Nothing about youth without youth: Advancing decent work and social justice together

Young people are increasingly called upon to participate in programmes, policies and decisions that affect their lives - yet too often, engagement remains symbolic rather than meaningful. For young people in forced displacement contexts, the gap between intention and impact is even wider.

This 90-minute YouthForesight webinar will explore what meaningful youth engagement looks like in practice, with a focus on moving beyond consultation toward co-creation, shared power and accountability. It will provide a platform to share the outcomes of the 2026 Gyeonggi-ILO International Labour Festa and present the Youth Call to Action emerging from it, amplifying young people’s priorities, demands, and solutions related to accessing decent work, labour rights, and inclusive labour markets. The webinar will also introduce participants to Meaningful Youth Engagement for Decent Work: A training package on engaging young people in employment programmes, a practical tool developed under the PROSPECTS Programme to support youth employment practitioners in engaging young people more systematically and meaningfully across employment programmes, with a particular focus on refugees and forcibly displaced youth.

The session will spotlight practical approaches, tools and real-world examples that enable young people - especially those facing displacement - to meaningfully shape programmes and decisions related to decent work and social justice.

YouthForesight is an initiative jointly hosted by the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth (DJY) and Generation Unlimited (GenU). DJY is a UN initiative led by the ILO.