8
SDG – Decent
Work and Economic
Growth
SDG 8 – Promote sustained,
inclusive and sustainable economic
growth, full and productive
employment and decent work for
all.
Endorsed 25-27 Sept 2015 in NY;
came into effect on January 1,
2016
DECENT WORK
Advancing opportunities for women and
men to obtain decent and productive
work in conditions of:
- freedom,
- equity,
- security, and
- human dignity
GOAL 8 Targets:
Targets correlate with ILO’s daily operational work
Target 8.3 – Promote development support activities, decent job
creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation and encourage
the formalization economic growth of micro through access to
financial services
Target 8.4 – Improve resources efficiency in accordance with
sustainable consumption and production with developed countries
taking the lead.
Target 8.5 – Achieve full employment for all women and men,
including young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for
work of equal value
Target 8.6 – by 2020, substantially reduce the proportion of youth not
in employment, education or training (NEET)
Target 8.7 – take measure to eradicate forced labour, end modern
slavery and human trafficking eliminate worst forms or all forms of
child labour.
Target 8.8 – protect labour rights and promote safe and secure
working environments for all workers e.g migrant workers, in particular
women migrants, and those in precarious employment.
Target 8.9 – By 2030, devise and implement policies to promote
sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and
products
Target 8.10 – Expanding the access to
financial services
Target 8.b – By 2020, develop and
operationalize a global strategy for youth
employment and implement the Global Jobs
Pact of the International Labour
Organization
WHAT DOES THIS
MEAN FOR
SAMOA
TARGET 8.5
Samoa Decent Work Country
Programme 2013-2016
Priority 2 – Young women and men have
greater access to information and
employment services to support their
transitions from school to work e.g E-
platform YEP
ILO Ratified Conventions:-
C111 – Discrimination Convention
C 100 – Equal Remuneration Convention
TARGET 8.3 & 8.6
Samoa National Action Plan on YE
Internship Programme
Youth Employment Seminar Series
Created an Youth Entrepreneurship
Award
Green Works Youth Contractors
Youth Employment Programme (YEP)
Increase employability of youth.
Village-based youth entrepreneurship
& empowerment of youth in the
informal economy.
TARGET 8.7
Rapid Assessment Survey on Street
Vendors in Apia – November 2014
Survey Recommendation
Scoping Study Findings
Child Labour Taskforce Group
ILO CONVENTIONS RATIFIED
C29 – Forced Labour
C105 – Abolition of Force Labour
C138 – Minimum Age Convention
C 182 – Worst form of Child labour
TARGET 8.8
Samoa National Tripartite Forum
Protect Labour rights
Promote safe & secure working
environment
Enforcement of LERA & OSH
Strengthen tripartite capacity
Samoa National Employment Policy
Integrating productive employment
at all levels to support the creation
of more and better jobs
Samoa Labour Migration Policy.
TARGET 8.b
SNAP on YE
Green Works on Green Jobs
SNEP
Labour Market Demand & Supplies
Labour Market Institution
YEP
Increasing youth employability &
empower youth in the informal economy
LOOKING AHEAD
Target 8.2 – YEP focus on establishing of the
Incubator (Youth Centre) to provide trainings for
youth entrepreneurship to increase employability and
productivity.
Target 8.4 increase of youth engagement in
Green Works for Green Jobs with respect to
programmes develop by ILO on climate change
impact.
Target 8.9 encourage the more opportunities for
youth to attend Vocational community course that
should offer either by the community (handicrafts,
carving) or by vocational school after high schools.
Target 8.10 mainstreaming of the macro-finance
for youth entrepreneurship with beginning &
establishment of their business
CHALLENGES
Implications of an universal ag enda for developed and
developing countries: from LDCs to HICs
Measuring Prog ress
How can we collaborate
Leverag e
WAY FORWARD
Potential for collaboration
Conduct Research for evidence
base-policy decisions and SDG
prioritization
Support constituents through
projects & programmes
Capacity Building (awareness)
Decent Work Agenda in SDGs
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