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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