Youth Employment Programme
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EMPLOYMENT

Youth are part of the solution

Most young workers in developing countries are in the informal economy

40% of the world's unemployed are young people

Youth Employment Programme

 
   
   
The ILO Youth Employment Programme (YEP) operates through a global network of specialists working in the technical departments across the ILO at its head-quarters in Geneva and in more than 60 offices around the world. It provides assistance to countries in developing coherent and coordinated interventions on youth employment.

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Key Resources

  1. The youth employment crisis: A call for action

    Resolution adopted at the 101st International Labour Conference

  1. Mobilizing Support for the Call for Action on the Youth Employment Crisis

  2. Resource guide on youth employment

  3. ILO Global Employment Trends for Youth

  4. Guide for the preparation of national action plans on youth employment

News

  1. The ILO has launched the Youth Employment Video Contest: Youth labour migration “Reaping the benefits, minimizing the risks”!

  1. Launch

    The ILO has launched the Decent Work for Youth Platform!

  2. Competition

    ITU Telecom World 2013 Young Innovators Competition

  3. Summary

    Youth and Labour Migration: Summary of e-discussions

    Read the summary of the e-consultation on youth and labour migration

  4. Event

    Academy on Youth Development
    21 June - 5 July 2013

    Supporting Effective Youth Development Policies and Programmes

Publications

  1. Global Employment Trends for Youth 2013

    The new study examines the continuing job crisis affecting young people in many parts of the world. It provides updated statistics on global and regional youth unemployment rates and presents ILO policy recommendations to curb the current trends.

  1. Youth guarantees: a response to the youth employment crisis?

    ILO review shows that youth guarantees can play a significant role in reducing the scars of long-term unemployment

  2. The Youth Employment Crisis

    Highlights of the 2012 ILC report.

  3. Report V: The youth employment crisis: Time for action

    Report submitted to the delegates of the 101st ILC for general discussion.

  4. Decent work, youth employment and migration in Asia

    Migration trends and issues concerning young people in Asia

Projects

  1. Work4Youth Project

  2. Knowledge Management Facility on Youth Employment and Migration

  3. Technical Cooperation Portfolio on the Youth Employment Crisis

  4. Youth Employment Projects & Activities Implemented by the ILO Field Offices

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