All publications: youth employment + youth unemployment + young workers

Meaningful youth engagement in Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Africa

Skills anticipation and curriculum development

Annex 4 of a practical guide for meaningful youth engagement in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Africa.

Meaningful youth engagement in Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Africa

Capturing aspirations and entry support

Annex 1 of a practical guide for meaningful youth engagement in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Africa.

E-Waste for Youth Employment project Japan study tour

Workshop report

Global Accelerator Future Foresight Lab Cambodia

This report captures the key insights of a three-day Future Foresight Lab workshop, aimed at buildding foresight skills for a future-ready Cambodian workforce.

High-level evaluation

Independent high-level evaluation of the ILO’s strategies and actions under the Youth Employment Action Plan 2020-30

An independent high-level evaluation of the ILO’s strategies and actions under the Youth Employment Action Plan 2020–30, reviewing progress from 2020 to 2024. It assesses relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and emerging...

High-level evaluation

Independent high-level evaluation of the ILO’s strategies and actions under the Youth Employment Action Plan 2020-30

The high-level evaluation reviewed the Office’s strategies and actions under the Youth Employment Action Plan (YEAP) 2020-2030 for the period 2020–24. It paid particular attention to the five policy areas of the YEAP: employment and economic...

G20 Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting, George, South Africa

Youth at Work in G20 countries: Progress and policy action in 2024

This report, prepared jointly by the ILO and the OECD and presented at the G20 Labour and Employment Ministerial Meeting under South Africa's presidency, gives an overview of progress made by G20 countries towards achieving the Antalya target, and...

Mid-term report of the SEDWAY and BG4YE projects

Empowering women and youth: Advancing opportunities through African Development Bank-supported initiatives

ILO and African Development Bank (AfDB) projects (2022-2026) spread in six districts, are building sustainable enterprises, fostering value addition, and creating decent jobs, strengthening entrepreneurship ecosystems and driving economic growth....

ILO brief

Promising practices for fair recruitment in Côte d'Ivoire: Development of an international placement service by the Youth Employment Agency

Côte d’Ivoire's Youth Employment Agency (Agence nationale pour l’insertion et l’emploi des jeunes), with ILO support, has developed an international placement service to promote fair recruitment and labour migration.

A Just Transition With and For Youth

This policy brief underscores the critical need for a fair and inclusive shift towards environmentally sustainable economies. It advocates for measures to mitigate adverse impacts on youth while providing them with opportunities for development. Key...

ILO Working paper 137

The untapped potential of disadvantaged young people for apprenticeships in skilled trades

This paper seeks to identify the influencing factors of quality apprenticeships and elaborates possible reasons why young people in low-reputation apprenticeships drop out more often than those in popular professions.

Microcredentials for youth and work

This report examines the value of alternative learning opportunities that lead to microcredentials, with a focus on youth, as a flexible and cost-effective way of acquiring skills and validating competencies to enhance signalling mechanisms among...

WSSD2 Brief

Youth employment: Decent work, brighter futures

This policy brief highlights the need for urgent policy action to tackle high youth NEET rates and promote decent work, especially for young women and in Africa. It calls for greater investment to ensure brighter futures and social justice.

Fact sheet

Supporting a Talent Partnership with Bangladesh

This publication provides comprehensive information about the Talent Partnership project, which is implemented by ILO Bangladesh and funded by the European Union.

Decent work, brighter futures

Global Employment Trends for Youth 2024

This report represents the 20th anniversary publication of the ILO’s Global Employment Trends for Youth (hereafter “GET for Youth”). As an anniversary edition, this GET for Youth looks back on what has been achieved since the dawn of the...

Promoting Socio-economic Inclusion through Enhanced Access to Education for Children and Training Opportunities for Young Workers on...

Photo essays from Uganda

Unveiled Visions: Decent work and social justice through my lens

With ILO PROSPECTS and FOTEA foundation, youths from refugee settlements and local communities learned storytelling techniques and social media promotion to advocate for decent work and social justice.

ILO brief

Elevating the potential of rural youth: Paths to Decent Jobs and Sustainable Futures

The ILO policy brief addresses the urgent need to create decent jobs for rural youth by examining both the demand and supply sides of the rural labour market. It highlights the specific barriers rural youth face, such as limited access to skills...

Active Labour Market Programs Improve Employment and Earnings of Young People

This ILO-WB Policy brief examines the impact of youth-targeted active labour market programs (ALMPs) on employment and earnings, based on a systematic review of evaluations conducted from 1990 to 2021.

Rapid assessment of digital skills gaps and the feasibility of microwork employment opportunities in Uganda

This report presents the findings of a rapid assessment conducted in Uganda to identify digital skills gaps hindering refugees and host communities from accessing microwork employment opportunities.