News, articles and events on youth employment

November 2016

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    The future of work for youth in Latin America

    15 November 2016

    ILO News talked to José Manuel Salazar, ILO Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, about opportunities and challenges waiting for young people in the world of work in the region.

  2. ILO supporting Algerian youth social and solidarity economy initiatives

    11 November 2016

October 2016

  1. Employment: What stands between youth and decent jobs?

    30 October 2016

    More youth seem to prefer staying in school to getting a job early in life. That’s good news. Yet more than 200 million young people are either unemployed or have a job but live in poverty. Explore this InfoStory to learn more about global employment trends for young people and what stands between them and a decent job.

  2. Students of Gubkin State University Visit ILO Moscow Office

    13 October 2016

    On October 13, 2016 the ILO Office in Moscow held a meeting with participants of the Executive MBA Programme of the Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas (National Research University).

  3. IFC, ILO join forces to support entrepreneurship, boost youth employment in MENA

    10 October 2016

    Partnership aims to develop policies that support entrepreneurship, ensure youth have skills that are required by the market, and encourage more young people to become entrepreneurs.

  4. Peer review of Youth Employment Policies and Programmes in Yerevan

    08 October 2016

    On 5-6 October 2016 Yerevan, capital of Armenia, hosted the fifth round of Voluntary Peer Review of Youth Employment Policies and Programmes.

  5. Entrepreneurship Programme for Job Seekers in Azerbaijan

    01 October 2016

    In implementing the Sustainable Development Agenda 2030, Azerbaijan is establishing a comprehensive employment policy framework through developing and implementing a National Employment Strategy 2030.

September 2016

  1. Tackling Youth Employment Challenges: Workshop for Employers’ Organizations

    30 September 2016

    Representatives of employers’ organizations from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Russian Federation and Uzbekistan gathered at the ILO’s International Training Center (ITC) in Turin on 26-29 September 2016.

  2. ILO COOP NewsUpdate Issue No. 3

    06 September 2016

  3. Turkey’s first youth-led social cooperative

    02 September 2016

    “Spotlight Interviews with Cooperators" is a series of interviews with cooperative leaders from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work with cooperatives. For this issue, ILO interviewed Mr Berkin Safak Sener, a founding member of the Youth Deal Cooperative established in Izumir, Turkey in 2015.