Global Youth Consultations

The ILO held events in more than 40 countries around the world from March to May 2012 to hear young people’s views on the alarming youth employment situation.

75 million youth worldwide are currently unemployed and more than 150 million young people are living on less than $1.25 a day. The ILO has warned that this situation risks creating a “lost generation” and is a threat to social cohesion.

For this reason, youth employment was one of the main themes of the annual International Labour Conference in June, and the ILO wants to hear young people and reflect their ideas and experience in the debate.

In the run-up to the annual Conference, the ILO has consulted young people from Beirut to Bangkok, from Lima to Lusaka. The national and regional consultations culminated in a major Youth Forum in Geneva in May, with some one hundred young people from employers’, workers’ and youth organizations from across the world taking part.

Country Focal Point Email
Africa [Regional report]
Democratic Republic of the Congo Toudjida N.Andemel  andemel@ilo.org;
Egypt Amal Mowafy mowafy@ilo.org;
Ethiopia George Okutho  okutho@ilo.org;
Kenya  Hopolang Phororo phororo@ilo.org;
Madagascar Harivao Rakotoarinia hfr@ilo.org;
South Africa Vic van Vuuren  vanvuuren@ilo.org;
Tanzania Hopolang Phororo phororo@ilo.org;
Togo Dramane Haidara haidara@ilo.org;
Tunisia  Dorothea Schmidt schmidt@ilo.org;
Zambia  Belinda Chanda  chanda@ilo.org;
Zimbabwe  Tapera Muzira muzira@ilo.org;
     
Americas [Regional report]
Argentina  Alejandra Pangaro pangaro@oit.org.ar;
Brazil   Lais Abramo abramo@oitbrasil.org.br;
Chile Patricia Roa roa@oitchile.org;
Colombia  Italo Cardona cardona@oit.org.pe;
Costa Rica  Mauricio Dierckxsens dierckxsens@ilo.org;
El Salvador  Mauricio Dierckxsens dierckxsens@ilo.org;
Honduras   Dunia Flores floresd@sjo.oit.or.cr;
Mexico  Regina Galhardi galhardi@oit.org.mx;
Peru  Juan Chacaltana chacaltana@oit.org.pe;
Regional Event: the Carribean Reynold Simons simons@ilocarib.org.tt;
Trinidad and Tobago  Giovanni di Cola dicola@ilocarib.org.tt;
Uruguay  Patricia Roa roa@oitchile.org;
     
Arab States [Regional report]
Jordan  Shaza Ghaleb Jondi aljundi@ilo.org;
Palestinian Territory  Rasha El-Shurafa elshurafa@ilo.org;
Regional event: Arab States Patrick Daru daru@ilo.org;
     
Asia and the Pacific [Regional report]
Bangladesh Andre Bogui bogui@ilo.org;
China  Huang Qun huangqun@ilo.org;
India  Sher Verick verick@ilo.org;
Indonesia & Timor-Leste Tendy Gunawan tendy@ilo.org;
Pakistan  Manzoor Khaliq manzoor@ilo.org;
Philippines  Ruth Georget georget@ilo.org; 
Regional Event: Pacific Islands  David Lamotte lamotte@ilo.org;
Sri Lanka  Donglin Li lidl@ilo.org;
Thailand  Krisdaporn Singhaseni  krisdaporn@ilo.org;
Vietnam  Sauli Hurri hurri@ilo.org;
     
Europe and Central Asia [Regional report]
Armenia  Olga Koulaeva koulaeva@ilo.org;
Azerbaidjan  Olga Koulaeva koulaeva@ilo.org;
France Jean François Trogrlic paris@ilo.org;
Georgia  Olga Koulaeva koulaeva@ilo.org;
Italy Luigi Cal cal@ilo.org;
FYROM Natalia Popova  popova@ilo.org;
Portugal Mafalda Troncho troncho@ilo.org;
Regional Event: European Union Barbara Janssens janssens@ilo.org;
Serbia  Dragana Marjanovic marjanovic@ilo.org;
Spain Joaquin Nieto  nieto@ilo.org;
Ukraine Natalia Popova  popova@ilo.org;
Turkey Ozan Cakmak cakmak@ilo.org;