Public Services International Asia-Pacific Youth Network

Members: 20 million workers

— theme: Trade Unions and the Rights of Young Workers

— country: Asia, Pacific, ASEAN, East Asia, South Asia, South-East Asia, Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kiribati, Korea (The Republic of), Lao PDR, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Viet Nam

PSI APYN provides young workers in Asia and Pacific with the opportunity of strengthening their voices and bringing young people together to look at new ways of involving young workers actively in public sector unions.

Affiliation

Workers' Organization

Contact No.

+65 62823219

Address

Indah Budiarti, PSI AP Organising and Communication Coordinator,
PSI Asia and the Pacific,
Wisma AUPE, 295 Upper Paya Lebar Road Singapore 534929

Email Address

indah.budiarti@world-psi.org

Website

http://www.psiapyouthnetwork.org/about/

1. Source of funding

members

2. Mission and objectives

The AP-YN main role is to address young workers’ issues and organise young people in the public sector unions. It will be required to:

Establish, maintain, develop and co-ordinate various communication networks, through e-mail, among young workers throughout the region; Organise, support and encourage young workers to actively participate in the trade union movement. Establish and develop an effective strategy on recruiting young workers and setting up young workers’ structures and training programmes within PSI affiliated unions in the region. Develop and coordinate young workers’ activities in the Asia and Pacific region. Continue the publication of the existing bulletin Youth to Youth every two months and provide information through the AP-YN Website. Maintain the AP Youth Database and provide information concerning young workers’ issues. Work closely with other PSI regional young workers’ structures as well as other youth organisations by sharing information and knowledge. Provide progress reports of activities and policy recommendations of young members to the SUBRAC, APREC and EB. Report back to the AP Youth Net members.

3. Areas of work relating to youth employment

Capacity building of social partners, social dialogue, giving youth a voice, youth employment policies

4. Partners and areas of partnership

PSI works closely with ITUC and other global union federations.

5. Potential or existing partnership with the ILO

6. Successful youth employment interventions

Workshops and meetings, YOUTH TO YOUTH: the Asia Pacific Electronic news bulletin for young members in the region.

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