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Youth Employment

New ILO’s Youth Job Fair in Toamasina, Madagascar

A two-day regional job fair targeting young women and men of Madagascar was launched today in Toamasina (North-East) under the auspices of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and its partners to address the burning issue of youth...

Youth employment

The ILO announces winners of “Fund for Evaluation in Employment 2013”

ILO officials visit Kalmykia and Astrakhan as part of ILO-LUKOIL Youth Employment Project

On 22-26 April 2014 officials of the ILO Moscow Office, Olga Koulaeva and Mikhail Pouchkin, visited the Republic of Kalmykia and the city of Astrakhan.

Inspiring students through the ILO’s new KAB Start Up and Go Modules

The ILO in collaboration with the Ministry of National Education and the Provincial Education Office of East Java conducted an entrepreneurship pilot project at vocational schools and high schools for six months (June-December) in 2013. The project...

“Men cannot do what I am doing!”

Ester Karikoga, a young mother of two from the high density suburb Glen View in Harare, was left by her husband and found herself being a struggling single mother with no income:

Labour force survey

ILO to help Brunei upgrade labour market data

Brunei Darussalam’s first labour force survey is to be carried out in 2014, as part of a new project that will pave the way for a comprehensive national labour market information system.

Ryder: Youth Guarantees, a good example for urgently needed, targeted and immediate action

At the high-level conference “The Youth Guarantee: Making it Happen,” hosted by the European Commission, the Director-General of the International Labour Organization Guy Ryder praised the European Youth Guarantee as a concrete action to connect...

European Commission high level Conference

Ryder: Youth Guarantees, a good example for urgently needed, targeted and immediate action

At the high-level conference “The Youth Guarantee: Making it Happen,” hosted by the European Commission, the Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Guy Ryder praised the European Youth Guarantee as a concrete action to...

European Commission High-Level Conference

Youth Guarantee: Making it happen

Guy Ryder's address at the session on Europe's Youth Guarantee in a global context - G20 work on youth employment. Check against delivery

Zimbabwe

Moving from marginalization through apprenticeships

An ILO project in Zimbabwe is helping improve the quality of apprenticeships in the informal economy. The programme helps young people, particularly those living with disability, find decent work and escape the vicious circle of marginalization and...

Decent work

ILO Head and Danish Prime Minister discuss EU employment and workers’ rights

Danish Prime Minister announces additional funds for the ILO’s work on improving workers’ rights in developing countries during a meeting with the ILO Director-General.

Interview

Francis Atwoli: “We need to create more sustainable jobs for youth in Africa”

Africa needs more sustainable jobs for youth who represent the majority of African population, says Francis Atwoli, the newly elected president of African Trade Unions Unity (OATUU) and vice president of the global International Trade Union...

Integrate young people into the labour force

A workshop has been held to achieve understanding of the needs on developing and implementing youth employment programmes in China

Dutch youth initiative “2GetThere” wins ILO youth contest

The Dutch youth employment project “2GetThere” won the first prize in a good practice contest organized by the ILO, and will be featured on MTV.

Global Trade and Development Week 2014

21st Century Skills and the Age of Responsibility

Keynote remarks by José M. Salazar-Xirinachs, Assistant Director-General for Policy at the ILO, at the “Global Trade and Development Week 2014”, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Ways to implement decent work principles – conference in Chelyabinsk

On March 27-28 Chelyabinsk, Russia’s Urals city, hosted an international research and practice conference focusing on ways to implement decent work principles. It was organized by the ILO, the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia (FNPR),...

Apprenticeship

Tackling Jordan’s youth unemployment hands-on

The ILO and its partners use apprenticeship programmes to fight youth unemployment in Jordan.

Youth employment

Youth Guarantees: an opportunity not to be wasted

Joint ILO, Youth Intergroup of the European Parliament, Youth Intergroup of the Italian Parliament, press release, on the occasion of the seminar on «Youth Guarantees: a response to the youth employment crisis» held at the Chamber of Deputies, Rome,...

Agents of change

And the winners are… Youth employment good practices

The ILO and MTV spotlight good practices on youth employment, showcasing initiatives in the Netherlands, Bangladesh and Paraguay.

Fragile States and post-crisis recovery and reconstruction

ILO signs agreement with g7+ group of fragile States

On 20 March 2014, during a High-Level Meeting on Decent Work in Fragile States, the ILO and the g7+ group signed a Memorandum of Understanding on a partnership for cooperation in job creation, skills development, social protection, SSTC, migration,...