The ILO, UNICEF, and UNHCR jointly established and launched a Youth Network Committee (YNC). The 13-member YNC consists of refugee, internally displaced and host community youth, as well as youth leaders and youth representatives from government institutions, and serves as a formal advisory group for the PROSPECTS programme. The YNC members meet quarterly to review progress and provide feedback on programme activities. Additionally, the ILO, UNHCR, and UNICEF facilitated a Youth Leadership Academy for YNC members to build their skills in areas like gender and disability inclusion, rights at work and meaningful youth engagement, as well as soft skills such as "communication, leadership and teamwork". Ethiopia also tailored and adapted the Work Wise Youth guide in collaboration with the Confederation of Ethiopian Trade Unions. Along with Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan, and Sudan, young leaders from Ethiopia also benefited from a six-month training programme launched by the ILO, UNICEF, and UNHCR in July 2022.

In Iraq, the global Work Wise Youth guide was contextualised through extensive consultations with young people, ILO constituents, universities and civil society organisations. This process included 177 young people representing refugees, IDPs and host communities and 38 participants representing organisations and institutions such as the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Department of Labour and Social Affairs, Ministry of Higher Education, employer’s and worker’s organizations and universities. Find out more about promoting rights at work for youth in Iraq.

Kenya is one of the countries where the Work Wise Youth guide has garnered further attention and is being adapted in collaboration with the Central Organization of Trade Unions - Kenya (COTU-K). PROSPECTS’ collaboration with COTU-K produced a workshop to support the development of a youth engagement plan for the organization’s National Youth Committee. Along with Ethiopia, Uganda, South Sudan, and Sudan, young leaders from Kenya also benefited from a six-month training programme launched by the ILO, UNICEF, and UNHCR in July 2022.

A total of 63 young (aspiring) leaders in Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, South Sudan and Sudan benefited from a six-month training programme launched by the three organizations in July 2022. The objective was to equip refugee and host community young people with knowledge and soft skills to participate effectively and lead change in their communities and beyond. The ILO led and facilitated a session on job-search techniques and skills and another on entrepreneurship, drawing on methodologies discussed in the chapters on Job Search Clubs and business development services.

A total of 63 young (aspiring) leaders in Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, South Sudan and Sudan benefited from a six-month training programme launched by the three organizations in July 2022. The objective was to equip refugee and host community young people with knowledge and soft skills to participate effectively and lead change in their communities and beyond. The ILO led and facilitated a session on job-search techniques and skills and another on entrepreneurship, drawing on methodologies discussed in the chapters on Job Search Clubs and business development services.