ILO to hold a global Youth Employment Forum

GENEVA (ILO News) – Against the backdrop of unprecedented youth unemployment levels, the ILO is to host a global Youth Employment Forum (see: www.ilo.org/yef) at its headquarters in Geneva from May 23-25. The Forum will bring together more than 100 youth from around the world for wide-ranging discussion and reflection on the state of the global jobs crisis and the major challenges facing young people in their search for decent work.

Young representatives from employer and worker groups, youth associations, the ILO and partner organizations will share their experiences and views on the current employment situation and discuss practical examples of successful initiatives, which have led to the promotion of decent work for youth.

The Forum’s plenary sessions, thematic discussions and breakout workshops will focus primarily on:

• Examining the impact of the youth employment crisis and reviewing facts and issues from across different regions;
• Discovering ways to enable access to decent work for young people (including students, interns, informal workers, unpaid family contributors...);
• Developing partnerships for more and better jobs for youth.

Read the full programme on line.

Media accreditation

Geneva-based correspondents already accredited to the UN

Correspondents who already hold media accreditation from UNOG will be able to attend and observe the Forum using their UN press badge. A separate Forum badge will be provided on entry to the ILO building.

For all other correspondents

To obtain accreditation for the Forum, all other correspondents should complete an accreditation form, to be sent by email (communication@ilo.org), fax (+4122/799-8577) or by post (addressed to ILO, Department of Communication and Public Information, 4 route des Morillons, 1211 Geneva 22, Switzerland).

Journalists should bring their press badge and ID and collect their Forum badges on entry to the ILO building.

For more information on media accreditation, please contact: communication@ilo.org.

Broadcast facilities

Radio and TV facilities are available on request and television correspondents wishing to conduct interviews with ILO officials or to obtain recorded highlight coverage of the Forum proceedings can make arrangements through the ILO Radio and Television Unit (Karen Naets-Sekiguchi, naets-sekiguchi@ilo.org, Tel: +4179/593-1363).

For more information, please contact:

ILO Department of Communication and Public Information
Tel: +4122/799-7912
E-mail: communication@ilo.org