Resources on youth employment

Skills for Employment Policy Brief: Upgrading Informal Apprenticeship Systems

09 November 2011

This policy brief focuses on the opportunities made available in informal apprenticeship systems for improving skill provision in the informal economy to offer young people, especially in developing countries, ways to more productive and decent jobs. The brief draws from ILO Skills and Employability Department's work with constituents to upgrade and expand informal apprenticeship systems through technical cooperation projects operating in Asia and Africa.
Global Employment Trends for Youth: 2011 update

26 October 2011

The report presents the latest global and regional labour market trends for youth and examines whether or not the situation that young people face in the labour market has improved or worsened over the year and a half since the release of the special edition of the Global Employment Trends for Youth, August 2010 on the impact of the economic crisis. One year later, with an environment of growing uncertainty in the economic recovery and stalled recovery in the job market, the report draws the unfortunate conclusion that the situation facing youth in the labour market has not improved and that prospects for the future are not much better.
Generation scarred by youth employment crisis

19 October 2011

The International Labour Organization (ILO) has warned of a "scarred" generation of young workers facing a dangerous mix of high unemployment, increased inactivity and precarious work in developed countries, as well as persistently high working poverty in the developing world.
International Day of Co-operatives- “Youth, the future of co-operative enterprise” (2 July 2011)

30 June 2011

The International Day of Cooperatives addresses the need for all cooperative stakeholders to promote the participation of young people in the cooperative movement.This year's theme highlights how the cooperative model of enterprise can successfully empower youth. It links to the celebration of the United Nations International Year of Youth, which encourages dialogue and understanding across generations and promotes the ideals of peace, respect for human rights and freedoms, and solidarity .
Message by ILO Director-General on the occasion of International Day of Cooperatives

30 June 2011
ILO Director-General's opening remarks at the Panel 'Arab Youth - Aspiring for Social Justice'

09 June 2011
Video Highlights of the Panel: 'Global Youth: Leading Change'

09 June 2011

Video highlights of the ILC 100 high-level panel “'Global Youth: Leading Change'. A discussion by young global leaders about the position of youth in society and their shared aspirations and challenges.
Video Highlights of the Panel: "Arab Youth - Aspiring for Social Justice"

09 June 2011

Video highlights of the ILC 100 high-level panel “Arab Youth: Aspiring for Social Justice”. A group of young activists from Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia and Yemen share their perspectives on what drove Arab youth to mobilize for a social change.
Young voices in search of Decent Work

09 June 2011

Young people from Argentina, Egypt, Greece, India, Indonesia, Ireland, South Africa and Spain share their hopes and aspirations for finding Decent Work. Shown at the 100th International Labour Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, this film kicked off a high-level panel discussion with youth leaders on the employment challenges facing young people today.
Youth join green jobs push in China

15 February 2011

Yang Shumbo, a Chinese electronic sciences student invented a device to save electricity. He developed this into a business under a pilot project of the Greener Business Option (GBO), an ILO Green Jobs Programme initiative. GBO aims to encourage entrepreneurship in green businesses among young people. Report from Chengdu, China, by Satoshi Sasaki, Specialist on Enterprise Development and Job Creation, ILO Beijing and Vincent Jugault, Senior Specialist in Environment and Decent Work, ILO Bangkok.