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Publications: The ILO’s latest Global Wage Report 2024-25 provides a detailed look at wage trends around the world and in different regions, highlighting changes in wage inequality and real wage growth. This policy brief by A&R Carton explores how improved market access helps small firms in low and middle income countries grow through new sales, connection with new buyers, and information sharing.
Tools: The long-awaited Global Youth Forum 2025 is here! A United Nations training institution and training arm of the International Labour Organization, the ITCILO invites participants to the 2024 edition of its Global Youth Forum - an experiential learning platform bringing youth at the forefront of efforts aimed at supporting the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and achieving its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Build an emotionally-intelligent generation of entrepreneurs with this ‘Entrepreneurship-focused Socio-Emotional Skills Learning (ESEL) manual’ which consists of modules on inter/intrapersonal skills and entrepreneurship skills informed by the Growth Mindset and Entrepreneurial Mindset.
📅 December Events - Sign up NOW:
❗ HAPPENING TODAY (2pm Geneva time): DECENT WORK, BRIGHTER FUTURES: 20 Years of ILO’s reports on Global Employment Trends for Youth through regional intergenerational dialogues (Episode 3). The series will consist of three virtual and one hybrid episode that will bring together voices from today's generation of young adults (Gen Z) and those who were young adults 20 years ago (Gen X), and will explore intergenerational commonalities or differences in the youth-to-adulthood journeys linked to the world of work.
12 December 2024: Skills That Speak: Boosting Employment and Earnings Through Skills Signaling. How can tools that help job seekers better certify and signal their skills improve employment and earnings? In this one-hour virtual webinar, Stefano Caria (University of Warwick) and the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)’s Labor Markets sector discuss the findings from their recent policy brief on improving job seekers’ employment and earnings through credible skills signals.
✅ Trending discussion in our Community Forum:
Have we heard from you? Join our forum’s latest discussion on "Key barriers and solutions on making skilling programmes and employment opportunities more inclusive of youth with disabilities” with Anna Burlyaeva from UNICEF using this link. Currently, we are discussing key challenges we encountered to engage youth with disabilities in skilling programmes.
Now it’s your turn to give us an update, too! Tell us in the comments what you plan to accomplish this week, and how our Youth Foresight Team and forum members can help you get there. We wish you another insightful week.