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31 May 2023

Consultancy opportunity: market assessment on career guidance for youth in the Philippines

The International Labour Organization is seeking a consultant to support a market assessment study on career guidance for youth in the Philippines. Th...

23 May 2023

Terra Renaissance commits to empowering 1,500 youth in Uganda, DRC and Burundi to access decent work

Terra Renaissance, a non-governmental international aid agency based in Japan, has joined the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs For Youth boosting acti...

09 May 2023

ILO to advocate for decent jobs for youth at UN Youth Forum

The three-day ECOSOC Youth Forum — one of the key platforms for youth to share their ideas at the global level — was held...

11 April 2023

JuventudEsGto se compromete a mejorar las condiciones de empleo digno para los jóvenes de Guanajuato

(El artículo en español está aquí) El Instituto para el Desarrollo y Atención a la Juventud del Estado de Guanajua...

29 March 2023

JuventudEsGto committed to improve decent employment conditions for youth in Guanajuato

(Spanish article is here) The Institute for Youth Development and Services of the State of Guanajuato (JuventudEsGto) in Mexico joined the...

22 February 2023

Launched Decent Jobs for Youth Event Calendar

The Decent Jobs for Youth team has developed a Youth-related event calendar on Trello. The calendar will include Decent Jobs for Youth partners' webin...

21 February 2023

CALL FOR APPLICATION: International consultancy on youth employment in Mongolia

The International Labour Organization is looking for an international consultant to support the design of youth employment initiatives and r...

09 January 2023

Launching the Green Jobs for Youth Pact @COP27

The future of our planet depends on how we skill and educate our young people today. Sharm El Sheikh—The ILO, UNEP, and UNICEF joined forc...

15 December 2022

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan Commits to Decent Jobs for Youth

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan joined the UN Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth with an action commitment to boost youth employment...

08 December 2022

Prince’s Trust International joins the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth

Prince’s Trust International has just joined the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs For Youth in the thematic priority areas ‘Green jobs for...

02 November 2022

Bi-monthly Decent Jobs for Youth Newsletter launched

Decent Jobs for Youth publishes our bi-monthly newsletter. It features our partners' actions, knowledge, tools, events, and publication. Also highlig...

31 October 2022

TofaraOnline commits to empowering 1,000 aspirational youth with Digital Marketing in Zimbabwe

TofaraOnline, a Digital Marketing and Innovation Consulting Trust based in Zimbabwe, has joined the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs For Youth boostin...

13 October 2022

Call for application: Training of Trainers to promote wage employment in Kenya

The ILO, in the context of project JOY – Jobs Open to Youth, will deliver a capacity building activity on youth employment in Kenya. To this end...

03 October 2022

Call for Participants: Youth Advisory Group on Digital Jobs

Are you interested in becoming a member of the Youth Advisor Group on Digital Jobs?This is a unique platform that will bring together young leaders,&n...

27 September 2022

ReDI School Commits to Decent Jobs for Youth on Tech Education for Job Readiness of Migrant Youth

ReDI School of Digital Integration pledged a commitment to Decent Jobs for Youth to empower young migrant through tech & soft skills to accelerate...

11 August 2022

War Child Sweden Commits to Decent Jobs for Youth on securing long-term employment for marginalized

War Child Sweden pledged a commitment to Decent Jobs for Youth on providing psychosocial support and other services to empower young people through th...

21 June 2022

Youth Voice Brasil Commits to Decent Jobs for Youth on Creating and mobilizing initiatives for youth

Youth Voices Brasil pledged a commitment to Decent Jobs for Youth to create and mobilize initiatives for supporting youth employment, through 3 main p...

04 May 2022

Making Cents International Commits to Decent Jobs for Youth I 2022 YEO Summit in May 2022

Making Cents International pledged a commitment to Decent Jobs for Youth to unite young people and global changemakers for economic opportunities for...

12 April 2022

Ningbo Aixue Education Information Consulting commits to youth knowledge and employability in China

Ningbo Aixue Education Information Consulting Co. is a youth-led start-up working on developing after-school activities on quality education in...

12 April 2022

ShengMa commits to enhance youth' self-confidence and leadership through soft skills training

ShengMa, mainly based in Shanghai, focuses on planning and implementation of talk events, organization of speech courses and creation of enterprise-pe...

17 February 2022

Consultancy Opportunity: Global research on the labour market value of micro-credentials

The International Labour Office is looking for an international consultant to a lead global research on the labour-market value of micro-credentials (...

10 February 2022

The Korea Employment Information Service commits to Generating Knowledge On Youth Employment

The Korea Employment Information Service (KEIS) commits to the ILO-led UN Global Initiative on Decent Jobs For Youth to generate knowledge on the yout...

20 January 2022

Opportunity in Green Jobs for Youth: Just Energy Transition Innovation Challenge: Apply by 31 Jan

Launching now: The ILO Just Energy Transition Innovation Challenge The energy sector powers economies and sustains jobs. It also generates approximat...

08 December 2021

AFRALTI commits to Partnership in Capacity Building on Digital Skills for African Youth

Pressemitteilung: Die deutsche Firma AmaliTech wird Partner der UN-Initiative „Decent Jobs for Youth“– Große E...

15 November 2021

Over 370,000 young entrepreneurs affected by COVID-19 reached through YBI's Programme

LONDON, 15th November – Investing in young entrepreneurs’ resilience, business pivots and digital solutions is critical to supporting a ge...

10 November 2021

La Iniciativa Global sobre el Empleo Decente para los Jóvenes lanza su primer reporte de impacto

Empleo Decente para los Jóvenes aborda la falta de progresión, ritmo y coherencia en la respuesta al desafío mundial de...

10 November 2021

AmaliTech commits to equipping the present and next generations of Africa with IT skills

(Ghana, Rwanda) AmaliTech is a social business that provides employment pathways in the ICT sector to young graduates in Sub-Saharan Africa by offerin...

18 August 2021

UN Hosts First-ever #YouthLead Innovation Festival to Highlight Youth-led Solutions for the SDGs

More than 6,000 young people from around the world join virtual gathering to celebrate International Youth Day 2021 13 August 2021 (UN Headquart...

11 August 2021

The Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth Launches Its First Impact Report

On the occasion of International Youth Day, 2021, the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth has just launched its first-ever Impact report highli...

22 July 2021

Empowering conflict-affected youth in the Balkans and the Middle East with decent jobs in AI

Humans in the Loop, an award-winning social enterprise with the vision to connect conflict-affected communities to digital work, has made a commitment...

04 June 2021

Decent Jobs for Youth welcomes World YMCA’s commitment to empower youth shaping their work pathways

(4th June 2021) YMCA, one of the oldest and largest youth-focused movements in the world, has pledged its commitment to the Global Initiative on Decen...

03 June 2021

European Youth Forum commits to generating knowledge on the impacts of COVID-19 on young Europeans

(Europe) The European Youth Forum, a platform representing over 100 youth organizations and advocating for the rights of young people in Europe, has p...

02 June 2021

Journeys Within Our Community commits to equipping youth with skills for employment

(Cambodia) Journeys Within Our Community (JWOC), a Cambodian NGO has committed to the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth on supporting young p...

04 May 2021

Decent Jobs for Youth & Generation Unlimited Launch New Knowledge Facility, YouthForesight

YouthForesight will serve as a one-stop-shop providing curated publications, databases, tools, and multimedia resources to support evidence-based acti...

29 March 2021

Quality apprenticeships for young people in Burkina Faso

A hundred and fifty young apprentices have been trained through the Support to the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth in the Sahel region proj...

15 March 2021

The Adecco Group commits to empower youth at risk of social exclusion in Latin America

Adecco Group and its Foundation, a non-profit organization responding to Adecco Group's vision towards the labour market integration of people at risk...

20 January 2021

Youth Voices: Running a Sustainable Youth Business in Africa

Adugna Haile Wako is the CEO and Founder of Adugna Haile Business Consulting Firm and the Deputy CEO and Co-founder of Haile Wako Integrated Farm. He...

26 November 2020

Fundación Esplai Commits to Equipping Young People with Coding and AI Skills in Spain

(Spain) Fundación Esplai has pledged its commitment to Decent Jobs for Youth on improving young people’s employability through the promot...

04 November 2020

Including youth rights & voices is central to building back better from COVID-19

On 2 November, the Global Initiative for Decent Jobs for Youth together with the ILO PROSPECTS partnership held a session on Youth & COVID-19 duri...

03 November 2020

Development Alternatives commits to deepening youth engagement to drive inclusive entrepreneurship

Development Alternatives (DA) has committed to Decent Jobs for Youth with a focus on inclusive entrepreneurship in underserved areas of India. They wi...

26 October 2020

Oxfam commits to enhancing economic opportunities for youth via participation and capacity building

Oxfam IBIS has made a commitment to Decent Jobs for Youth to improve economic opportunities for young women and men in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tuni...

14 October 2020

ESSA commits to Sharing Data to Improve Education & Youth Employment Policies in sub-Saharan Africa

ESSA has pledged a commitment to Decent Jobs for Youth to share education data in sub-Saharan Africa with a view to improving tertiary education and e...

08 October 2020

Decent Jobs for Youth & Generation Unlimited to strengthen collaboration through the ILO-UNICEF MOU

GENEVA (ILO News) – The ILO and UNICEF have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Skills Development.The agreement was signed virtua...

22 September 2020

Eidos Global Commits to Equip Young Mothers in Argentina with Automation and Soft Skills

Eidos Global, a non-profit organisation that develops educational solutions for companies, organizations, and governments who want to make a social im...

18 September 2020

Finance Think Commits to Generate Knowledge to Inform Youth Employment Policies in North Macedonia

(North Macedonia) Finance Think, an economic research and policy institute in North Macedonia, has pledged a commitment to Decent Jobs for Youth to ge...

27 August 2020

Garden of Hope Foundation Commits to Support Entrepreneurship among Under-served Youth in Kenya

(Kenya) Garden of Hope Foundation (GoHF), is a non-profit organization that is passionate about creating sustainable socio-economic opportunities for...

11 August 2020

COVID-19 disrupts education of more than 70 per cent of youth

(originally published on ILO NEWS) The disproportionate effect of the pandemic on young people has exacerbated inequalities and risks reducing...

15 July 2020

HP Foundation commits to up-skilling aspiring young entrepreneurs

HP LIFE (Learning Initiative for Entrepreneurs), a program from the HP Foundation, is a free program for millions of innovators and entrepreneurs all...

08 July 2020

VVOB Commits to Strenghtening Ugandan Teachers’ Capability to Skill Youth for Agriculture

In the run-up to World Youth Skills Day 2020, VVOB announces its commitment to Decent Jobs for Youth on equipping Ugandan teachers with the competenci...

08 June 2020

EST and European Youth Forum Commit to Tackling Emerging Challenges in European Youth Employment

The European Student Think Tank (EST) is partnering with the European Youth Forum to provide a better understanding of challenges young people face in...

22 April 2020

Launch of Decent Jobs for Youth Global Youth Survey, #MyVoiceMyFuture Campaign, and Blog Series

The Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth launches its Global Survey on Youth & COVID 19, the #MyVoiceMyFuture...

23 March 2020

Banka BioLoo Commits to Mainstreaming Youth in Sustainable Sanitation Solutions in India

Banka BioLoo commits to Decent Jobs for Youth on creating decent job opportunities for young women and men in India’s sanitation industry. (Ind...

16 January 2020

ThinkYoung commits to mainstreaming digital literacy in Europe & Africa

Think Young commits to Decent Jobs for Youth on mainstreaming coding and soft skills into education across Europe and Africa. (Europe & Africa) T...

11 December 2019

The Decent Jobs for Youth Knowledge Facility: Learning, sharing, and engaging

Partners of the UN Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth have launched a joint Knowledge Facility (www.decentjobsforyouth.org/knowledge) which is...

09 December 2019

PEP commits to Decent Jobs for Youth, promoting local expertise for evidence-based policymaking

PEP pledges its commitment to the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth, contributing high-quality, local evidence to inform policymaking in seve...

20 November 2019

Plan International joins multi-stakeholder alliance in securing decent work for all

Plan International commits to skilling up 1.5 million young people Global child rights organization Plan International united with AIESEC Internation...

20 November 2019

IDRC commits to generate new evidence on decent employment for Africa’s youth

Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) commits to generate new evidence on boosting decent employment for Africa’s yout...

20 November 2019

Plan International s'associe à une alliance multipartite pour garantir un travail décent pour tous

Plan International s’engage à perfectionner les compétences de 1.5 millions des jeunes ADDIS ABABA, ÉTHIOPIE (20 Novembre)...

20 November 2019

Plan International se une a una alianza de múltiples actores para garantizar el trabajo decente para

Plan International se compromete a capacitar a 1.5 millones de jóvenes ADDIS ABABA, ETIOPÍA (20 de noviembre) – Plan Internationa...

09 July 2019

Fondation Forge commits to Decent Jobs for Youth

The Fondation Forge , a non-profit organization dedicated to providing quality labor access to young people with limited economic resources in Latin A...

24 May 2019

Youth Business International joins Decent Jobs for Youth

Youth Business International commits to Decent Jobs for Youth, to create sustainable change for young entrepreneurs Youth Business International (YBI...

24 May 2019

National Youth Agency of Argentina commits to Decent Jobs for Youth

The National Youth Institute (INJUVE), has announced its commitment to the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth. INJUVE commits to impleme...

24 May 2019

The Global Initiative welcomes commitment by Fundación ONCE

Fundación ONCE joins Decent Jobs for Youth, by supporting decent employment for young persons with disabilities Fundación ONCE, an orga...

23 May 2019

The Netherlands commits to Decent Jobs for Youth with challenge fund for youth employment

The Netherlands’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs has pledged its commitment to the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth. The commitment on a C...

23 May 2019

Save the Children commits to Decent Jobs for Youth on scalable tech solutions for youth employment

Save the Children has pledged its commitment to the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth, focusing on creating scalable and sustainable technolo...

23 May 2019

ICSB commits to Decent Jobs for Youth

International Council for Small Business commits to Decent Jobs for Youth, on dynamic entrepreneurship support for youth The International Council fo...

23 May 2019

J-PAL commits to Decent Jobs for Youth, supporting evidence-based policies for youth employment

The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) has pledged its commitment to the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth. Through the commitment...

10 April 2019

Decent Jobs For Youth Welcomes United nations Major group For Children And Youth's Commitment

United Nations Major Group for Children and Youth (UNMGCY), has committed to host a series of advocacy, knowledge sharing, and capacity building event...

01 April 2019

Buzinezzclub supports youth towards decent jobs by training & volunteer coaching in the Netherlands

Buzinezzclub, a social organization specialised in creating and finding job opportunities for vulnerable youth, including refugees in the Netherlands,...

28 March 2019

Bangladesh becomes first Asia-Pacific government to commit to Decent Jobs for Youth

Government of Bangladesh, a2i, boosts digital workforce opportunities and commits to training 250,000 youth on ‘future’ skills and to supp...

18 March 2019

Result-based mechanism to support youth employment in Morocco - a call for proposals

The Agence Millennium Challenge Account-Morocco (MCA-Morocco), in partnership with the Ministry of Labor of Morocco and the National Agency for the Pr...

14 March 2019

European Student Think Tank commits to Decent Jobs for Youth

The European Student Think Tank (EST), a Europe-wide youth network, has pledged its commitment to the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth. The...

07 March 2019

European Youth Forum commits to advocate for a youth-inclusive future of work in Europe

The European Youth Forum, a platform representing over 100 youth organizations and advocating for the rights of young people in Europe, has made a com...

04 March 2019

Asean Youth Community commits to Decent Jobs for Youth, equipping youth with 21st-century skills

The Asean Youth Community (AYC) has launched its commitment to the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth. Asean Youth Community by Character and...

01 March 2019

UNIAPAC commits to mobilizing business leaders to provide decent jobs for youth in Africa

UNIAPAC, an Ecumenical Union bringing together over 45.000 associated members around the World, has made a pledge to the Global Initiative on De...

22 February 2019

Blossom Academy commits to cultivate data-driven skills for youth in West Africa

(Ghana) Blossom Academy, a social enterprise dedicated to providing data-driven skills for youth in West Africa, has pledged a commitment to the...

20 February 2019

UN DESA commits to Decent Jobs for Youth to advance social entrepreneurship toward the SDGs

The 2019 World Youth Report is set to provide policy guidance for the development of national ecosystems leveraging youth social entrepreneurship for...

08 February 2019

What works in soft skills development & work-based learning for decent employment for Africa’s youth

(Nairobi) The world of work is undergoing major structural changes. Work-based learning, soft skills, and skills for jobs in the digital economy are c...

13 November 2018

Partners of Decent Jobs for Youth unite to take action on youth entrepreneurship in West Africa

As a featured event of the Global Entrepreneurship Week, partners of the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth bring together over 200 key stakeh...

08 November 2018

Government of Nigeria commits to Decent Jobs for Youth

ABUJA (ILO News) – On 8 November 2018, the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development (FMYSD), in collaboration with the International Lab...

30 August 2018

Call for concept notes : Boosting decent employment for Africa’s youth

The International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the Dutch Knowledge Platform on Inclusive Development Policies, and the International Labour Org...

22 August 2018

NEPAD Agency joins Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth

NEPAD Agency, the implementing body of the African Union, is the latest organisation to join the ILO led Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth....

22 August 2018

McDonald’s ties up with the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth

McDonald’s Corporation, the world’s leading food service retailer, is the latest company to make a commitment to address the youth employm...

20 July 2018

Apply now - Entrepreneurs for Social Change (E4SC) 2018-19

Entrepreneurs for Social Change (E4SC) is a one-year program that enhances the skills of young social entrepreneurs to boost a business idea with a so...

16 July 2018

Youth can leverage innovation and technology and become drivers of a better and sustainable future

On World Youth Skills Day, partners of the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth highlight the role of skills in empowering young people to lever...

13 July 2018

Catalysing partnerships on youth employment for the SDGs

NEW YORK - Over 66 million young women and men are unemployed. Nearly 145 million youth are working, yet living in poverty. Access to decent work...

09 May 2018

Decent Jobs for Youth puts innovation front and centre at first global partner meeting

On 2 May, partners of the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth launched Innovations for Decent Jobs for Youth, a two-day event featuring panels,...

21 March 2018

Consultation on knowledge facility of Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth

The Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth is conducting a global consultation on the development of a knowledge platform on youth employment that...

01 February 2018

Youth voices on Science, Technology, Innovation and the Future of Work

The gathering of young people from all parts of the world at the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum discussed the need for better invest...

01 December 2017

Partners of Decent Jobs for Youth launch global engagement platform for joint action

Governments, social partners, the UN System, youth and civil society, the private sector and key youth employment stakeholders launched global engagem...

18 July 2017

With relevant skills, youth can help accelerate progress on the Sustainable Development Goals

On World Youth Skills Day, ILO highlights the need to provide new skills for young people that respond effectively to new forms of work. Young people...

13 June 2017

Guy Ryder announces "Digital Skills for Decent Jobs for Youth" Campaign

Digital disruptions are untapping the power of technology and unleashing economic value across countries and sectors. They are creating employment opp...