Global Youth Consultations

The ILO held events in more than 40 countries around the world from March to May 2012 to hear young people’s views on the alarming youth employment situation.

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75 million youth worldwide are currently unemployed and more than 150 million young people are living on less than $1.25 a day. The ILO has warned that this situation risks creating a “lost generation” and is a threat to social cohesion.

For this reason, youth employment was one of the main themes of the annual International Labour Conference in June, and the ILO wants to hear young people and reflect their ideas and experience in the debate.

In the run-up to the annual Conference, the ILO has consulted young people from Beirut to Bangkok, from Lima to Lusaka. The national and regional consultations culminated in a major Youth Forum in Geneva in May, with some one hundred young people from employers’, workers’ and youth organizations from across the world taking part.

Country	Focal Point	Email
Africa [Regional report]
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Toudjida N.Andemel	[email protected];
Egypt	Amal Mowafy	[email protected];
Ethiopia	George Okutho	[email protected];
Kenya	Hopolang Phororo	[email protected];
Madagascar	Harivao Rakotoarinia	[email protected];
South Africa	Vic van Vuuren	[email protected];
Tanzania	Hopolang Phororo	[email protected];
Togo	Dramane Haidara	[email protected];
Tunisia	Dorothea Schmidt	[email protected];
Zambia	Belinda Chanda	[email protected];
Zimbabwe	Tapera Muzira	[email protected];

Americas [Regional report]
Argentina	Alejandra Pangaro	[email protected];
Brazil	Lais Abramo	[email protected];
Chile	Patricia Roa	[email protected];
Colombia	Italo Cardona	[email protected];
Costa Rica	Mauricio Dierckxsens	[email protected];
El Salvador	Mauricio Dierckxsens	[email protected];
Honduras	Dunia Flores	[email protected];
Mexico	Regina Galhardi	[email protected];
Peru	Juan Chacaltana	[email protected];
Regional Event: the Carribean	Reynold Simons	[email protected];
Trinidad and Tobago	Giovanni di Cola	[email protected];
Uruguay	Patricia Roa	[email protected];

Arab States [Regional report]
Jordan	Shaza Ghaleb Jondi	[email protected];
Palestinian Territory	Rasha El-Shurafa	[email protected];
Regional event: Arab States	Patrick Daru	[email protected];

Asia and the Pacific [Regional report]
Bangladesh	Andre Bogui	[email protected];
China	Huang Qun	[email protected];
India	Sher Verick	[email protected];
Indonesia & Timor-Leste	Tendy Gunawan	[email protected];
Pakistan	Manzoor Khaliq	[email protected];
Philippines	Ruth Georget	[email protected];
Regional Event: Pacific Islands	David Lamotte	[email protected];
Sri Lanka	Donglin Li	[email protected];
Thailand	Krisdaporn Singhaseni	[email protected];
Vietnam	Sauli Hurri	[email protected];

Europe and Central Asia [Regional report]
Armenia	Olga Koulaeva	[email protected];
Azerbaidjan	Olga Koulaeva	[email protected];
France	Jean François Trogrlic	[email protected];
Georgia	Olga Koulaeva	[email protected];
Italy	Luigi Cal	[email protected];
FYROM	Natalia Popova	[email protected];
Portugal	Mafalda Troncho	[email protected];
Regional Event: European Union	Barbara Janssens	[email protected];
Serbia	Dragana Marjanovic	[email protected];
Spain	Joaquin Nieto	[email protected];
Ukraine	Natalia Popova	[email protected];
Turkey	Ozan Cakmak	[email protected];

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Global Youth Consultations

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