News, articles and events on youth employment
August 2017
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How to get more young people into better jobs
10 August 2017
New ILO book focuses on the global challenge of youth unemployment and proposes policies to create more decent jobs for young women and men.
July 2017
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High female education and low labour participation rates: IFAD and ILO tackle the “MENA gender paradox”
19 July 2017
Issue explored at policy forum facilitated by a grant-funded project on gender monitoring and evaluation in the Near East and North Africa.
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With relevant skills, youth can help accelerate progress on the Sustainable Development Goals
18 July 2017
On World Youth Skills Day, ILO highlights the need to provide new skills for young people that respond effectively to new forms of work.
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Promoting youth employment: Moldova completes study mission in Romania
04 July 2017
Delegates learn about Romanian experience in drafting and implementation of active labour market measures.
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Matching workers and employers in Cambodia through better employment services
03 July 2017
An ILO/China South-South project has led to an improvement in the sharing of labour market data and closer cooperation between the Cambodian government, workers’ and employers’ organizations.
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Evaluating Labour Market Programmes: Policy Forum & Executive Course
As part of ILO’s partnership with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the IFAD financed project “Strengthening gender monitoring and evaluation in rural employment in the Near East and North Africa”, a Policy Forum and Executive Course on Evaluating Labour Market Programmes was offered between the 2nd and 6th of July 2017 in Amman, Jordan. The course was co-financed by the OECD Development Centre, the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, GIZ and the Economic Research Forum.
June 2017
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The European Union and ILO join hands with VTASL to provide NVQ certification for 90 youth in Batticaloa
28 June 2017
Under the European Union Support to District Development Programme (EU-SDDP), International Labour Organization (ILO) have joined hands with Vocational Training Authority of Sri Lanka (VTASL) to increase the skilled labour force in 2 trades namely Heavy equipment operators (60 beneficiaries) and modern dress making (30 beneficiaries) in Batticaloa District.
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UN agencies launch youth entrepreneurship and self-employment campaign to boost transition towards decent work
27 June 2017
On the occasion of Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises International Day, UN agencies launch a campaign on solutions to address the unique obstacles to youth entrepreneurship and self-employment.
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Guy Ryder announces “Digital Skills for Decent Jobs for Youth” Campaign
13 June 2017
A unique global partnership will bring the benefits of the digital economy to young people.
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ILO launches media competition and Youth4OSH project in the Philippines
05 June 2017
To build a safety and health culture among young Filipino workers, the ILO launches the Youth4OSH Project and invites young people to join the SafeYouth@Work Media Competition. Winning entries for photo, film, song, story, poster/drawing and the unique Surprise Us category will get the chance to travel to Singapore in September 2017 and to present their winning piece due on 30 June 2017.