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Official visit

Ryder and Italian leaders share views on jobs for youth and migration

ILO Director-General and Italian President Giorgio Napolitano talked about the youth unemployment situation affecting the country, especially in the South.

International Organisation of Employers and Business and Industry Advisory Committee set up Global Apprenticeships Network

To ensure skills for business and create employment for youth the International Organisation of Employers (IOE), together with the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD (BIAC) co-host the Global Apprenticeships Network (GAN), in...

Region’s employment agencies set out future vision

Employment agency representatives from across the region gather in Amman to exchange good practice and set action plan to enhance their future services.

Sustainable Development and Decent Work Solution Forum

ILO sharing knowledge and boosting green jobs

Sharing best practices for the promotion of green jobs can have a positive impact on sustainable development around the globe. A number of countries are meeting this week in Nairobi with that purpose in mind.

National Workshop on Reform and Development of Public Enterprises

By Mr Donglin Li, Director, ILO Country Office for Sri Lanka and the Maldives

Astrakhan hosts international conference on youth employment

On October 16-18 the southern Russian city of Astrakhan hosted a subregional conference focusing on trade unions’ participation in youth employment policy-making, which was organized with the support of the International Labour Organization.

New initiative to support policy-makers in finding workable solutions to the youth employment crisis

A new initiative to help policy-makers find solutions to the challenge of youth employment was launched by the ILO in Bangkok. This initiative will focus on sharing knowledge about youth employment policies in 13 countries in Asia and the Pacific.

ILO to kick off project on Partnerships for Youth Employment in the Commonwealth of Independent States

A project to improve the effectiveness of youth employment policies in order to support the creation of more and better jobs for young people in the CIS countries is to be kicked off on 3 October by the International Labour Organization (ILO).

Youth unemployment rate is 5.9% in Kazakhstan: Ministry of Labor

Bangladesh

Apprenticeships for youth employment

Informal apprenticeships are an effective way to ensure youth employment and empowerment, high-level officials from the ILO, BRAC and the Ministry of Primary & Mass Education stated this week. The comments were made after almost 1,000 learners from...

Op-Ed

Boosting demand is the goal, so how do we get there?

Youth employment

Sweden joins ILO initiative in Zambia for rural youth

The ILO-led UN Joint Programme with FAO on decent work and food security will create job opportunities for young entrepreneurs along agricultural value chains and will boost food security for rural populations in Zambia.

Implementing the Joint Youth Employment Initiative for Africa

The Employment and Labour Sub-Cluster of the African Union-UN Regional Coordination Mechanism met to discuss the implementation process of the Joint Youth Employment Initiative (JYEIA) which will be officially kick-starting in mid-September 2013.

International Youth Day in Azerbaijan

On August 12 a meeting on the occasion of the International Youth Day, focusing in 2013 on “Youth Migration: Moving Development Forward”, took place at the UN Office in Baku and brought together representatives of youth NGOs, experts from the ILO,...

Job quality undermines youth potentials and national growth

The quality of jobs available for young people aged between 15 and 29 is ringing an alarm in the youth labour market in Viet Nam, the first national school-to-work transition survey has shown on the occasion of the International Youth Day (12...

UN International Youth Day

Message by Representative of the ILO on Youth and Social Inclusion Charles Dan on the occasion of International Youth Day

UN International Youth Day

Message by Chief of Social Integration Branch, Division for Social Policy and Developement of the UN Department of Economic and Social...

UN International Youth Day

Message by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the occasion of International Youth Day

Event on youth migration and development

Remarks by Mr Charles Dan Special Representative of the ILO on Youth and Social Inclusion

UN International Youth Day

Why do young people migrate?

To mark the UN International Youth Day (August 12th), the International Labour Organization (ILO) is focussing on the 27 million international young migrants worldwide, aged 15–24. The ILO answers some key questions on youth migration.