All publications: youth employment + youth unemployment + young workers

Social justice for a new Arab era: promoting jobs, protection and dialogue in a changing region

Arab states must move towards an inclusive development model of higher productivity and, together with their citizens, forge a new social contract.

ILO Opportunity Mapping

This report on Youth Employment and Livelihood Survey on Skills and Market Opportunities is in contribution to a joint project between the ILO and UNICEF that seeks to support the sustainable economic reintegration of children associated with armed...

International Migration Papers No. 113

Decent work, youth employment and migration in Asia

In this paper on *Decent work, youth employment and migration in Asia*, Dr. Piyasiri Wickramasekara (former Senior Migration specialist of the ILO) discusses migration trends and issues concerning young people in Asia - a region hosting more than...

Local economic development to create youth employment

Antique in the spotlight: Local economic development to create youth employment

In the Philippines, a great number of young people cannot find work. According to the 2011 data from the National Statistics Office, almost half of unemployed were young workers aged 15-24 years.

Macedonian Action Plan on Youth Employment 2015

Matters arising out of the work of the 101st Session (2012) of the International Labour Conference Follow-up to the adoption of the...

The document proposes the main elements of a follow-up plan by the Office over the next seven years, 2012–19 (for the remainder of the current biennium and over the next three biennia) for the implementation of the priorities listed in the...

Youth employment: crisis and recovery

Este número aborda tres secciones: la coyuntura laboral en el primer semestre de 2012,el desempeño del empleo juvenil en la crisis y en la etapa de recuperación y las políticas de trabajo decente para los jóvenes: Cuestiones fundamentales y...

Background note

Background note - "ILO/Regional Skills Programme/Regional Training on Employment Service", Bangkok, Thailand, 16-19 October 2012

Understanding youth employment policy and action challenge

Briefing guide on understanding youth employment policy and action challenges: Philippines

For the purpose of this document, who comprises the youth in the Philippines was described; the terms ‘youth unemployment’ and ‘underemployment’ defined; and current situation of youth unemployment at the local and global level discussed.

Youth Employment Policy Brief: Mongolia

This policy brief provides an overview of youth employment related data and policies in Mongolia.

Technical vocational training

Technical vocational training in Maguindanao: Harnessing the local pool of talent through skills training

In a country where the magnitude of the poor population is pegged at 23 million people (NSCB, 2009), many young people were not able to continue on to tertiary education and instead opted to work for a living.

Technical vocational training

Technical vocational training in Antique: Enhancing on-the-job training and post-training services

It is a sad but common fact that not all young people who have gone through technical vocational training or college education are able to find jobs. Some of them are not able to find any job and this is especially true for people in localities with...

Youth entrepreneur

I can and I will: Great things come in good and bad ways (Success story of a youth entrepreneur)

“The world is round” has been a cliché since time immemorial but we seldom realize its truth unless we experience it ourselves. Nasef was just one of the many who could say that this cliché applies in real life.

Entrepreneurship is an option

Antique’s disadvantaged youth shows that entrepreneurship is an option

Many youth have sought work outside of their villages to help support their families and themselves. The most common example of this phenomenon is the seasonal throng of sacadas from central Antique who make the annual trek to the sugar plantations...

Guide for the formulation of national employment policies

This guide for the formulation of national employment policies has been prepared as a capacity building tool for ILO’s tripartite constituents, ILO technical staff and a variety of national stakeholders who are engaged in the development and...

Cooperative Enterprises Build A Better World

This publication highlights COOPAFRICA’s contribution to the revival of African cooperative enterprises and their roles in fostering equity, empowerment, decent work, and secure livelihoods, including reducing members’ vulnerability to HIV/AIDS,...

The youth employment crisis: A call for action

At its 101st International Labour Conference in June 2012, the ILO adopted a Resolution calling for immediate, targeted and renewed action to tackle the youth employment crisis.

Vocational training in Masbate

Technical vocational training in Masbate: Keeping the dream alive for Masbate’s disadvantaged youth

Perhaps the greatest frustration of being a youth growing up in disadvantaged circumstances is aspiring for a career and being shot down even before one has been given the opportunity to take off.

Measuring Success of Youth Livelihood Interventions: A Practical Guide to Monitoring and Evaluation

This guide addresses the monitoring and evaluation of youth livelihood interventions, with a specific focus on impact evaluation. The objective of this guide is to equip practitioners with the basis set of concepts and tools needed to make informed...

Africa's Response to the Youth Employment Crisis

Regional Report : Synthesis of Key Issues and Outcomes from Eleven National Events on Youth Employment in the Africa Region; March - May 2012