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Launched in 2016 with the endorsement of the executive heads of the United Nations, the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth has evolved as the overarching and inclusive platform under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to scale up action and impact on youth employment. The platform is centred on the commitments of partners to promote decent jobs for youth. A commitment is a pledge to take action and include ongoing and upcoming initiatives, projects and programmes operating at local, country, regional or global level. All partners commit to align their work with the strategy and guiding principles of Decent Jobs for Youth. As the global initiative on youth employment under the 2030 Agenda, all commitments are recognized as direct contributions to the United Nations Partnerships for SDGs and linked to its follow-up mechanisms, in particular to the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF). The launch of the engagement platform will serve as an opportunity to present the new ILO Toolkit for Quality Apprenticeships. The toolkit provides state of the art information and guidance for the design and implementation of quality apprenticeship schemes across different contexts. The launch will be presided by the ILO Director-General, Mr. Guy Ryder, and attended by high level representatives from UN partner organizations and stakeholders from governments, social partners, youth and civil society, private sector and beyond. Invitees are kindly requested to confirm participation to decentjobsforyouth@ilo.org. The event will start at 10h30 in Room XI at the International Labour Office in Geneva.