Launch event: Engagement platform of Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth

  • November 29, 2017

  • Geneva, Switzerland

  • What:

    Launch of the engagement platform of the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth

  • When:

    29 November 2017,

    10:30am - 12:30pm

    Geneva Time

  • Where:

    International Labour Office in Geneva, Switzerland

  • Who:

    Governments, Social Partners, Youth & Civil Society, Parliamentarians, Private Sector, Media, United Nations, Academia, Foundations and others

On 29 November 2017, partners of Decent Jobs for Youth will jointly launch the engagement platform – www.decentjobsforyouth.org.

The event brings together partners of the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth and other key youth employment actors to celebrate the launch of the online engagement platform, to present the Quality Apprenticeships Toolkit and to learn more about the ongoing work and opportunities for collaboration.

The engagement platform will provide an open space for partners who subscribe to the strategy and guiding principles of Decent Jobs for Youth to join and engage with others, creating real change for young people across the globe. In particular, the platform will catalyse youth employment partnerships and strengthen coherence with a view to scaling up existing efforts and increasing impact.

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Time of the event: Launch of the engagement platform of the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth, 29 November 2017, 10.30 – 12.30, at the International Labour Office in Geneva, Switzerland

Live stream: The event will be live streamed using this link -https://bit.ly/2A20Q9H – Inform your colleagues, partners and networks to follow the event.

Agenda

Time

Item

10 am

Registeration
Welcome coffee

10:30 am

Opening remarks
Azita Berar Awad, Director, Employment Policy Department, ILO

10:35 am

Information session

  • Latest global employment trends for youth
  • Youth employment in the 2030 Agenda
  • The Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth
  • ILO Toolkit for Quality Apprenticeships

Q&A

11:30 am

Launch of Engagement Platform and ILO Toolkit for Quality Apprenticeships
Guy Ryder, Director-General, ILO
Remarks by High level representatives from UN entities and partners of Decent Jobs for Youth
Q&A

12:20 pm

Next steps and closing

12:30 pm

Networking lunch
Light lunch in Espace Gobelins – R2 South, ILO


For further information visit decentjobsforyouth.org


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Launch event: Engagement platform of Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth

29 Nov 2017 @ 10:30am - 12:30pm

Launch of the engagement platform of the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth