Promotion of youth employment in fragile settings in the context of COVID-19

5 October - 6 November 2020 The course provides participants with a range of integrated approaches, tools and methodologies that can be used to promote youth employment and decent work in fragile situations including health pandemics, armed conflict, natural disasters, rapid environmental degradation and forced displacement of persons. OBJECTIVES By gaining knowledge on a wide array of notions, methods and tools to promote decent work and youth employment in situations of fragility in the context of COVID-19, participants will be able to: • Reflect on current good practices and experiences on the labour market integration of youth in fragile settings • Comprehend the labour market challenges and opportunities to foster youth employment in fragile settings; • Envision feasible and sustainable strategies to promote youth employment in fragile settings • Engage in potential partnerships and south-south collaborations to promote youth employment in fragile settings. CONTENT Participants will broaden their knowledge on the course topics with the guidance of the course faculty. • ILO’s normative and operational response to build peace and resilience and theory of change from employment to peace through decent work in the context of COVID-19 • Profiling of target groups, territorial, stakeholder and enterprise analysis in the context of COVID-19 • Concrete strategies to promote employment and decent work for crisis prevention and response • Apply the methodologies and tools to your local context for the promotion of youth employment.