News, articles and events on youth employment

ILO embark on innovative OSH promotion through creative one-minute videos

08 February 2022

The ILO announce the winners of its One Minute Video Competition (KOVID) on occupational safety and health (OSH). The winners presented a variety of innovative OSH video stories that will help promote OSH in the country.

Young Indonesians enthuse to participate in short film-making classes on OSH issues

16 December 2021

In line with the One Minute Video Competition (Kompetisi Video Semenit/KOVID), the ILO organized two short film-making classes related to occupational safety and health (OSH) issues to encourage the dissemination of information to help breaking the chains of COVID-19 transmission.

Public Employment Services and the Future of Work – What innovations are likely to remain after COVID-19 pandemic?

14 September 2021

On 14 September 2021, the International Labour Organization (ILO) organized a training webinar for senior managers and staff of the employment centers in the North-West and Ural Federal regions, Russian Federation. The webinar was devoted to the international experience of reforming Public Employment Services. This was the second in a series of webinars within the framework of the large-scale retraining programme, launched this year by Rostrud.

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Reimagining Youth Skills Post-Pandemic

This year’s World Youth Skills Day will again take place in a challenging context, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and with education and training systems yet to return to pre-crisis conditions. It aims to celebrate the resilience and creativity of youth throughout the crisis and focus attention on how technical and vocational education and training (TVET) systems have adapted to the pandemic, participate in the recovery, and imagine priorities they should adopt for the post-COVID-19 world.

Pursuing passion in technology: The journey of a female tech entrepreneur

22 April 2021

A young Indonesian female engineer and tech entrepreneur, Fransiska Hadiwidjana, shares her inspiring journey to pursue her passion and to encourage more women to enter the digital world.
From 9-5 to web development: Honey Sta Ana's story

01 April 2021

More women are finding exciting career opportunities in Science, Technology, Engineering Mathematics (STEM) related occupations. In the Philippines, the J.P. Morgan-supported ILO Women in STEM programme has provided technical skills and job readiness skills training for women to pursue careers in information technology.

How Indonesian youth respond to COVID-19 pandemic

10 February 2021

The ILO conducted two complementing surveys to learn about the impact of COVID-19 pandemic to Indonesian youth. The results revealed how youth deal with this ongoing crisis.

From Crisis to Opportunity for Sustainable Peace: Addressing interactions between health, employment and peacebuilding challenges in times of COVID-19

The virtual event is organized by the ILO in collaboration with WHO, PBSO and Interpeace in the context of the Geneva Peace Week 2020, which will take place from 2 to 6 November.
From Crisis to Opportunity for Sustainable Peace: Addressing interactions between health, employment and peacebuilding challenges in times of COVID-19

The virtual event is organized by the ILO in collaboration with WHO, PBSO and Interpeace in the context of the Geneva Peace Week 2020, which will take place from 2 to 6 November.
From pandemic to business opportunity

21 October 2020

A young entrepreneur from Jakarta has overcome the challenges of COVID-19 to expand her culinary business. She shared her inspiring business journey with Indonesian youth during an event supported by the ILO recently.

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