth Employment Network (YEN) – a partnership between the ILO, United Nations and World Bank – utilising a questionnaire sent to national authorities. This evolved into YouthPOL, an inventory of youth employment policies and programmes maintained by the ILO (65 countries covered to date).
•  The ILO also maintains EmPol, a dataset of broader national employment policies (143 countries covered).

c. ILO expertise and experience:

• The Department of Statistics (STATISTICS) works to provide relevant, timely and reliable labour statistics, to develop international standards for better measurement of labour issues and enhanced international comparability, and to help member States develop and improve their labour statistics. 
• The Employment Policy Department (EMPLOYMENT) is responsible for promoting full and productive employment by developing integrated employment, development and skills policies (ILO, 2012) that are inclusive, gender-sensitive and sustainable. The department is mandated to coordinate ILO efforts to promote decent job opportunities for young women and men; over the years, it has supported the formulation, implementation and review of national youth employment strategies and action plans in different countries and regions (ILO, 2008; ILO, 2015). This type of targeted action and related achievements have been included in the ILO programming framework and performance system.

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The information and documents provided by national authorities will be analysed by the ILO by making use of the grid hereafter.

In all cases, the grid refers to a national strategy for youth employment as a distinct strategy or as part of a national employment strategy.

Missing values (i.e. no response/unknown) should be noted as such. They should be omitted from the final global and regional breakdown: proportions should only be calculated on the basis of received responses. However, the global and regional response rates will be indicated.

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