More than 200 young people from around the world from 65 countries representing tripartite (government, employers and trade union) along with social partners, academics, and staff from multilateral organizations, regional institutions, foundations, civil society attended to discuss how to ensure more and better quality jobs for young people.
Youth employment has long been at or near the top of national development agendas, and progressive guidance on how to improve young people's transition to decent work is in high demand.
It 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.
Around the world 255 million young people are not in employment, nor are they in education or training. These are the so-called NEETs. Young women are three times more likely to figure among that number than are young men.
With 59 million young people unemployed worldwide and 136 million in poverty, youth employment is one of the most pressing issues facing the world of work.
Therefore, we're Happy that our 'Bridging the Gap - DIGITAL SKILLS MATCHING - INTERNSHIP PROGRAM between youth and employers' was selected as one of 17 initiatives at the Global Youth Employment Forum 2019 - Abuja, Nigeria among the 200 young changemakers to show how we help young people get the work they want. This project has been initiated by the Young Employers' Association of MONEF and Young Mongolian Professionals Association (YMPA) since this March, 2019.
Ms. BALJINNYAM Chinzorigt (Baljaa) - Director of Foreign Relations and Cooperation Department, Mongolian Employers' Federation (MONEF); Chair of Young Employers Association of Mongolia (MONEF-YOUTH); Chair of Young Mongolian Professionals Association (YMPA).