News and events
2015
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Publication
ILO Youth Entrepreneurship Facility Youth-to-Youth Fund in East Africa: Public-Private Partnership
06 October 2015
The Youth Entrepreneurship Facility (YEF) enables African youth to turn their energy and ideas into business opportunities to increase their income and create decent work for themselves and others. It is an initiative by the Danish-led Africa Commission, implemented by the Youth Employment Network (YEN) and the ILO, with financial support from BASF.
2014
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Publication
The Youth Entrepreneurship Facility’s Youth-to-Youth Fund in East Africa: Public-Private Partnership
20 March 2014
The Youth Entrepreneurship Facility (YEF) enables African youth to turn their ideas into business opportunities aimed at increasing their income and the creation of decent work for themselves and others. It is a public-private partnership (PPP) initiative put in place by the Africa Commission, sponsored by BASF, and implemented by the Youth Employment Network (YEN) of the ILO. The Youth-to-Youth Fund aims to assist youth-led organizations in designing and implementing projects for promoting and developing youth entrepreneurship through a transparent and competitive grant scheme. YEN has launched a call for proposals for nonprofit youth-led organizations. Winners receive funding and capacity-building support. They in turn train local youth and help them to set-up micro-enterprises.
2007
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Video
Tackling Child Labour in Agriculture
12 June 2007
Worldwide, agriculture is the sector where by far the largest number of working children can be found - an estimated 70 per cent, of whom 132 million are girls and boys aged 5-14. These children are helping to produce the food and beverages we consume. Their labour is used for crops such as cereals, cocoa, coffee, fruit, sugar, palm oil, rice, tea, tobacco and vegetables. They also work in livestock raising and herding, and in the production of other agricultural materials such as cotton and cottonseed.