We CALL on African governments and non-state partners to COMMIT to these priority actions:

Create decent jobs

• Develop and implement national policies and programs to support decent employment for all. 
• Focus support on job-rich sectors with the potential to employ the workforce, including agriculture, trade and manufacturing, ICT, mining, tourism and creative industries.
• Facilitate access to credit, subsidized loans, grants and financial services.

Facilitate doing business and provide the necessary infrastructure

• Operationalize the African Continental Free Trade Area to open up access to a larger continental market.
• Open African borders for youth to access markets and compete freely for work and trade.
• Make it easy and affordable to do business, produce goods and services.
• Invest in infrastructure that supports job creation and income generation.

Harness youth potential and secure jobs for future generations

• Support youth to build enterprises through training, business incubation and partnerships. 
• Guide, mentor and enhance youth skills through apprenticeships and internships to overcome skills mismatch. 
• Integrate green economy programs into strategies for job creation and youth employment.

Ensure safe and dignified employment

• Enforce regulations to ensure safe workplaces with security, dignity and equality where youth can earn fair incomes.
• Develop programs and policies to ensure equal opportunities for decent employment for disadvantaged youth, including the poor, uneducated, girls and youth with disabilities.
• Facilitate processes to reduce informality and give identity to informal businesses.

Openness, transparency and accountability

• Listen to youth concerns, empower and involve them in decisions and actions on jobs.
• Develop information systems to track labour market trends and opportunities.
• Regularly monitor and tap into lessons from youth employment programs.