News, articles and events on youth employment

November 2016

  1. Cooperatives advancing youth employment for sustainable development

    18 November 2016

  2. ILO COOP NewsUpdate, Issue No. 5

    17 November 2016

  3. ILO supporting Algerian youth social and solidarity economy initiatives

    11 November 2016

September 2016

  1. ILO COOP NewsUpdate Issue No. 3

    06 September 2016

  2. Turkey’s first youth-led social cooperative

    02 September 2016

    Youth Deal Cooperative from Turkey is the first cooperative featured in this new series.

December 2011

  1. From the depths of an African shantytown, a nascent youth employment movement grows

    14 December 2011

    In Africa’s second largest slum, youth unemployment is sky high. But cooperative projects are helping youth find work and slowly lift themselves out of poverty through such projects as raising food in community gardens, processing waste for bio-fuel or providing improved sanitation. Journalist Anne Holmes reports on how this emerging economic revival is making a small but significant dent in a major ongoing challenge.

June 2011

  1. International Day of Co-operatives- “Youth, the future of co-operative enterprise” (2 July 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 .

  2. Message by ILO Director-General on the occasion of International Day of Cooperatives

    30 June 2011