
About
The Global Youth Employment Forum will be held from 1 to 3 August 2019 at the Sheraton Hotel in Abuja, Nigeria.
The three-day event aims to accelerate progress in fulfilling youth employment-related targets and Sustainable Development Goals. It is also a celebration of 60 years of the ILO’s presence in Africa, as well as 100 years of the ILO’s work promoting decent jobs for youth.
What can I expect?
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Youth delegates call for systematic changes to global youth employment policies
Young leaders at the ILO Global Youth Employment Forum in Nigeria highlight need for better jobs, entrepreneurship, training and rights.
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The disturbing reality of youth employment
In a speech at the opening of the ILO Global Youth Employment Forum in Abuja, Nigeria, ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, said much more needs to
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Global Forum to tackle youth employment crisis
More than 200 young people from around the world will be attending the Global Youth Employment Forum in Abuja, Nigeria to discuss how to ensure
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The Global Youth Employment Forum 2019
More than 59 million young people are unemployed. How can we harness and redirect their potential for social cohesion and economic prosperity?

Youth Employment ShareFair
The Youth Employment ShareFair is an opportunity for young people to share their ideas, projects, and startups during the Forum.
Participants will exhibit best practices, new ideas, recent achievements—anything relevant to the youth employment challenge. Exhibitions identify interventions, actions, and approaches that promote inclusion and respect diversity for specific groups.
Counting down to the Forum opening!
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