Youth@ASEAN

Country Profile



Capital	Manila
Administrative divisions	79 provinces and 96 chartered cities;
Independence	12 June 1898v
Location	Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Philippine Sea and the South China Sea, east of Vietnam.

Area
Total area	300,000 sq km sq km
Land area	298,170 sq km sq km

Land boundaries
Total	0 km
Coastline	36,289 km
Climate	tropical marine; northeast monsoon (November to April); south-west monsoon (May to October)
Terrain	timber, petroleum, nickel, cobalt, silver, gold, salt, copper.
Natural resources	petroleum, timber, tin, antimony, zinc, copper, tungsten, lead, coal, some marble, limestone, precious stones, natural gas.

Land Use
Arable land	19%
Permanent crops	12%
Meadows and pasture	4%
Other	19%

People and Culture



Age structure
Life expectancy at birth
Nationality
Literacy (age 15 and over can read and write)

Youth Focal Point

National Youth Commission

"The National Youth Commission (NYC) is the sole policy-making and co-ordinating body of all youth development programmes of the government. Its mission is to lead in policy formulation, prioritisation and direction of all development programmes for the Filipino youth, to harness their full potential and to encourage their active participation in nation-building.

It shall also endeavour to promote and protect the youths physical, moral, spiritual, intellectual and social well-being and inculcate in them desirable values for civic efficiency, productivity and social responsibility towards freedom from fear, hunger and injustice."

[Note: The above is extracted from the NYC's Mission Statement.]

For more information, please visit NYC's homepage at:

www.youth.net.ph

Information on Youth



Youth Statistics	The Situation of Filipino Youth: A National Survey. This paper was presented at the 14th World Congress of Sociology in 1998. The paper reports on a national survey, done in 1996 by Social Weather Stations for the Philippine National Youth Commission, in order to evaluate in detail the attitudes, values, needs, aspirations and problems of Filipinos within ages 15 and 30. http://www.sws.org.ph/youth.htm
Youth Programmes	Youth Organization Registration Program (formerly known as National Registration Program) please visit : http://www.youth.net.ph or email at: nyc_yorp@youth.net.ph / lea@youth.net.ph ASEAN & International Programs Email at: dennice@youth.net.ph / nyc@youth.net.ph Sangguniang Kabataan (Community-Based Government Youth Organization) please email:beth@youth.net.ph / nyc@youth.net.ph
Youth Organisations	Children & Youth Foundation of the Philippines http://www.fillib.org.ph/cyfp/home.htm Philippine Youth Development Initiative http://members.tripod.com/figb/pydi.htm National Registration Program (List of NYC registered youth organizations) please visit: http://www.youth.net.ph/programs.html or email at: tasks_nyc@youth.net.ph
National Youth Policy	Youth in Nation Building Act of 1995 (RA 8044) (An act creating the National Youth Commission, establishing a national comprehensive and coordinated program on youth development) please visit: http://www.youth.net.ph or email at: nyc@youth.net.ph Medium-Term Youth Development Plan (MTYDP) 1999-2004 (Philippine Governments blueprint in the area of youth protection, development and participation) please visit: http://www.youth.net.ph or email at: jeng@youth.net.ph / jojo@youth.net.ph
Youth Environmental Activities	United Nations Environment Programme http://www.unepapac.org/philipines_1.html 23,073,643 (2000 estimate) - Reference: YOUTH STAT UPDATE 15-30 years old