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Brazil becomes the eight Lead Country of the
Youth Employment Network
At the start of the new century, youth
employment problems continue to pervade both
developed and developing countries, with a
disproportionately large number of young women and
men exposed to long-term unemployment or else
limited to precarious or short-term work. To seek
solutions, the International Labor Organization has
set up the Youth Employment Network (YEN).
Against this background, at a seminar held in
Salvador in September 2003, the Brazilian Minister of
Labor, Mr. Jaques Wagner, announced Brazil’s
decision to volunteer as a Lead Country of the YEN.
Brazil now joins Senegal, Namibia, Egypt, Sri Lanka,
Indonesia, Hungary and Azerbaijan in championing
the preparation of National Action Plans on youth
unemployment. This policy was called for urgently by
the United Nations (UN) in 2002, and endorsed by
the YEN’s High Level Panel at its meeting in July
2003. Brazil’s decision was communicated through a
letter from President Lula to Juan Somovia, Director
General of the International Labor Organization.
The word championing in paragraph 2 means
