“There will be no peace without jobs for young people”
A shared feeling among young people worldwide is the difficult era people are experiencing due to the persistent economic crisis. This situation implies serious consequences …
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01/03/2022 (Español) 2022 Año Europeo de la Juventud
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25/05/2021 Fundación Novia Salcedo participates in the United Nations Civil Society Program
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26/04/2021 (Español) El futuro del trabajo tras el COVID-19
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18/02/2021 (Español) Día Internacional de la Mujer y la Niña en la Ciencia
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01/02/2021 (Español) NSF colabora con la Campaña “Join the Conversation. Be the Change #UN75″
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Salazar-Xirinachs: “Pegasus is a visionary idea of the future with great merit”
José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Assistant Director-General for Policy (ILO) participated in one of the plenary tables at the Bilbao Youth Employment Forum; an opportunity to discuss …
Eguzki Urteaga: “The presence of youth unemployment in the media will force the government to adopt far-reaching plans”
The University of the Basque Country’s professor of Sociology, Eguzki Urteaga, moderated one of three plenary sessions at the Bilbao Youth Employment Forum, where experts …
“Young people deserve more help than what we are giving them”
The work performed during the two days of the Bilbao Youth Employment Forum concluded with the thoughts of the representatives of international organisations. Mark Keese, …
(Español) Los expertos reclaman políticas de crecimiento económico y formación dual
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BYEF 2014: Employment is a right, not a luxury
75 million young people are unemployed. A figure that is high even if we look at the numbers in Europe, where 6 million are jobless, …
(Español) BYEF 2014: El empleo juvenil, protagonista del ‘Hoy por hoy’
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BYEF, an opportunity to announce that the situation of young people “is no longer sustainable”
On November 24 and 25, the capital of Bizkaia will host the most important international forum that has been held in Europe to date on …
1.7 million dollar fund for 14,000 young Latin Americans to access quality employment
Latin America is taking huge steps in the long path it still has to travel to reduce its high youth unemployment rates, which, in some …
Ban Ki-moon urges G20 leaders to focus on youth jobs
The G20 summit was hosted by Australia in Brisbane, where youth unemployment is still being a trouble. The youth in Australia is determined and often …
‘Finding Job’, a creative programme for young jobseekers
The Department of the Basque Language, Youth and Sports of the City of Bilbao, in collaboration with the Youth Department of the Provincial Council of …
Youth Unemployment has been taken into account in the World Economic Forum held in Dubai on 9-11 November
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, UAE Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, said that the world needed more than ever to coordinate efforts, unify visions and shape …
3 proposals to tackle Youth Unemployment Crisis in Europe.
Joblessness is ravaging the youth of Europe is reported by the digital edition of Business Week. The unemployment rate for people 29 and younger in …
A threat to the prosperity of Latin America
According to a recent report by the ILO Office in Latin America, about 20 million of the more than 108 million Latin American and Caribbean …
Objective: Reduce the mismatch between training and employment
The effectiveness of the education system in Spain is in question because many young graduates are forced to accept jobs that require lower qualifications than …
Somalia’s government has reaffirmed its commitment to the implementation of a National Youth Policy
One of the most hopeful news in the United Nation´s Global Forum on Youth Policies held in Baku (Azerbaijan) was the announcement of the implementation …
Barriers to youth employment
There are many barriers to youth employment in the world: the individualisation of culture, the labour relations model based on vertical rigid systems, the low …
The road -full of obstacles- of young people with disabilities to employment
The rattle of Jesus’ trolley can be heard in the distance. Like every morning this young man, aged 31, arrives at the post office, picks …
Chess Grandmaster Paco Vallejo’s video supporting Pegasus
Paco Vallejo, chess Grandmaster and Spanish champion for three times, has recorded a video to support Pegasus, the International Campaign for the Youth Employment Decade.
Coca-Cola’s GIRA Project has helped improve the employability of 1,300 young people
Multinationals have also decided to help reduce the alarming youth unemployment figures. Two years ago, Coca-Cola launched the GIRA Project, which has already helped over …