News, articles and events on youth employment
June 2019
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Roll-out of Think.Coop continues in Turkey, now also extending to rural areas
28 June 2019
ILO’s Think.Coop training tool has been rolled out in Turkey by Youth Deal Cooperative - Turkey’s first youth-led social cooperative that aims to provide sustainable employment solutions for disadvantaged groups including youth.
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Bridging Indonesia's skills gap through partnership between industry - vocational education and training
26 June 2019
Skills mismatch is one of the reasons of unemployment in Indonesia. Skills needs of enterprises are often not well-communicated or understood by technical education and vocational training (TVET).
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Promoting Quality Apprenticeship and Industries - Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) Partnership on Quality Skills Development
One of the strategic areas of ILO’s assistance to Indonesia is in the field of skills development to strengthen the national vocational strategy. The key element on the vocational strategy requires strong partnership between Industry and TVET.
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ILO100 YOUTH DEBATE: Young leaders and labour market transitions
This YOUTH DEBATE brings together young leaders from across the globe to share their views about key elements that impact young peoples’ transitions to and within the labour market. The focus will be on decent work and productive employment from the perspective of: the school-to-work transition; technological change, including new forms of work and lifelong learning; and gender equality, rights and voices.
May 2019
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Quality apprenticeship workshop: renaissance for youth employment challenges in the new context in China
23 May 2019
The ILO hosted quality apprenticeship workshop to assist its Chinese partners in addressing youth employment issues in the new context.
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Celebrations in Moscow to Commemorate Centenary of International Labour Organization
23 May 2019
The last decade of May in Moscow was marked by high-level celebration events to commemorate the centenary of the International Labour Organization (ILO).
April 2019
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Future of Work Agenda for Young Workers in Azerbaijan
20 April 2019
A training workshop for the Public Employment Services (PES) was held on 16-19 April in Baku. Focused on youth employment, lifelong-learning and youth labor transitions, bringing into action the policy recommendations for investing in people's capabilities outlined in the report of the Global Commission for the Future of Work.
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© World Future Council 2019
Awarding innovative policies to empower youth
18 April 2019
National, local and regional governments and non-governmental organizations are encouraged to showcase decent work policies that help youth reach their full potential.
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The ILO 24-Hour Global Tour
12 April 2019
On 11 April 2019, a day-long series of events spanning four continents marked the ILO's 100th anniversary. The events were webcast live and they could be viewed around the globe in real time mode.
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Nomination Form - Future Policy Award 2019
11 April 2019
Global contest announced by the World Future Council, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), with the support of the Office of the UN Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and Youth Policy Labs.