73 delegates, 8 of them was young workers, from a range of sectors covering electricity, water, health, municipal, and public administration assembled in Manila city from December 12 to December 14, 2007 to develop an action plan for the QPS in the Asia Pacific Region. The delegates keenly listened to the background of QPS as the overarching campaign of PSI in its 100th year. In order to achieve QPS, global objectives and strategies devised and approved by the PSI Congress in September 2007.

QPS workshop is organised in Manila in conjunction with the ongoing PSI advocacy work with the ADB for the recognition and greater role of public sector trade unions and labour issues. This dialogue session on 11 Dec.2007 assisted the ADB to gain a better understanding of the role of unions and the PSI gained a better understanding of the ADB accountability processes and projects in the PSI related sectors.

The QPS workshop for 3 days identified key issues and challenges in the Asia Pacific Region in the 4 essential sectors of PSI namely utilities and infrastructure, Health services, Municipal and related services, Public Administration. A wide range of challenges and issues related to the 4 sub regions and commonly summarized are the deterioration of public services due to poor funding, lack of staff, working conditions, casualisation, contracting, young workers issues, gender issues and workers rights to organise.

Tan Sze Wei, AP Young Workers Representative, and other young delagates raised respective issues concerning young workers in the public services in their own countries and in general situation of young workers, and appeal to include young workers in the PSI Quality Public Services Campaign.