Partnerships for youth employment in the Commonwealth of Independent States (YEP CIS)

The crisis of youth employment was a main subject discussed by the Conference of the International Labour Organization in 2012. Representatives of governments, employer organizations and trade unions of 185 countries called for urgent and immediate action to reverse the youth employment crisis and the threat of losing a generation of young people whose skills and talents are under-estimated or wasted. They also called for the ILO to provide global leadership in addressing the crisis through partnerships and alliances at global, regional and country level.

The technical cooperation project, financially supported by the PAO Lukoil and implemented by the ILO, seeks to improve the effectiveness of youth employment policies and programmes in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation (as well as six more countries: Armenia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) to establish a framework for regional cooperation and knowledge sharing on youth employment.

The project addresses disadvantaged young people, such as low-skilled youth, those who dropped out from school, those who face difficulties in entering the labour market due to the lack of work experience, and other groups of disadvantaged youth, with particular emphasis on youth at risk of social exclusion and those exposed to anti-social behaviours.

Latest from YEP CIS

  1. News

    ILO Project Supports Young Entrepreneurs in Astrakhan region

    04 February 2022

    Representatives of the ILO Project "Partnerships for Youth Employment in the Commonwealth of Independent States" and the Agency for Employment of Population of the Astrakhan Region completed the second round of review of business plans presented by young entrepreneurs.

  2. Event

    Thinking the labour market for a job-rich economic recovery in the Commonwealth of Independent States

    WEBINAR V "Economic growth and employment: pro employment policies boosting the labour demand”

  3. News

    Public Employment Services and the Future of Work – What innovations are likely to remain after COVID-19 pandemic?

    14 September 2021

    On 14 September 2021, the International Labour Organization (ILO) organized a training webinar for senior managers and staff of the employment centers in the North-West and Ural Federal regions, Russian Federation. The webinar was devoted to the international experience of reforming Public Employment Services. This was the second in a series of webinars within the framework of the large-scale retraining programme, launched this year by Rostrud.

  4. Event

    Thinking the labour market for a job-rich economic recovery in the Commonwealth of Independent States

    WEBINAR IV "Employment policies for reducing the mismatches between the education system and the labour market and pro youth job-rich economic recovery”

  5. Event

    Thinking the labour market for a job-rich economic recovery in the Commonwealth of Independent States

    WEBINAR III "Youth Employment Policies for a Quick Labour Market Recovery. Demographics, Youth Employment and Migration”