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Resources on youth employment

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. Policies for youth employment: A global framework to tackle the youth jobs crisis

    08 May 2013

    The current jobs crisis has hit young people especially hard. The ILO urges policy makers to work together with social partners to address this alarming situation. The 2013 edition of the ILO's Global Employment Trends for Youth report analyses a number of key policies and action that can be taken. Gianni Rosas, coordinator of the ILO Youth Employment Programme and co-author of the Report, calls for "a strong focus on growth and jobs, including through a more coordinated macroeconomic response at national and global levels".

  4. Global employment trends for youth 2013 - A generation at risk

    08 May 2013

    An estimated 73.4 million young people - 12.6 per cent – are expected to be out of work in 2013, and the picture is only set to get worse say Sara Elder and Theo Sparreboom, authors of the Global Employment Trends for Youth 2013 report. Youth face persistent unemployment, a proliferation of temporary jobs and growing discouragement in advanced economies; and poor quality, informal, subsistence jobs in developing countries. There is no one-size-fits-all solution, but as Sara Elder and Theo Sparreboom explain, there are measures that governments - as well as trade unions and employers - can take to boost youth employment.

  5. © Andreas Solaro / AFP 2013
    Ten million more unemployed in Europe than in 2008

    08 April 2013

    Austerity measures have not addressed the root causes of the crisis nor have they brought down unemployment, according to a snapshot of EU countries based on an upcoming ILO report on the state of global labour markets.

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

    04 April 2013

    Employment Policy Brief

  7. © Leon Neal / AFP 2013
    EU-wide youth guarantees: ILO at the ready

    04 April 2013

    The ILO will cooperate with the European Commission in tackling the employment crisis facing young people, including through youth guarantee schemes.

  8. From slum living to company director

    25 February 2013

    One woman’s success story shows how green entrepreneurship could be an answer to both youth unemployment and environmental degradation in Africa.

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