Nothing About Youth Without Youth: Advancing Decent Work and Social Justice Together
This webinar will explore what meaningful youth engagement looks like in practice and how it advances decent work and social justice with and for young people—especially refugees and forcibly displaced youth whose voices are often excluded from decision-making.
Grounded in the principle of “nothing about youth without youth,” the session will share outcomes from the 2026 Gyeonggi-ILO International Labour Festa and present the Youth Call to Action, amplifying young people’s priorities, demands, and solutions for decent work and inclusive labour markets.
The webinar will also introduce Meaningful Youth Engagement for Decent Work, a practical training package developed under the PROSPECTS Programme to help youth employment practitioners engage young people more systematically and meaningfully, with a focus on refugees and forcibly displaced youth.
💡OBJECTIVES:
Build a shared understanding of meaningful youth engagement beyond tokenism to inform more inclusive youth employment interventions.
Foster intergenerational dialogue and exchange of good practices among youth employment practitioners.
Amplify youth voices and priorities from the Youth Call to Action in advancing the Global Coalition for Social Justice.
Introduce the Meaningful Youth Engagement for Decent Work training package to strengthen practitioners’ capacity to engage young people effectively.
🙋AUDIENCE:
Global Coalition for Social Justice members
Employers’ and workers’ organizations - Youth networks and refugee youth-led organizations
Youth employment stakeholders (policymakers, development practitioners)
Organizations supporting forcibly displaced people
📣 DETAILS:
Date: 18 February 2026
Duration: 90 min
Time: 10.30AM – 12.00PM CET