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In response to the detrimental effects on young people during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC) has created a Youth Network in May 2021. This group of young union activists, economists and coordinators since convened a public webinar and released a statement to the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting in October.
As a bottom line, young people want certainty and security when starting their education and entering labour markets. Policies need to combat social exclusion and promote youth well-being beyond economic outcomes.
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted how we live, learn and work, profoundly affecting our physical and mental health, our social lives and economies. The impact on young people has been especially hard.
In 2021, we are renewing our OECD Youth Action Plan in order to place young people’s concerns at the centre of the recovery from the COVID-19 crisis. Together, we can build a transformative recovery, making our economies and societies more resilient, more green and more inclusive.
Now is the time to reflect deeply on the future we want after the crisis. What should our post-COVID world look like? At the OECD, our mission is to help develop better policies for better lives and we need young peoples’ perspective and ideas to help us do this.
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To help today’s youth get through this crisis and prepare for the post-COVID world businesses of all sizes must rally round. Supporting the youth represents an opportunity – perhaps the best opportunity – that any business has to bounce back better and be fit for the post-COVID world.
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