Youth employment resources

  1. What works for youth employment

    01 October 2014

    Australian ABC News presenter Delnaaz Irani talks youth employment with three young Asian leaders and guests. Their discussion builds on the findings of the Japanese funded project “Analysis of youth employment policy and dissemination through global database and publications’ and touches on entrepreneurship, the ASEAN Economic Community and more.

  2. Youth Employment Policies and Programs in Indonesia: The Way Forward

    The dual problem facing poor young men and women in Indonesia today is that they have difficulties with the school-to-work-transition, in other words with the entering of the world of work, and once succeeded have difficulties finding quality jobs or decent work. This has resulted in youth not only suffering from widespread unemployment but also from underemployment and a concentration in informal jobs.

  3. ILO Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific Visits India

    12 September 2014

    ILO Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific Yoshiteru Uramoto visits India.

  4. APYouthNet Talk show #35 - Tan Chuan-Jin, Unlocking Singapore's recipe for youth employment

    07 September 2014

    Singapore Minister for Manpower, Tan Chuan-Jin discusses his country's competitive labour market and its low youth employment rate of 6.7 per cent. He describes Singapore’s inter-ministerial co-operation in view to implement and safeguard Singapore's immigration, manpower, education and economic policies.

  5. Consultation Workshop on What Works in Youth Employment: Sharing Policies from Asia and the Pacific

    Tripartite constituents from Indonesia, Nepal and Mongolia gathered at the Amari Watergate Hotel in Bangkok on September 15-16 to discuss the preliminary findings of the Youth Employment Project “Analysis of youth employment policy and dissemination through global database and publications”.

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    ILO to promote decent work in Small Island Developing States at SIDS Conference in Samoa

    25 August 2014

  7. ILO Supports seven young people to participate at the SIDS Youth Forum

    15 August 2014

    The International Labour Organization this week announced seven young people to take part in the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Youth Forum to take place on the 28th of August 2014 in Apia, Samoa

  8. ILO Office for Pacific Island Countries launches report “Decent Work and Social Justice in Pacific Small Island Developing States - Challenges, Opportunities and Policy Responses”

    12 August 2014

    To mark International Youth Day, The International Labour Organization (ILO) Office for Pacific Island Countries have launched a report, entitled “Decent Work and Social Justice in Pacific Small Island Developing States”.

  9. Improving data collection of labour statistics (including labour migration statistics)in Pacific Island Countries

    01 August 2014

    The ILO in collaboration with partners, UNESCAP and SPC has completed a sub-regional technical workshop on labour and migration statistics for Pacific Island Countries. This technical workshop took place from 28 July to 1 August 2014 in Nadi, Fiji and brought together government officials from the Ministry/Department of Labour and National Statistics Office from nine Pacific Island Countries, including an employer’s representative.

  10. APYouthNet Talk Show #34 - Carol Roth's advice to young entrepreneurs

    31 July 2014

    This short video shows Business strategist, TV commentator and best-selling author, Carol Roth shares tips and advice on starting successful businesses and minimizing risks. Sharp and straight-forward, she voices her views on youth employment and small business development on the APYouthNet talk show.