News, articles and events on youth employment
November 2017
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Weak recovery in youth labour markets demands a sweeping response
30 November 2017
Despite a significant fall in youth unemployment since the height of the economic crisis in 2009, persistent unemployment and a lack of quality job opportunities continue to hamper young people’s quest for decent work.
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Partners of Decent Jobs for Youth launch global engagement platform for joint action
29 November 2017
Governments, social partners, the UN System, youth and civil society, the private sector and key youth employment stakeholders launched global engagement platform for joint action on decent jobs for youth in support of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
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Scaled up action needed on youth employment to make a difference in the lives of young people everywhere
29 November 2017
ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, emphasizes importance of partnerships to tackling youth employment challenge as he launches new ILO engagement platform to support the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth.
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Launch of the engagement platform of the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth
The event brings together partners of the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth and other key youth employment actors to celebrate the launch of the online engagement platform, to present the Quality Apprenticeships Toolkit and to learn more about the ongoing work and opportunities for collaboration.
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Training Course for Public Employment Service Launched in Baku
28 November 2017
The course was the third one in a series of capacity building activities aimed at strengthening the Public Employment Service (PES) in Azerbaijan conducted in 2017 within the framework of the ILO Project “Partnerships for Youth Employment in the CIS”.
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Japan Workers’ Co-operative Union: Contributing to job creation and local community development through associated work
28 November 2017
"Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators" is a series of interviews with cooperative leaders from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work with cooperatives. For this issue ILO interviewed Mr Osamu Nakano, a board member and Chief of International Relation Unit of Japan Workers’ Co-operative Union (JWCU).
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Academy on Rural Development: Towards Decent Work in the Rural Economy
27 November 2017
The Academy on Rural Employment takes place from 27 November to 8 December at ILO/ITC Campus in Turin
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ILO presents innovative South-South development solutions for skills development and youth employment
24 November 2017
The ILO Solution Forum provides results-based presentations and scalable southern development solutions to ensure that employment, decent work and social inclusion for young women and men are integrated into sustainable development strategies.
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Weak recovery in youth labour markets demands a sweeping response
20 November 2017
Despite a significant fall in youth unemployment since the height of the economic crisis in 2009, persistent unemployment and a lack of quality job opportunities continue to hamper young people’s quest for decent work.
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ILO Project Helps Disadvantaged Young People Enter the Labour Market
17 November 2017
The ILO supports the Agency for Employment of the Perm Territory, Russian Federation, in improving its package of programmes and services to the population. For that purpose, the ILO pilots wage subsidy programme with mentorship targeting disadvantaged young people.