The ILO Office for Turkey and UNDP Turkey have since Fall 2020 been working on the impact of COVID-19 crisis on the youth participation in labour markets, and now are to start another initiative, the “Youth Forum”, which will bring together the representatives of public and private sectors and civil society.

The participants and representatives of various sectors at the Forum will be presented, for their information, a Youth Declaration that has been drawn up to make the voice of youth better heard as the youth have presence and voice in online workshops organized as a series for months in cooperation with UNDP and attended by various NGOs, opinion leaders, artists, sector leaders.

The event will be held outdoors and admit a limited number of participants due to COVID-19 measures, but it will be possible to view the event online. The details of the programme will soon be announced in the social media accounts of ILO Turkey and UNDP Turkey.

ILO Turkey’s releases on the subject may be accessed here, where as UNDP Turkey’s work may be accessed here.

All activities are carried out by and under two projects, namely the “COVID-19 Resilience and Response Project” implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) with funding from the Government of Japan, and the Project “Decent Work Opportunities for Refugees and Host Communities in Turkey” implemented by the International Labour Organization (ILO) with funding from the US Department of State, Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (USPRM).