IsDB-ILO Youth Green Skills Accelerator Challenge Call

01 July 2022 - 12 August 2022

The IsDB and the ILO invite youth-led organizations, networks or coalitions based in the IsDB – ILO common member States  to propose new and innovative ideas and solutions that equip youths (15-35 years old) living in the IsDB – ILO common member States with the competencies required for supporting a just transition in their communities.

Drawing on the infrastructure and experience of the ILO Skills Innovation Facility , the Youth Green Skills Accelerator Challenge Call is looking for solutions that contribute to one or more of the following target scopes:

  • Upskill or reskill youths for their effective participation in the green policy making processes for a just transition;
  • Ensure peer-to-peer learning on just transitions and strengthen youth coalitions on the subject;
  • Create or improve training programmes to equip youths with the technical and soft skills required for the green transition in a given sector / for a given occupation;
  • Mainstream climate change into existing Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and education curricula and programmes for youths;
  • Improve access to opportunities for green skills acquisition and recognition for marginalised youths;
  • Support green skills trainers and training providers in becoming agents of a just transition for youths; and
  • Translate employment creation, entrepreneurship or business ideas into solutions that accelerate upskilling or reskilling of youths for a just transition in the communities.

Submit by no later than 19 August 2022 (Deadline extended).

For more details, please refer to the Participants Guidelines.