News, articles and events on youth employment
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November 2021
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The ILO and ITU highlight opportunities for boosting youth employment in the digital economy in Ethiopia’s Afar and Somali regions
02 November 2021
On 1 November 2021, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) invited key youth employment stakeholders to discuss, validate the results and identify potential priority areas in the study on youth employment opportunities in Ethiopia’s digital economy, in Afar and Somali regions.
September 2021
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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.
April 2019
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Future of Work Agenda for Young Workers in Azerbaijan
20 April 2019
A training workshop for the Public Employment Services (PES) was held on 16-19 April in Baku. Focused on youth employment, lifelong-learning and youth labor transitions, bringing into action the policy recommendations for investing in people's capabilities outlined in the report of the Global Commission for the Future of Work.
March 2019
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ILO Academy on Employment: A Training Course in Moscow
22 March 2019
The ILO Academy on Employment, a three-day training course for the Public Employment Service staff, took place at the Federal Service for Labour and Employment (Rostrud) on March 19-21, 2019.
December 2018
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Fifth Training Course for Public Employment Service Conducted in Baku
08 December 2018
The course that was held from 4 to 7 December 2018 was the fifth in a series of capacity building activities aimed at strengthening the Public Employment Service (PES) in Azerbaijan within the framework of the ILO Project “Partnerships for Youth Employment in the CIS” funded by the Russian company LUKOIL.
September 2018
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Kazakhstan: Parliamentary Hearings on Labour Market and Youth Employment
28 September 2018
On 28 September the Kazakhstan’s Parliament held hearings, titled “Problems and prospects of development of the employment sphere,” on 28th September. The participants discussed the current state of the labour market, employment, and formalization of self-employed population in Kazakhstan as well as methods to further develop employment of the country in the current context.
November 2017
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Training Course for Public Employment Service Launched in Baku
28 November 2017
The course was the third one in a series of capacity building activities aimed at strengthening the Public Employment Service (PES) in Azerbaijan conducted in 2017 within the framework of the ILO Project “Partnerships for Youth Employment in the CIS”.
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ILO Project Helps Disadvantaged Young People Enter the Labour Market
17 November 2017
The ILO supports the Agency for Employment of the Perm Territory, Russian Federation, in improving its package of programmes and services to the population. For that purpose, the ILO pilots wage subsidy programme with mentorship targeting disadvantaged young people.
October 2017
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Capacity Building Workshop to Improve the Delivery of Public Employment Services and to Strengthen Youth Rights at Work in China
To improve local employment officials’ capacity in their delivery of public employment services (PES) for both young women and men, including persons with disabilities, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS) jointly organize a workshop on public employment services in Wuhan, Hubei Province.