News, articles and events on youth employment

At Mbera refugee camp, in Mauritania, the ILO is training young people in building trades

19 June 2020

At the hands-on construction training site of the PECOBAT project, students are building an elementary school for the camp’s children, while learning skills that will make them more employable.

ILO Local Employment Partnership creates new jobs for youth in Southern Moldova

05 March 2020

The Local Employment Partnership (LEP) implemented by ILO reached out to 600 young NEETs (youth neither in employment, education or training) in the Cahul region. 282 of them already registered as unemployed to benefit from active labour market measures. To date, this partnership created 135 jobs, 20 start-ups and 2 cooperatives—additional small businesses and jobs are in the pipeline in this rural region where the rate of inactive youth is the highest in Moldova (25%).

ILO holds Job Fair for persons with disabilities

04 December 2019

ILO/ LEED+ or the Local Empowerment through Economic Development and Reconciliation Project launched in September 2018 in Sri Lanka. Building on more than eight years of work by ILO and multiple stakeholders, the programme promotes resilient, inclusive and sustainable growth strategies for conflict-affected communities.

“Now I fend for myself, this makes a big difference”

22 June 2018

The ILO wage subsidy programme supports employers who recruit and train young people, helping them to enter the labour market.

Drop the gun and take a pen

21 February 2013

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.

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