
Official account of the @ILO Youth Employment Programme. Promoting productive employment & #DecentJobsForYouth everywhere!
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ILO-Youth Employment retweeted
🎙️ Meet the speakers joining our #YouthForesight webinar, "The Opportunity Engine", exploring how #JobTech, AI & digital platforms are reshaping young people’s pathways to skills, work and income. 👇
🔗 bit.ly/3VUvPjj
📅 28 Oct | 09:00 ET
#YouthEmployment #FutureOfWork
ILO-Youth Employment retweeted
🚀 How can #JobTech turn digital innovation into real livelihood opportunities for young people?
Join our #YouthForesight webinar to explore how AI, digital platforms & new models of work can bridge the gap from learning to earning.
🔗 Register: bit.ly/3VUvPjj
📅 28 Oct | 09:00 ET
#WorkLifeReady #DecentJobsForYouth
🇷🇼 What do young people want from Rwanda’s employment policy?
Youth representatives brought their priorities to the table, drafting a Call to Action with recommendations for implementing the updated National Employment Policy.
🔗 More on the project: bit.ly/4rWe536
ILO-Youth Employment retweeted
Work can bring purpose, stability and connection. It can also put health and well-being at risk.
The difference often lies in how work is designed, organized and managed. What makes a workplace feel healthy to you?
Read more: ow.ly/Tghm50YLtMP #WorldMentalHealthDay
ILO-Youth Employment retweeted
🇷🇼 Youth voices, stronger partnerships, concrete solutions.
In Rwanda, the EU–ILO Youth Employment Expert Network facilitated exchanges on meaningful youth engagement and partnerships, alongside group work to co-develop youth employment interventions.
🔗 bit.ly/4rWe536 for more info on the project.
#DecentJobsForYouth #YouthEmployment #YouthEmploymentExpertNetwork
🇷🇼 From evidence to action!
The EU–ILO Youth Employment Expert Network is contributing to @RwandaLabour-led consultations on Rwanda’s updated National Employment Policy (7–9 Oct), sharing evidence on what works for youth employment.
🔗 More info: bit.ly/4rWe536
ILO-Youth Employment retweeted
📚 What were the most accessed resources on #YouthForesight in September?
1️⃣ Youth2030 Progress Report
🔗 bit.ly/4rCjpZ8
2️⃣ A Global Case for Investing in Youth
🔗 bit.ly/4zbCtAl
3️⃣ New Economy Skills
🔗 bit.ly/4rNEq3b
#WorkLifeReady #DecentJobsForYouth
ILO-Youth Employment retweeted
How is AI 🤖 changing entry-level work and young people’s pathways into employment?
👉 bit.ly/46RWwHU
🗣️ Join Qiqing He at #YouthForesight forum and share what you’re seeing in your country or community, especially what’s helping young people turn AI anxiety into AI agency.
📢 Consultancy opportunity
@IloProspects is looking for a consultant to develop practical training and facilitation materials for meaningful youth engagement in employment programmes across PROSPECTS countries.
Interested? Learn more & apply 👇
🔗 ungm.org/Public/Notice/31390…
ILO-Youth Employment retweeted
More than 63 million young people have been helped by the Youth Guarantee schemes in the EU.
Pirkko Pyörälä of the @EU_Commission shares the Youth Guarantee approach and the continued need to focus on the most vulnerable young NEETs.
🎥 Watch: bit.ly/3UyvRNl
#YouthEmployment #YouthGuarantee #NEETs
ILO-Youth Employment retweeted
Getting a job is not the only objective. Access to decent work matters too.
Christina Behrendt explains how social protection can give young people greater choice - instead of having to accept work that is informal, unsafe or poorly paid.
🎥 Watch: bit.ly/3UyvRNl
#YouthEmployment #DecentWork #SocialProtection
📣 Two questions. Your input can help shape a better course for young people.
@ilo + @ITCILO are developing a WhatsApp-based microlearning course on #YouthRightsAtWork.
Tell us:
💬 Which topics matter most?
📱 Which formats work best?
🔗 surveymonkey.com/r/7PHVXY9
ILO-Youth Employment retweeted
How can employment services support young people they cannot see?
Patrick P. Patriwirawan shares how the Philippines is bringing services closer to young people, using local barangays to reach and onboard first-time jobseekers.
🎥 Watch: bit.ly/3UyvRNl
#YouthEmployment #NEETs #DecentWork
ILO-Youth Employment retweeted
NEET describes a situation. It does not define a young person.
Mamatete Letsoso calls for us to look beyond the label, involve young people in shaping the solutions designed for them, and make sure strong policies are matched by strong implementation.
🎥 (Re)watch the webinar: bit.ly/3UyvRNl
#YouthEmployment #NEETs #YouthParticipation
What does meaningful youth engagement look like in practice?
🎥 Discover the @ilo's Meaningful Youth Engagement for Decent Work training package: practical guidance and tools to strengthen young people’s engagement in employment programmes.
⬇️ bit.ly/4piXswA
ILO-Youth Employment retweeted
Young people are 4× more likely to face unemployment than adults.
At our #YouthForesight webinar Youth NEETs on the Rise, @ilo's Sara Elder highlighted the frustration many young people face today and why understanding the different realities behind the numbers matters for effective responses.
🎥 Watch the webinar: youthforesight.org/resource-…
#YouthEmployment
ILO-Youth Employment retweeted
💬 Young researchers Jiner Fan and Xingxuan Xi set out to answer a simple but urgent question: are internships and work placements actually leading young people to real jobs... or just checking a box?
Join them in uncovering this topic!
👉 bit.ly/4zIYQOy
What should a youth rights at work course actually look like?
@ilo + @ITCILO are developing a WhatsApp-based microlearning course and we want young people to help shape it.
💬 What topics matter most?
📱 What formats help you learn best?
👉 the survey: surveymonkey.com/r/7PHVXY9
ILO-Youth Employment retweeted
⏰ Tomorrow on #YouthForesight: young researchers take the lead.
Join Youth Shaping Solutions to explore youth-led research on digital skills, learning-to-earning transitions & meaningful youth engagement in MERL.
📅 26 Aug | 09:00 ET
🔗 bit.ly/4wX0avo
#YouthLedResearch #YouthEngagement
ILO-Youth Employment retweeted
🎙️ Meet the speakers joining our #YouthForesight webinar on youth-led research & evidence.
Young researchers, practitioners and partners will explore how youth-generated evidence can better inform skills, livelihoods, programmes & policy. 👇
🔗 bit.ly/4wX0avo 📅 26 Aug | 09:00 ET
#YouthLedResearch #YouthEngagement





















