Priority actions
To ensure that the AEC leads to greater prosperity
for all women and men in ASEAN, Member States
should prioritize the following actions:
A. Facilitate and manage structural change
In many ASEAN Member States, the AEC is likely
to see increased employment in trade and transport,
as well as in construction and private services. These
are sectors often associated with vulnerable employment and the informal economy. There is also the
risk that displaced workers will be unable to gain employment in more productive sectors. To this
end, governments can facilitate and manage structural change at both national and regional levels so
as to steer the region towards equitable economic
growth:
1. Industrial and sectoral policies – Facilitating
the shift towards higher productivity sectors,
and the diversification of employment in manufacturing, will require well-designed industrial
and sectoral policies that are coordinated and
developed in tandem with employment and
skills policies.
2. Education and training – ASEAN’s shift
towards higher value-added industries calls for
academic excellence in science, technology,
engineering and mathematics, and fostering
diverse career paths for young women and men.
Workers need to be equipped with skills for
present and future jobs and have the capacity to
adapt to the requirements of fast changing technology. Education and training systems need to
improve access and quality. Vocational and core
skills should also be promoted, particularly those
relevant to fast growing sectors.
3. Social protection – Effective social protection
and other labour market policies can help mitigate the adjustment costs of structural change
and address informality, especially for vulnerable
groups. The extension of social protection should
include building nationally defined social protection floors, along with extending the coverage
and scope of social security systems to include
migrant workers and other vulnerable groups. A
sound framework for this purpose is the ASEAN
Declaration on Strengthening Social Protection,
adopted in October 2013.
4. Small and medium enterprises – Maximizing
the benefits of regional integration will mean
unlocking the potential of small and medium
enterprises by strengthening the productivity
and competitiveness of such firms through good
management and improved labour practices,
Priority actionsTo ensure that the AEC leads to greater prosperityfor all women and men in ASEAN, Member Statesshould prioritize the following actions:A. Facilitate and manage structural changeIn many ASEAN Member States, the AEC is likelyto see increased employment in trade and transport,as well as in construction and private services. Theseare sectors often associated with vulnerable employment and the informal economy. There is also therisk that displaced workers will be unable to gain employment in more productive sectors. To thisend, governments can facilitate and manage structural change at both national and regional levels soas to steer the region towards equitable economicgrowth:1. Industrial and sectoral policies – Facilitatingthe shift towards higher productivity sectors,and the diversification of employment in manufacturing, will require well-designed industrialand sectoral policies that are coordinated anddeveloped in tandem with employment andskills policies.2. Education and training – ASEAN’s shifttowards higher value-added industries calls foracademic excellence in science, technology,engineering and mathematics, and fosteringdiverse career paths for young women and men.Workers need to be equipped with skills forpresent and future jobs and have the capacity toadapt to the requirements of fast changing technology. Education and training systems need toimprove access and quality. Vocational and coreskills should also be promoted, particularly thoserelevant to fast growing sectors.3. Social protection – Effective social protectionand other labour market policies can help mitigate the adjustment costs of structural changeand address informality, especially for vulnerablegroups. The extension of social protection shouldinclude building nationally defined social protection floors, along with extending the coverageand scope of social security systems to includemigrant workers and other vulnerable groups. Asound framework for this purpose is the ASEANDeclaration on Strengthening Social Protection,adopted in October 2013.4. Small and medium enterprises – Maximizingthe benefits of regional integration will meanunlocking the potential of small and mediumenterprises by strengthening the productivityand competitiveness of such firms through goodmanagement and improved labour practices,
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