Resources on youth employment

Academy on Youth Development - Supporting Effective Youth Development Policies and Programmes

07 February 2013

The International Training Centre of the ILO (ITC-ILO) is pleased to announce the first edition of the "Academy on Youth Development” which has been organised with the support of the International Labour Office and other internationally active organizations.
Special Panel Discussion: Innovative Youth Employment Strategies for Decent Work

07 February 2013

Exploring the latest developments in increasing youth employment, the U.S. Mission to the UN and the International Labour Organization(ILO)will convene a special forum bringing together key stakeholders to explore the challenges in implementing successful strategies.
Addressing Youth, Employment and Migration Issues through Joint Programming

07 February 2013

The Permanent Mission of Spain to the United Nations will host an event co-sponsored by the ILO and the Secretariat of the MDG Achievement Fund, “Addressing Youth, Employment and Migration Issues through Joint Programming”, to share good practices and lessons emerging from the implemenation of the UN joint work on Youth Employment and Migration.
Call for Contributions to the United Nations World Youth Report 2013 - Youth Migration and Development

28 January 2013

The UN Focal Point on Youth will organize a number of interactive activities, among them, an online survey, an e-consultation, a Google+ Hangout with young people and experts.
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.
Let's invest to get young people into decent jobs!

18 December 2012

Through a unique partnership, the ILO and The MasterCard Foundation are promoting decent work among young people facing a worsening jobs crisis marked by high unemployment, working poverty and youth discouragement.
The lure of apprenticeships in times of crisis

15 October 2012

Apprenticeships have been around for centuries but they are now getting a lot of fresh attention as the world struggles to defuse the potentially explosive youth employment crisis.
ILO calls on G20 to live up to its promise to tackle the crisis

11 October 2012

The ILO Director-General says G20 countries should stand by their commitment to take new, urgent measures in the face of deteriorating global economic conditions.
Employment far from recovery in the Eurozone, warns the ILO

10 July 2012

An ILO report warns that millions of jobs could be lost in the Eurozone. Unemployment in the single-currency area could reach almost 22 million over the next four years, according to the "Eurozone jobs crisis: trends and policy responses". ILO TV interviewed Vincenzo Spiezia, Senior Economist at ILO's International Institute for Labour Studies, which authored the report.
RIO+20: On the scene with the ILO

18 June 2012

An interview with Peter Poschen, Director of the ILO's Job Creation and Enterprise Development Department, and Head of the Green Jobs Programme