Description
Supporting youth employment for peace and resilience is a commitment aiming to (1) Develop the evidence base: Gathering evidence based on demonstrated impact to promote decent jobs for youth in fragile situations. This includes inter-agency case studies on best practices and lessons learned from the country offices in the field. (2) Develop a comprehensive guidance note on promoting youth employment in fragile situations: The findings from case studies will be used to develop a guidance note on promoting youth employment in fragile situations in coordination within the UN system; and (3) Develop links and partnerships: The evidence base and guidance note for the UN system will in turn allow partners to launch tailored interventions at country and regional level and identify synergies with existing initiatives in support of coherent programming. The commitment contribute towards joint plans for action and partnerships. Actions take place within the overarching framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, leaving no one behind, so all young people in fragile situations – regardless of gender, ethnicity, ability, socio-economic or migratory status – should be included in our efforts. Young people are specifically named in the agenda as critical agents of change, and their involvement, energy, networks and solutions are indispensable in our actions towards the 2030 Agenda. These efforts are aligned with the Employment and Decent Work for Peace and Resilience Recommendation, 2017 (No. 205).
