Youth employment resources

  1. ASEAN Forum on Youth Employment: Effective Youth Employment Policies and Programmes for Better Employability of Young People

    The youth employment challenge has its own dimensions regardless of their stage of socio-economic development. The underlying problems are the large number of young people entering the labour markets every year, the lack of employment opportunities in particular in poor economies and post-conflict countries, and the low quality of education and training without a proper link to the labour markets.

  2. Indonesian Green Entrepreneurship Programme (IGEP) Forum

    A one-day IGEP Forum will be organized in Jakarta to promote and advocate green entrepreneurship to relevant stakeholders in Indonesia.

  3. APYouthNet Talk Show #18 - Youth employment and access to finance

    25 April 2013

    Lyn Kok, President & CEO of Standard Chartered Bank Thailand discusses the role and prospects of corporate banking in the field of microfinance, and its impact on youth employment.

  4. APYouthNet Talk Show #17 - Young people and HIV/AIDS in the workplace, part 2

    02 April 2013

    Part 2 of a 2 part series on young people & HIV/AIDS in the workplace looks at how the UN, policy makers, workers' organisations and employers' organisations can help young people living with or at risk of infection from HIV/AIDS.

  5. APYouthNet Talk Show #16 - Young people and HIV/AIDS in the workplace, part 1

    24 March 2013

    Part 1 of a 2 part series on young people & HIV/AIDS in the work place looks at how young people living with HIV/AIDS or at risk of infection can empower themselves in the world of work.

  6. Guy Ryder and the prospects of youth guarantees on euronews

    19 February 2013

    Guy Ryder, Director-General of the ILO, talks with Fariba Mavaddat of euronews, and recommends youth guarantees as a targeted approach to generate decent work and skills development for young people.

  7. APYouthNet Talk Show #15 - ILO youth employment focal points in Asia-Pacific

    07 February 2013

    The ILO's focal points for youth employment in the Asia-Pacific look at the rising youth unemployment globally and how the ILO can respond to the challenges across this region.

  8. Entrepreneurship training programme for the disadvantaged youth

    28 January 2013

    The entrepreneurship training programme for the disadvantaged youth aims to promote entrepreneurship as a career option, a priority to address youth employment challenge.

  9. Capacity building programme on local economic development to promote youth employment

    28 January 2013

    The capacity building programme on local economic development (LED) aims to enhance capacities of local government units on youth-oriented economic and employment strategies.

  10. Alternatives to work migration: Promoting employment opportunities for youth in their home provinces

    28 January 2013

    The Spanish-funded MDG Joint Programme on Alternatives to Migration: Decent Jobs for Filipino Youth is a three-year programme designed to help youth like Junrey find decent employment at the local level.