Philippines: Alternatives to migration: Decent Jobs for Filipino youth
JOINT PROGRAMME QUICK FACTS
Total Budget $6,000,000
Delivery Rate
Participating Agencies IOM, UNICEF, ILO, UNFPA
Main Achievements
- Education subsidies provided to high school students at risk of dropping out; schools provided with equipment for technical courses; trainers trained in entrepreneurship, life skills and gender.
- Studies conducted on the possibilities of public-private partnerships and on local development and employment.
Contact Ruth Georget, JP Coordinator
ruth.georget@ilo.org
ruth.georget@ilo.org
Despite high economic growth, the Philippines, with a fast growing population, is not able to provide sufficient jobs to reduce poverty.
Its education system cannot meet the skills requirements of growing industries. Disproportionately high unemployment and underemployment among young Filipinos result, with young women more affected. In the search for decent work, many young Filipinos move from rural to urban areas, with some opting to go overseas. The proposed Joint Program supports the Government’s vision of productive and competitive youth by 2010. It is targeted to show that youth can enter and remain in local job markets. It will create opportunities for sustainable livelihood, improve access to and retention in basic education, and explore means for remittances to be used to develop employment alternatives for youth. The program will target disadvantaged youth in poor provinces with low school cohort survival rates and high rural to urban migration outflows.