Promoting Youth Employment: Challenges, Policies and Emerging Opportunities
Free
Promoting Youth Employment: Challenges, Policies and Emerging Opportunities
Self-guided
Introduction to the course
Youth employment is a key challenge for inclusive and sustainable development. Young people face higher unemployment, poorer job quality and more difficult transitions from education to work—challenges that are further shaped by global transformations such as digitalization, climate change and demographic change.
This self-paced course introduces the ILO’s approach to promoting youth employment, combining analysis of labour market challenges with practical insights into policies and emerging opportunities, with a strong focus on inclusion, gender equality and decent work.
Who attends this course?
- Policy-makers and government officials working on employment, education or youth policies
- Representatives of workers’ and employers’ organizations
- Development practitioners and international organization staff
- Trainers, researchers and academics in labour market and development fields
What will I learn?
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
- Understand the main challenges affecting youth employment globally
- Explain key labour market concepts used by the ILO
- Identify effective policy approaches to support young people’s access to decent work
- Recognize the employment potential of emerging sectors such as the digital, green and care economies
- Understand why inclusion, gender equality and decent work are central to youth employment strategies
How is this course organized?
The course is self-paced and structured into three progressive modules:
Module 1 – Understanding the Youth Employment Challenge
Module 2 – Promoting Youth Employment: Policies and Solutions
Module 3 – Promoting Youth Employment in Emerging Sectors
Each module combines conceptual explanations with practical examples, interactive exercises and knowledge checks to support learning and reflection.
Duration and modality
The course is self-guided and can be completed at your own pace.
You will need around 4-5 hours to complete the course. Upon completion of the modules and a short test, you will receive a an ITCILO digital certificate of completion.
