ILO to host conf. on youth employment in north Africa

CAIRO - 19 September 2017: The International Labor Organization (ILO) will host a High-Level Conference on Youth and Employment in North Africa, ILO said in a statement on Tuesday.

A number of countries will participate in the conference, including Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia, as well as development partners and major stakeholders to agree on a five-year plan of action and road-map to enhance youth employment in the sub-region.

The conference will be held on September 26 and 27 in ILO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. It will be held under the theme “Scale up actions for youth employment.”

The two-day conference will address the most pressing issues of Youth and Decent Work in North Africa. The interactive platform will provide an opportunity to share the latest key initiatives, results, and priorities ahead for each country.

North Africa was hard-hit by high levels of youth unemployment, low female labour force participation, compromised job quality, increasing informality and, slow productivity and underemployment. Yet, countries have been able to move past emergency and short-term responses to undertake substantial reforms in favor of a more inclusive and job-rich growth.