News, articles and events on youth employment

June 2017

  1. Baku Hosts Second Training Course on Strengthening Public Employment Service

    03 June 2017

    On 30 May - 2 June 2017 Baku hosted the second training in a series of capacity building activities aimed at strengthening the Public Employment Service (PES) in Azerbaijan.

May 2017

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    G20 conference highlights importance of decent jobs for youth in the rural economy

    03 May 2017

    Participants of the G20 conference “ONE WORLD - No Hunger. Future of the Rural World” call for action on youth employment in rural areas and discuss synergies with the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth.

April 2016

  1. Monitoring Performance of the Youth Guarantee in Latvia: Capability enhancement workshop

    The workshop took place in Madrid from 13 to 15 December 2016.

  2. Introduction to impact evaluation in Latvia: Capability enhancement workshop

    The workshop took place in Riga from 30 to 31 August 2016.

  3. Monitoring Performance of the Youth Guarantee in Latvia: Capability enhancement workshop

    The workshop took place in Riga from 12 to 13 April 2016. It offered the opportunity to discuss methods to collect, analyze and disseminate information on the progress achieved during the implementation of the YG, according to the provisions of the 2013 Council’s Recommendation.

  4. ILO and INSEAD Evidence Symposium: Promoting Entrepreneurship for Inclusive Growth and Decent Jobs

    The symposium brings together policy makers, academics and business leaders to the INSEAD Middle East Campus in Abu Dhabi to share and discuss the latest cutting edge evidence on entrepreneurship and decent jobs in the MENA region on November 14-15th, 2016.

March 2016

  1. ILO to increase evidence on what works for youth employment in the Middle East and North Africa

    17 March 2016

  2. ILO/IZA Conference on “Assessing the Effects of Labour Market Reforms – A Global Perspective”

    The purpose of the Conference is to take stock of the effects that labour market reforms have had in terms of job quality, inequality and employment creation. There will also be a panel moderated by the DG on the Future of Work to discuss the transformational changes taking place in the world of work. English/French/Spanish interpretation will be available.

October 2015

  1. Results of the third round of peer review of youth employment policies summed up in Sochi

    17 October 2015

    On 12 – 17 October, southern Russian city of Sochi hosted a conference of the Youth Employment Network members. The Network is part of the project "Partnerships for youth employment in the CIS countries," which is being implemented by the ILO Moscow Office with financial support of the Russian oil company LUKOIL.

  2. Youth employment in Eastern Europe and Central Asia to be discussed in Sochi, Russian Federation

    06 October 2015

    The 5th Regional Network meeting will take place in Sochi, Russian Federation between 13 and 17 October 2015.