The Youth Employment Network (YEN), a joint effort of the ILO, the World Bank and the United Nations, is hosting an awareness-raising event on 13 August, in the context of International Youth Day. The event will take place at Forum Barcelona 2004, which is billed as a space for reflection on the main cultural and social conflicts which humanity faces today.
Using dialogues acted out before a panel of experts and audience members, the event will discuss "life-cycle" approaches to youth employment, which suggest that the problems of youth employment, child labour and older workers are not mutually exclusive. The event promotes youth as solutions to the problems of youth unemployment, and aims to highlight best practices, raise public awareness and generate engagement on youth employment issues, such as the school-to-work transition, equal opportunities, entrepreneurship and migration.
For additional information, please contact Regina Monticone at monticone@ilo.org