Projects on youth employment

  1. Young Futuremakers Thailand – Promoting Youth Employability

    1 February 2021 - 30 April 2022

    The Young Futuremakers Thailand project is part of the Futuremakers by Standard Chartered initiative and aims to support youth in the labour market, in particular disadvantaged young women and young persons with disabilities, through the provision of demand-led technical skills training, employability training, career guidance and job placements.

  2. Achieving reduction of child labour in support of education: Programme to reduce the worst forms of child labour in agriculture sector in BARMM

    1 October 2020 - 31 December 2022

    The ILO and the Government of Japan through the ILO-Japan Multi-bilateral Programme have partnered to reduce the worst forms of child labour in agricultural communities in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). The initial target provinces are Maguindanao and Lanao Del Sur.

  3. Promoting Decent Work in Plantation Sector in Sri Lanka

    1 July 2016 - 30 June 2018

    Promoting Decent Work in Tea Plantation Sector in Sri Lank is a two year project funded by the International Labour Organisation. Overall objective of the project is to “promote decent work opportunities and inclusive economic growth in the tea plantation sector in Sri Lanka”.

  4. Support to Implement Youth Employment Policies and Coordinating for Youth Employment in Sri Lanka

    1 January - 31 December 2015

  5. Building a Generation of Safe and Healthy Workers

    19 December 2014 - 18 December 2018

    The project, funded by the United States Department of Labor (USDOL) aims to improve occupational safety and health (OSH) conditions of young workers, and promote a culture of prevention in the country. It targets young workers aged 15 to 24 years old in construction, manufacturing and agriculture, considered among the dangerous sectors.

  6. Skills to support Local Economic Development (SKILLED) - EU Support to Reconstruction and Development in Selected Districts in Sri Lanka (EU-SDDP). (UN Joint Programme)

    1 July 2012 - 31 March 2018

    European Union Support to District Development Programme (EU-SDDP) Project has aimed at “to ccontribute to and capacitate the transition from post-conflict relief to reconstruction and development by supporting selected districts in North and East as focus districts in line with respective local development plans under the Ministry of Economic Development”.

  7. Employment-intensive Growth for Indonesia: Job Opportunities for Young Women and Men (JOY)

    1 April 2007 - 30 April 2010

    The project aims to contribute to poverty reduction and the creation of income earning opportunities, especially for young women and men in Indonesia, through complementary national policies and local initiatives that lead to more employment-intensive economic growth.