Brazil
Strategies for youth employment
- Strategies for youth employment
- Yes
Youth employment strategy planned in the next 2 years
- Discussions within the government
- Yes
- Consultations with national-level stakeholders (e.g. employers’ and workers’ associations, youth councils, etc.)
- Yes
- A draft strategy already exists
- No
- Other (please specify)
- No
Countries with national action plans for youth employment
- Monitoring framework (timeline and activity/outcome indicators, e.g. youth labour market indicators)
- Yes
- Funding (indicative budget to implement the plan)
- No
- Institutional responsibilities (e.g. ministries/agencies in charge of specific planned activities )
- Yes
- Other, specify
- No
Public funding for the national youth employment strategy
- Public funding for the national youth employment strategy
- Yes
Additional information:
Ministry of Labor and Employment, through the Secretariat of Qualification, Employment and Income and the Secretariat of Solidarity EconomyYouth in the national development / employment strategy
- Youth in the national development / employment strategy
- Yes
Additional information:
Brazil includes youth as a priority target group in national employment and development strategies. Young people are specifically prioritized within the Worker Support Fund (Fundo de Amparo ao Trabalhador – FAT), as established by its governing body, the National Deliberative Council of the Worker Support Fund (CONDEFAT). The fund supports employment and income-generation policies, including vocational training and labor market integration programs that directly target youth.Countries with national goals for youth employment
- Countries with national goals for youth employment
- Yes
Additional information:
Brazil promotes youth employment through the National Pact for the Productive Inclusion of Youth, which aims to advance decent work opportunities for young people. The Pact coordinates actions across different sectors to facilitate access to internships, professional apprenticeships, first job experiences, and vocational training. These initiatives are designed to support the integration of young people into the labor market, particularly those in vulnerable situations.Countries with quantitative targets for youth employment
- Countries with quantitative targets for youth employment
- No
Policy areas in national youth employment strategies
- Macroeconomic and Sectoral policies
- Yes
- Enterprise Development
- No
- Education, Training and skills development
- Yes
- Labour Demand
- Yes
- Labour Law and Legislation
- Yes
- Labour Market Policies
- No
- Other (please specify)
- No
Social partners' inclusion in the youth employment strategy
- Workers
- Implementation of youth employment strategies/programmes (e.g. social partners as official implementers of the strategy or programme)
- Partially involved (only for some elements of the strategy)
- Assessment of youth employability (alignment of youth qualifications and skills to labour market needs)
- Partially involved (only for some elements of the strategy)
- Monitoring and evaluation of youth employment interventions (e.g. active labour market programmes)
- Partially involved (only for some elements of the strategy)
- Awareness raising, marketing and promotion of youth employment (e.g. campaign to promote youth employment)
- Fully involved
- Formulation of youth employment strategies (e.g. national action plan for youth)
- Partially involved (only for some elements of the strategy)
- Development of youth employment programmes (e.g. sectoral programme with a clear target to employ X number of youth)
- Partially involved (only for some elements of the strategy)
- Employers
- Implementation of youth employment strategies/programmes (e.g. social partners as official implementers of the strategy or programme)
- Partially involved (only for some elements of the strategy)
- Assessment of youth employability (alignment of youth qualifications and skills to labour market needs)
- Partially involved (only for some elements of the strategy)
- Monitoring and evaluation of youth employment interventions (e.g. active labour market programmes)
- Partially involved (only for some elements of the strategy)
- Awareness raising, marketing and promotion of youth employment (e.g. campaign to promote youth employment)
- Partially involved (only for some elements of the strategy)
- Formulation of youth employment strategies (e.g. national action plan for youth)
- Partially involved (only for some elements of the strategy)
- Development of youth employment programmes (e.g. sectoral programme with a clear target to employ X number of youth)
- Fully involved
Youth-led organizatios' inclusion in the national strategy
- Fully involved
- Yes
- Partially involved (only for some elements of the strategy)
- No
- Consulted
- No
- Informed
- No
- Not involved
- No
Countries with national partnerships for youth employment
- Countries with national partnerships for youth employment
- Yes
Additional information:
The National Pact for the Productive Inclusion of YouthInclusiveness of vulnerable groups in national strategies
- Women
- Yes
- Migrant Workers
- No
- NEETs
- Yes
- People with disabilities
- Yes
- Low skilled workers
- Yes
- Rural workers
- Yes
- Other (please specify)
- No
Youth employment strategies and international cooperation
- Youth employment strategies and international cooperation
- Yes
Additional information:
2025: There is ILO participation in different policies of our ministry and support in multiple actions, from planning and articulation, to the development of the Inclusive Professional Apprenticeship (API) methodology and articulation in the Pact for the Productive Inclusion of Youth. The Pact also has the participation of UNICEF, within the scope of the 1 Million Opportunities (1MiO) action - the Brazilian arm of Generation Unlimited. And a partnership with the United Nations Global Compact. Furthermore, there are dialogues with the IOM and UNHCR, to promote specific initiatives for their target groups. 2024: The Pact also has the participation of UNICEF, within the scope of the 1 Million Opportunities (1MiO) action - the Brazilian arm of Generation Unlimited. And a partnership with the United Nations Global Compact. Furthermore, there are dialogues with the IOM and UNHCR, to promote specific initiatives for their target groups. There is ILO participation in different policies of our ministry and support in multiple actions, from planning and articulation, to the development of the Inclusive Professional Apprenticeship (API) methodology and articulation in the Pact for the Productive Inclusion of Youth.