Commonwealth Youth Programme (CYP)
Publishes the biannual Commonwealth youth and development journal in collaboration with the Institute for Continuing Education, University of South Africa (UNISA). It is available on SAePublications.
Commonwealth Youth Council (CYC)
"an independent youth led body that will strengthen youth participation in the Commonwealth."
Independent Accountability Panel (IAP) for Every Woman, Every Child, Every Adolescent. Established by the United Nations.
International Atomic Energy Agency. Resources for Youth
International Year of Youth, August 2010 - August 2011
UNESCO. Social Inclusion and Youth
United Nations. Youth 2030 : working with and for young people. [Geneva: United Nations, 2018?]
United Nations. Office of the Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth
United Nations. Social Policy and Development Division. Youth
United Nations High-Level Meeting on Youth, 25-26 July 2011
United Nations Inter-Agency Network on Youth Development (IANYD)
"a network consisting of UN entities, represented at the headquarters level, whose work is relevant to youth."
"founded in 1995 as UNICEF’s online place for young people to learn more about issues affecting their world."
Plan with Youth: Engaging Youth in Planning Education for Social Transformation (UNESCO)
"a website created and crafted by young people, students and youth leaders."
Youth Policy Labs Non-governmental.
Working with youth toward sustainable future. OFID quarterly, October 2011. G 436 K.OFID
Columbia Global Policy Initiative in collaboration with The Office of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth (2014). Overcoming youth marginilaztion: conference report and policy recommendations
World Conference on Youth 2014: Mainstreaming Youth in the Post-2015 Development Agenda, Sri Lanka, 6th-10th May 2014 Progress report, 2013/14
Fifth African Development Forum (ADF-V): Youth and Leadership in the 21st Century (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: 2006). The Fifth African Development Forum (ADF-V): Youth and Leadership in the 21st Century, 16-18 November 2006, United Nations Conference Centre, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Concept Paper. [Addis Ababa: United Nations Commission for Africa; African Union, 2006.]
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| Youth and skills : putting education to work / UNESCO. -- Paris : UNESCO, c2012. |
| x, 465 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm. ( EFA global monitoring report ; 2012 ) |
The Commonwealth:
G 41 PARL 4/2012
Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (2012 : Colombo, Sri Lanka). Workshop H. Tackling Youth Unemployment. In: The Parliamentarian, Issue 4 (2012), p. 276-279.
Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (2012 : Colombo, Sri Lanka). Workshop H. Mark, Wade. Tackling youth unemployment in Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean.
Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (2012 : Colombo, Sri Lanka). Workshop H. Proceedings of Workshop H: Tackling Youth Unemployment In: Proceedings of Workshops, 12th September 2012.
G 41 ED.FINA Bidla, Rajkumar. (2011) Global economic growth and stability through youth employment. Commonwealth finance ministers reference report, 2011, p. 25-27.
Commonwealth’s Youth Credit Initiative (CYCI)
Food and Agricultural Organization:
ILO & FAO Working Together. Youth employment
Rural youth employment in developing countries: a global view
International Labour Organization:
Global Employment Trends for Youth 2022: Investing in transforming futures for young people
Global employment trends for youth, 2020: technology and the future of jobs
World employment social outlook : trends for youth, 2016
World report on child labour 2015: paving the way to decent work for young people.
Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth
Youth Employment Network (YEN)
A partnership of United Nations, International Labour Organization, and World Bank.
Youth Employment Inventory (YEI)
"YEI is the first comprehensive database to provide comparative information on youth employment interventions worldwide. ... Originally initiated by the World Bank, the YEI today is a joint effort of the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), the International Labour Organiszation (ILO), World Bank and Youth Employment Network (YEN)."
Youth Employment: an electronic resource tool for employers
Bureau of Library and Information Services. Resource guide on youth employment
ILO. Youth Employment Forum, 23-25 May 2012, Geneva
ILO, UNDP, UNHCR. Case studies on youth employment in fragile situations. Geneva? : ILO, UNDP, UNHCR, 2017.
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| Elder, Sara. |
| Global employment trends for youth : special issue on the impact of the global economic crisis on youth / [... written by Sara Elder, with contributions from Steven Kapsos and Theo Sparreboom ...]. -- Geneva : International Labour Office, 2010. |
Global Employment Trends for Youth 2015: Scaling up investments in decent jobs for youth. Geneva: International Labour Organization, 2015.
Guide for the preparation of national action plans on youth employment (2008)
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| International Labour Conference (101st : 2012 : Geneva, Switzerland). |
| The youth employment crisis: time for action / International Labour Conference, 101st Session, 2012. -- Geneva, Switzerland : International Labour Office (ILO), 2012. |
International Labour Conference (101st : 2012 : Geneva, Switzerland).Youth employment crisis: highlights of the 2012 ILC report.
International Labour Conference (101st : 2012 : Geneva, Switzerland). The youth employment crisis: a call for action: resolution and conclusions of the 101st Session of the International Labour Conference, Geneva, 2012.
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| Forcier, Natalie, author. |
| Youth employment & livelihood survey on skills & market opportunities : Mogadishu, Somalia / prepared by Natalie Forcier, Ubah Adan, Alan Gutsell. -- [Mogadishu, Somalia?] : Forcier Consulting, January 2013. |
Matsumoto, Makiko, Martina Hengge, Iyanatul Islam (2012). Tackling the youth employment crisis: a macroeconomic perspective. Geneva: International Labour Organization (Employment Working Paper No. 124)
Youth labour market analysis: a training package on youth labour market information. International Labour Office, Youth Employment Programme, Employment Policy Department. - Geneva: ILO, 2013
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD):
OECD skills outlook 2015 : youth, skills and employability. Paris : OECD, [2015]
OECDiLibrary http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264234178-en
OECD. Rising youth unemployment during the crisis: how to prevent negative long-term consequences on a generation. OECDiLibrary: http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5kmh79zb2mmv-en
OECD. Youth Employment and Unemployment
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ; International Labour Organization. Promoting better labour market outcomes for youth: Report on youth employment and apprenticeships prepared for the G20 Labour and Employment Ministerial Meeting Melbourne, Australia, 10-11 September 2014. Paris: OECD, August 2014.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ; International Labour Organization. Achieving better youth employment outcomes: Monitoring policies and progress in G20 economies: Report prepared for the G20 Employment Working Group Antalya, Turkey, 26-27 February 2015. Paris: OECD, 2015.
LEED Programme (Local Economic and Employment Development). Local strategies for youth employment
Promoting pro-poor growth: employment (2009) p. 119 ff. Youth employment
OFID:
Hughes, Steve. Youth unemployment : the lost generation, pages 14-16 In: OFID quarterly, April 2015. G 436 K.OFID
United Nations. Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Review of national action plans on youth employment: putting commitment into action (2007)
World youth report, 2011: Youth Employment: Youth Perspectives on the Pursuit of Decent Work in Changing Times G 494 E.UNDE.13.YOUT
United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN-HABITAT):
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| Bigenimana, Emmanuel. |
| Giving youth their space : a case study of the Kimisagara One Stop Youth Employment and Productive Centre / Emmanuel Bigenimana, [editor: Rob Sinclair] ; UN HABITAT. -- Nairobi, Kenya : UN-HABITAT, [2012]. |
World Bank:
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| Farès, Jean. |
| How are youth faring in the labor market? : evidence from around the world / Jean Fares, Claudio E. Montenegro, Peter F. Orazem. -- [Washington, D.C.] : World Bank, Development Economics, Office of the Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, [2006] |
OECD. Youth and COVID-19: Response, Recovery and Resilience. Paris: OECD, 2020.
United Nations Inter-Agency Network on Youth Development. Statement on COVID-19 and Youth. 2020.
World Programme of Action for Youth (WPAY)
"The WPAY, adopted by the General Assembly in 1995, provides a policy framework and practical guidelines for national action and international support to improve the situation of young people around the world."
The Commonwealth plan of action for youth empowerment, 2007-2015
K4Health. Youth Policy Toolkit
Links to national policies relating to youth health.
Youthpolicy.org. Overview of national youth policies
Links to full-text policies.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Meeting of the OECD Council at Ministerial Level, Paris, 29-30 May 2013. The OECD Action Plan for Youth: giving youth a better start in the labour market. Paris: OECD, 2013.
UNESCO portal of education plans and policies from member states.
UNFPA. Strategy on adolescents and youth (2013)
UNFPA. Framework for action on adolescents and youth: opening doors with young people: 4 keys (2007)
USAID. Youth Reproductive Health Policy Database
"an online resource for improving youth reproductive health (YRH) and HIV/AIDS policy worldwide."
United Nations. Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Population Division (2013). Adolescent Fertility since the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo.
United Nations. Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Population Division (2013). Adolescent fertility trends (Population facts No. 2013/7)
Independent Accountability Panel for Every Women, Every Child, Every Adolescent. 2017 Transformation accountability for adolescents : accountability for the health and human rights of women, children and adolescents in the 2030 agenda. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2017.
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HIV prevention among young injecting drug users / United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. -- New York : United Nations, 2004.
67 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
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National AIDS programmes : a guide to indicators for monitoring and evaluating national HIV/AIDS prevention programmes for young people. -- Geneva : World Health Organization, c2004. 80 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
G 494 J.WHO TRS 938
Preventing HIV/AIDS in young people : a systematic review of the evidence from developing countries / edited by David A. Ross, Bruce Dick & Jane Ferguson ; UNAIDS Inter-Agency Task Team on Young People. -- Geneva, Switzerland : World Health Organization, 2006. v, 348 p. : charts, map ; 24 cm. ( WHO technical report series ; 938 )
Global Migration Group. 2014. Migration and youth: challenges and opportunities
International Labour Organization. 2013. Joint programming on youth employment and migration: a training guide.
International Labour Organization. Knowledge Management Facility on Youth Employment and Migration
International Labour Organization. 2013. Youth employment and migration: a review of practices from joint programmes of the United Nations.
MDG Achievement Fund. Library. Youth, employment and migration
MDG Achievement Fund. MDG-F Knowledge Management Facility on Youth Employment and Migration
MDG Achievement Fund. 2013. Youth employment and migration: review of MDG-F joint programmes key findings and achievements.
MDG Achievement Fund. 2013. Youth employment and migration: thematic window development results report, October 2013
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. World youth report, 2013: youth & migration
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Youth issue briefs, 2016, Youth and migration
UN Joint Programme on Youth Employment and Migration: Reaping the benefits and mitigating the risks
Krook, Mona Lena. Youth participation in national parliaments, 2016. Geneva: Inter-Parliamentary Union, 2016. Shelf no. G 494 E.IPU.16 YOUT
United Nations Development Programme. Youth solutions report, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
UNFPA. The power of 1.8 billion: adolescents, youth and the transformation of the future (State of world population 2014) G 494 E.UNFP.14.POWE
United Nations World Youth Report, 2013: youth & migration
| Youth employment : youth perspectives on the pursuit of decent work in changing times / New York, NY : United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, [2013]. G 494 E.UNDE.13.YOUT |
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| World youth report : youth & climate change. -- New York : United Nations, c2010. |
| xvii, 171 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. map ; 28 cm. ( Economic & social affairs) |
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| United Nations. Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs. |
| World youth report, 2007 : young people's transition to adulthood : progress and challenges / Department of Economic and Social Affairs. -- New York : United Nations, Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs, 2007. |
| xli, 305 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. |
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| United Nations. Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs. |
| World Youth report, 2005 : young people today and in 2015 / Department of Economic and Social Affairs. -- [New York] : United Nations Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs, 2005. |
| xii, 192 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. |
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| World youth report, 2003 : the global situation of young people / Department of Economic and Social Affairs. -- New York : United Nations, 2004. |
| xvi, 409 p. : ill., photos. ; 28 cm. |
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. UNODC Youth Initiative (with resources)
UN Office on Drugs and Crime. Global Youth Network
"The Global Youth Network project is run by UNODC to increase youth involvement with the international community in developing drug abuse prevention policies and programmes."
WHO Global Information System on Alcohol and Health (GISAH). Youth and Alcohol
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| Monitoring and evaluating youth substance abuse prevention programmes / Global Youth Network. -- Vienna : United Nations, 2006. |
| v, 74 p. : ill. ; 30 cm. |
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G 494 E.UNOD.04.HIVP |
| HIV prevention among young injecting drug users / United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. -- New York : United Nations, 2004. |
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67 p. : ill. ; 30 cm. |
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| A strong start : good practices in using a local situation assessment to begin a youth substance abuse prevention project. -- Vienna : United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime ; [S.l.] : World Health Organization, 2004. |
| 50 p. ; 30 cm. |
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| United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. |
| Drug abuse prevention among youth from ethnic and indigenous minorities / United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Vienna. -- New York : United Nations, 2004. |
| 48 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm. |
| G 494 E.UNOD.04.SCHO |
| United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. |
| Schools : school-based education for drug abuse prevention / United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Vienna ; Global Youth Network. -- New York : United Nations, 2004. |
| 82 p. ; 30 cm. |
| G 494 E.UNOD.03.INTE |
| United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. |
| Internet : using the internet for drug abuse prevention / United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Vienna, Global Youth Network. -- New York : United Nations, 2003. |
| 48 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm. |
| G 494 E.UNOD.03.PEER |
| Peer to peer : using peer to peer strategies for drug abuse prevention / Global Youth Network. -- New York : United Nations, 2003. |
| 52 p. ; 30 cm. |
| G 494 E.UNOD.02.SPOR |
| United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention. |
| Sport : using sport for drug abuse prevention / United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention. -- New York : United Nations, 2002. |
| 52 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm. |
SDSN Youth "is a program of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network - an initiative launched by UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, in 2012 to mobilize global expertise around the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)." Reports & Books.
Williamson, Nancy E., author. Motherhood in childhood : facing the challenge of adolescent pregnancy. New York, N. Y. : United Nations Population Fund, [2013] G 494 E.UNFP.13.MOTH
United Nations. Social Policy and Development Division. Youth Resolutions
UN-HABITAT. Publications and other materials. Youth
UN-HABITAT Youth Empowerment Programme
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| State of the urban youth report, 2012-2013 : youth in the prosperity of cities / [director and principal author:Oyebanji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka] ; UN HABITAT. -- Nairobi, Kenya : United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT), 2013. | ||||
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| Miller, Thomas. |
| Evaluation of the UN-HABITAT Youth Programme & Urban Youth Fund / [authors, Thomas Miller, Willem van Vliet]. -- Nairobi, Kenya : UN-HABITAT, 2011. |
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v, 64 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm. ( Evaluation report ; 2/2011 )
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| G 494 E.UNHA.10.MAPP |
| Mapping urban youth-led development. -- Nairobi, Kenya : UN-HABITAT, c2010. |
| 24 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 25 cm. |
| G 494 E.UNHA.10.STAT |
| State of the urban youth, 2010/2011 : leveling the playing field : inequality of youth opportunity / UN HABITAT. -- Nairobi, Kenya : United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT), 2010. |
| xv, 68 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm. |
| G 494 E.UNHA.05.STRA |
| Strategy paper on urban youth in Africa : a focus on the most vulnerable groups. -- Nairobi, Kenya : United Nations Human Settlements Programme, 2005. |
| xi, 87 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
The Commonwealth. International Programme on Youth Entrepreneurship Training
Southern innovator : a magazine celebrating south-south innovation. Issue 2 (Spring 2012), Youth & entrepreneurship issue. New York : United Nations Development Programme, 2012. G 494 K.SOUT
UNCTAD. Policy Guide on Youth Entrepreneurship
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| Disarming children and youth : raising awareness and addressing the impact of small arms : report of the workshop held September 8-12 in Accra, Ghana. -- South Africa : UNICEF, [2002?]. |
| 23 p. ; 21 cm. |
World Health Organization. Youth Violence
Includes publications.
Hilker, Lyndsay McLean, Frase, Erika. Youth exlusion, violence, conflict and fragile states: report prepared for DFID's Equity and Rights Team: final report, 30th April 2009.