In collaboration with ILO-ACTRAV the South Asian Regional Trade Union Council (SARTUC) successfully conducted two days of regional consultation with the title - Regional Consultation on the Present and Future of Youth in South Asia: Promoting Decent Work for Youth with the SARTUC and its affiliates (Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan), on 23-24 March 2023 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Objectives:
- To sensitise the SARTUC affiliates trade union youth leaders to understand International Labour Standards (ILS) and other instruments to promote decent work as well as the current situation, opportunities and challenges to youths in South Asia;
- To capacitate the organising skills of the committee members to encourage more youths’ participation in the trade unions;
- To form a full-fledged Youth Committee to advocate the voices of youths in the trade unions;
- To enhance the knowledge on youth employment, changing world of work and green jobs;
- Draft an action plan for the SARTUC Youth Committee.
