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Resources on youth employment
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African Union: Job creation key to achieve prosperity
17 June 2013
Addressing the 102nd International Labour Conference, African Union Commission's Chair, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has echoed African leaders' vision that job creation is among the most important factors to achieve growth and prosperity. Dr. Dlamini Zuma also highlighted that Africa is a continent of young people and called for more investment to promote employment and the provision of entrepreneurial skills for youth.
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Van Rompuy: Growth and jobs are the ultimate goal of all reforms
14 June 2013
Ahead of the European Council meeting, European Council President, Herman Van Rompuy, addresses the International Labour Conference and says that the ILO has a key role to play in helping to address the challenges that Europe faces.
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Early and long-term unemployment leave deep scars says EC President
14 June 2013
President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy highlighted the need to urgently tackle the youth unemployment crisis in his address to the ILO's 102nd International Labour Conference. He said the European Council has redirected considerable amounts of EU funds, which have directly benefited 800,000 young people in the eight most affected countries.
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Van Rompuy says situation of youth in Europe "dramatic", "severe"
14 June 2013
The President of the European Council highlights the need to urgently tackle the youth unemployment crisis.
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Youth employment in Afghanistan
04 June 2013
Armed conflicts destroy socioeconomic infrastructure, the means of production, natural and human resources, and vast numbers of jobs. When conflict ends, youth employment is critical to stability since young people have a valuable role in the peacebuilding process. In this show, Herve Berger of the ILO discusses the role of youth employment in Afghanistan, the barriers young Afghans face in gaining decent work, and how they can be supported.
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Decent Work for Youth Platform
24 May 2013
Participate in online debates moderated by young people working on youth employment, share experiences and ideas of good employment practice,learn more about Decent Work by asking questions directly to ILO experts.
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© Leon Neal / AFP 2013A forum for the voice of youth
24 May 2013
A new interactive on-line platform aims to engage young people and find solutions to the youth employment crisis.
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South Africa SME Observatory: The state of youth entrepreneurship in the Free State
21 May 2013
A baseline study of entrepreneurial intentions and activity amongst young men and women
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The journey of a young entrepreneur in Zambia
20 May 2013
After receiving entrepreneurship training as part of ILO’s Youth Employment Project in Zambia, Mutoba Ngoma went from being unemployed to starting his own successful bio-fuel company.
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The new youth opportunities in Myanmar
15 May 2013
Listen to Steve Marshal, the ILO liaison officer in Yangon, and Sandar Soe, from the FTUB trade union federation, talk about the challenges and opportunities young workers are facing as the country undergoes a period of gradual reforms.