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School-to-work transition

Does investing in education pay off for African youth?

In sub-Saharan Africa, a stable, well-paid job is often an impossible dream, even for educated young people, according to an ILO report.

Youth employment

Symposium looks at “what works” to improve youth employment outcomes

The ILO is holding a symposium from March 6-8 in Doha to discuss best practices and ideas to boost youth employment and productivity in the Middle East and North Africa.

Youth entrepreneurship

Agriculture and youth employment: The missing link

The agricultural sector has a huge potential to create jobs but needs to polish its image in order to attract more young people. To do this, governments should provide relevant education and training.

Youth employment

ILO promotes South-South cooperation on youth employment in the Arab region

The first ever-regional South-South Development Expo for the Arab States in Doha, Qatar (18-20 February) provides a platform to exchange successful experiences in the fight against youth unemployment in the Global South.

Youth employment in Latin America

Unemployment and informality beset Latin American youth

Latin America’s 108 million young people face chronic problems when seeking a job at the start of their working lives. A new ILO study calls calls for the implementation of innovative and effective policies to counter this situation which causes...

ILO launches youth employment project in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District

The International Labour Organization chose the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District, also known as Yugra, in Russia’s Western Siberia, together with the Perm Territory and the Republic of Kalmykia as pilot platforms for implementing the large-scale...

African Youth Forum

ILO calls for bold political action to promote youth employment in Africa

From Cairo to Cape Town, youth employment is one of the most pressing policy issues in Africa calling for a bold political response and a global methodology, stressed the ILO at a Youth Conference held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Global Employment Trends 2014

Working poverty reduction stalled

Working poverty dropped drastically over a decade, but progress stalled in 2013. Achieving further improvements requires moving workers out of informal, vulnerable work and ensuring they enjoy decent working conditions, according to the ILO’s Global...

Global Employment Trends 2014

Weak economic recovery does not extend to jobs

Global labour markets still stalled despite slow economic recovery, according to the ILO’s Global Employment Trends 2014 report, which calls for an urgent switch to more employment-friendly policies.

Global Employment Trends 2014

"Weak economic recovery does not extend to jobs"

The weak global economic recovery has failed to lead to an improvement in global labour markets, with global unemployment in 2013 reaching almost 202 million, the ILO said in a new report.

Russia’s Perm Territory becomes ILO’s partner

Russia’s Perm Territory becomes a participant of the ILO project “Partnerships for youth employment in the Commonwealth of Independent States” for 2013-2016. Within the project’s framework Russia’s three regions will develop youth employment pacts.

“Consequences of EU financial assistance programmes have been underestimated”,said ILO’s Raymond Torres

At a European Parliament public hearing on the employment and social aspects of the role of the Troika in euro area programme countries, Raymond Torres said that the negative effects of Financial Assistance Programmes in crisis-hit countries have...

Youth employment

How can sports help to promote youth employment?

Employers often refrain from hiring young people for their apparent lack of soft skills rather than their lack of experience. Understanding how these soft skills that can be developed through sports are relevant to the world of work provides an...

Rural youth employment

Good careers come from young people’s own interest and aptitude: ILO

Skills mismatch on Viet Nam’s youth labour markets has become a persistent trend whereas over-education and over-skilling coexist with under-education and under-skilling. More than 400 young people and 100 parents from the rural suburbs of Hanoi...

Skills

Apprenticeships: A proven approach for tackling youth unemployment

Countries like Austria and Denmark have been very successful in using apprenticeships to tackle the youth jobs crisis. The ILO is helping to share their experiences with other countries.

Zambia

Launch of the Green Jobs Programme and the Rural Youth Employment and Food Security

ILO: Youth employment is a major challenge for young people in the Pacific

ILO Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, Mr Yoshiteru Uramoto highlighted that youth employment is a major challenge, faced by young people in the Pacific, when he addressed the 3rd Meeting of the Pacific Youth...

ILO meeting to discuss apprenticeship systems in Europe

Experience shows apprenticeships can have a positive impact on youth employment. Government, employer and worker representatives from EU countries are meeting to discuss best practices and measures to further improve their efficiency.

First W4Y Regional Meeting

Decent jobs for youth should be at the top of African Development agenda, says ILO

Informality and vulnerable employment remain the reality for the vast majority of young workers in the region, says a new ILO report prepared for the Work4Youth Regional Conference that is taking place this week in Addis Ababa.

Sports and youth employment

In the Pacific region, sport plays a very important role in life. Youth unemployment is also rampant. Linking sports to youth employment could bring about positive results as young peoples’ skills in sports can be useful at work.