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The Youth Employment Network (YEN)

The Youth Employment Network (YEN)

— theme: Youth Employment, Youth Employment Policies and Programmes, Youth Enterprise, Skills for Youth, Entering the World of Work
— country: Asia, Pacific, ASEAN, South-East Asia, Indonesia

YEN works to engage, educate and motivate actors to provide improved employment opportunities for youth. It is a platform and service provider focusing on policy advice, innovative pilot projects, knowledge sharing, and brokering partnerships. YEN makes use of its core agency partners’ know how and resources and ensures youth participation in delivering its services.

Affiliation
International Organization
Date of Establishment
2001
Contact No.
41 (0)22 799.6584
Address
Youth Employment Network
International Labour Office
4 route des Morillons
CH-1211 Genève 22
Switzerland
Email Address
yenetwork@ilo.org
Website
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/yen/index.htm

 

1. Source of funding

Donors

2. Mission and objectives

YEN works to engage, educate and motivate actors to provide improved employment opportunities for youth. It is a platform and service provider focusing on policy advice, innovative pilot projects, knowledge sharing, and brokering partnerships. YEN makes use of its core agency partners’ know how and resources and ensures youth participation in delivering its services.

3. Areas of work relating to youth employment

Youth enterprise
Youth employment programs
Youth policies
Giving youth a voice

4. Main partners and areas of partnership

The Youth Employment Network (YEN) is a partnership of United Nations, International Labour Organization, and World Bank. YEN was created in 2001 to mobilize action on the commitment of the Millennium Summit for decent and productive work for young people.

5. Existing or potential partnership with the ILO

YEN is managed by a permanent secretariat hosted by ILO in Geneva. The secretariat is primarily a provider of innovative and value-added services for the Network. A specific focus is given to West Africa, where the secretariat has a regional office in Dakar, Senegal.

6. Successful youth employment interventions

  • 1. Introduction of the Lead Country concept: In 2002, three Lead Countries stepped forward, committing to prioritise youth employment at the national level. Today there are 21 Lead Countries.

  • 2. Mobilisation of 7 Million USD from various donors to support activities of the Network.

  • 3. Development and dissemination of various publications and advocacy products on youth employment.

  • 4. Training of over 1500 youth representatives as advocates on youth employment.

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