Youth Employment in Asia and the Pacific

Report on the ILO/Japan Tripartite Regional Meeting on Youth Employment in Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand, 27 February - 1 March 2002. The immediate objectives of the meeting are to: (i) enhance the capacity of participants to identify and understand key issues relating to youth employment; (ii) introduce country experiences, best practices, regional research and statistical information that can be used in formulating policies to deal with youth employment; (iii) identify strategies that can be used in national action plans and youth employment programmes; and (iv) disseminate information about youth employment strategies through a web site and ILO publications.