Resources on youth employment

Germany contributes €650,000 to the Youth Employment Network

14 December 2012

Contribution will fund a round of the Youth to Youth Fund in Togo for the period of 2013-2014.

ILO, Russian Federation sign key agreements

11 December 2012

The ILO and the Russian Federation have launched a new and strategic era of cooperation with the signing of three key agreements.

Denmark and ILO team up to advance youth employment in Egypt

06 November 2012

Denmark donates US$1.6 million to finance the first phase of two youth employment projects in Egypt.

ECLAC and ILO Predict that Unemployment Will Fall Again to 6.4% in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2012

05 November 2012

The two United Nations agencies indicate that there remain structural problems that have a negative effect on the labour market situation of young people.

International Labour Conference urges ILO Director-General to take message for action on youth employment and social protection to G20 leaders

15 June 2012

Media Advisory: ILO to publish 2012 edition of Global Employment Trends for Youth

15 May 2012

The ILO is to launch its new report on the state of labour markets for youth worldwide. The report, entitled “Global Employment Trends for Youth 2012”, is for release on Tuesday 22 May 2012. The new study examines the continuing job crisis affecting young people in many parts of the world and provides updated statistics on global and regional youth unemployment rates and presents ILO policy recommendations to curb the current trends.

ILO to hold a global Youth Employment Forum

14 May 2012

Against the backdrop of unprecedented youth unemployment levels, the ILO is to host a global Youth Employment Forum at its headquarters in Geneva from May 23-25.

Entrepreneurship highlighted at national youth event in New Delhi

25 April 2012

The ILO is holding global youth consultation events in 46 countries around the world throughout March and April 2012 to hear young people’s views on the alarming youth employment situation.

Gaps and weaknesses on youth employment highlighted at Bangladesh consultation

19 April 2012

Ahead of the Youth Employment Forum, the ILO is holding consultation events in more than 40 countries around the world to hear young people’s views on the alarming jobs crisis.

Youth employment should be a national priority in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

29 March 2012

A national consultation on youth employment took place in Skopje, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on March 29, 2012 to tackle the alarmingly high youth jobless rate of the country.