The
expert group meeting “Quantitative indicators for the World Programme
of Action for Youth” was held at the United Nations Headquarters in New
York from 12 to 13 December 2011, organized by the Division for Social
Policy and Development of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs
(DSPD/DESA) of the United Nations Secretariat, in collaboration with the
United Nations Statistics Division and the United Nations Population
Division of DESA.
Several experts expressed their desire for an indicator that would capture youth participation in vocational education or other training outside of formal education, in recognition of the importance that such non-formal educational experiences have for youth opportunities in the workplace. Concerns were raised about the quality of existing data on youth literacy. Mr. Voffal replied that improvements to these data would soon be realized as a result of the on-going work of UNESCO’s Literacy Assessment and Monitoring Programme (LAMP), initial results of which would be available in 2012.
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/
Several experts expressed their desire for an indicator that would capture youth participation in vocational education or other training outside of formal education, in recognition of the importance that such non-formal educational experiences have for youth opportunities in the workplace. Concerns were raised about the quality of existing data on youth literacy. Mr. Voffal replied that improvements to these data would soon be realized as a result of the on-going work of UNESCO’s Literacy Assessment and Monitoring Programme (LAMP), initial results of which would be available in 2012.
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/
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