Resources on youth employment

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.

Austerity a threat to prosperity?

09 April 2013

Unemployment in Europe has reached historic levels and there is growing concern that the jobs crisis is so deep it will have a profound impact on the region's ability to recover.

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.

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.

ILO Chief: Less austerity, more investment needed to tackle youth jobs crisis

11 January 2013

Failing to act on the youth jobs crisis would sow the seeds of social unrest and destroy hopes for sustainable growth. That is a cost the world cannot afford, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder said at a conference on youth employment in Budapest.

Euronews interview: Guy Ryder calls for urgent action on youth unemployment

18 September 2012

"We have to get growth and jobs, which are so badly missing today, back on the international policy agenda" says Guy Ryder in an interview with Euronews on the occasion of the September 2012 employment conference of the European Commission. The ILO Director General Elect calls for universal youth guarantees to tackle the youth employment crisis.

The Drive to Reduce Drop Outs - ILO TV reports from the Netherlands

22 May 2012

Jobs for youth: lost for years to come

21 May 2012

Gains in employment rates for young people have been wiped out by the economic crisis. According to the ILO's Global Employment Trends for Youth 2012, it may take 4-5 years before jobs rebound. In the meantime, many of the 75 million unemployed young people will completely give up looking for work. ILO TV reports from Athens, Greece

ILO Consultation in Brussels: "Decent Work for Youth – the EU Dimension"

16 March 2012

On 16 March 2012, the ILO and the EESC co-organised a Consultation in Brussels, titled Decent Work for Youth – the EU Dimension. This event took place in the run-up to the ILO's 2012 International Labour Conference (ILC), where a discussion on Youth Employment will be held. The ILO is organizing 45 national and regional ILO consultations on youth employment around the world in March 2012. The results of the Brussels Consultation will be used as an input for the June 2012 International Labour Conference, and for the ILO Youth Employment forum taking place on 23-25 May 2012.