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United Nations System Private Sector Focal Points Meeting 2013: Strengthening Partnership Synergies for Local Impact

Co-hosted by the International Labour Organization, Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP, United Nations Global Compact Office, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), United...

Arab Labour Conference

Ryder: Arab region must seize opportunity for reform

ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, highlighted the need for strengthened social dialogue, social protection measures and efforts to tackle youth unemployment in Arab countries, at the opening of the Arab Labour Conference in Algeria.

The Joint Youth Employment Initiative for Africa launched

The Joint Youth Employment Initiative for Africa (JYEIA) was launched on 11 April, 2013, by the African Union Commission (AUC), the AfDB, the UNECA and the ILO during the AU 2013 Labour and Social Affairs Commission Ministerial Meeting.

Jobs for youth: what works

Ministers at the 9th ILO’s European Regional Meeting in Oslo, discuss possible solutions to the youth employment crisis

9th ILO European Regional Meeting

Jobs for youth: What works

Ministers at the 9th ILO’s European Regional Meeting in Oslo, discuss possible solutions to the youth employment crisis.

European labour market

Ten million more unemployed in Europe than in 2008

Austerity measures have not addressed the root causes of the crisis nor have they brought down unemployment, according to a snapshot of EU countries based on an upcoming ILO report on the state of global labour markets.

Youth employment crisis

EU-wide youth guarantees: ILO at the ready

The ILO will cooperate with the European Commission in tackling the employment crisis facing young people, including through youth guarantee schemes.

ILO and Russian oil giant LUKOIL in talks to promote youth employment

Youth guarantee

Council agreement on youth guarantee in line with ILO positions

On 28 February 2013, the Council of the EU, chaired by Ireland, reached a political agreement on a recommendation addressed to the Member States to provide for youth guarantee schemes.

Youth entrepreneurship

From slum living to company director

One woman’s success story shows how green entrepreneurship could be an answer to both youth unemployment and environmental degradation in Africa.

A strategic alliance for youth employment

The ILO presents a technical cooperation portfolio that calls for the mobilization of resources and partnerships to tackle the youth employment crisis

Technical cooperation

A strategic alliance for youth employment

The ILO presents a technical cooperation portfolio that calls for the mobilization of resources and partnerships to tackle the youth employment crisis.

Somalia

Drop the gun and take a pen

Countries have stepped up their efforts to fight piracy and warlordism in Somalia. The ILO has partnered with other UN agencies to address the root causes of the conflicts: chronic unemployment and a lack of prospects for youth.

Recognizing workers skills in Samoa

The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour and the Apprenticeship Council of Samoa have been running a trade testing scheme, offering workers who achieved their present status in their job by experience only, a platform to obtain formal...

Promoting creative industries through business awareness in schools in Kiribati

Through the UN One Fund initiative in Kiribati, the ILO in collaboration with UNESCO identified the opportunity to promote creative industries in schools. This initiative was welcomed by ILO tripartite partners and youth stakeholders in Kiribati.

Launch of the Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) for Zimbabwe 2012 – 2015 and Skills II for Youth Employment and Rural Development

On the 14th of February 2013, the ILO Country Office for Zimbabwe (CO-Harare) in collaboration with the ILO tripartite partners launched the third generation of the Decent Work Country Programme for Zimbabwe 2012-2015 and the ‘Skills for Youth...

By Guy Ryder

Jobs, social inclusion and growth should top EU agenda

ILO Director-General Guy Ryder discusses the priorities of the European Union in the context of his first official visit to Ireland, which holds the rotating Presidency of the Council of the EU.

ILO launches global photo contest “WORK4YOUTH”

The ILO Youth Employment Programme is organizing a photo contest to shed light on youth employment issues, the challenges young people face in the workplace as well as their power to overcome them. Zoom in for the top prize!

Opening address at the dissemination workshop on the results of the pilot provincial labor force survey

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the dissemination workshop on the results of the pilot provincial labor force survey, Makati City, Philippines, 29 January 2013

Uncertainty makes global unemployment rise again

Five years after the outbreak of the global financial crisis, labour markets remain deeply depressed with no improvements in sight. Uncertain economic outlook and inadequate policy responses hold back job creation. ILO Director-General Guy Ryder...