OIJ commits to organise at least 17 National Youth Forums in IberoAmerica countries in 2017 - 2018 with the participation of approximately 1,700 young people. The National Youth Forums led by OIJ, promote the conversations and participation of young people and social actors to identify challenges and strategies to strength youth employment. The outcomes, in the form of national reports, including more than 90 youth proposals and regional recommendations are presented on ministerial and high-level meetings to nourish the implementation of public policies.

The National Youth Forums is an initiative led by OIJ in coordination with the National Youth Organisms, ILO, AECID, Nestlé and Microsoft. It is based on the achievement of the agreements of the Iberoamerican Youth Pact to: “develop, based on social dialogue, decent employment initiatives focused on young people of IberoAmerica, based on a multiactor and intersectoral strategic alliances”. This initiative promotes the dialogue and participation of young people and social actors to define the main challenges and strategies that impact youth employment and future of work. OIJ's commitment is to organize at least 17 National Youth Forums in the Iberoamerican region in 2017-2018, with the participation of more than 1,700 young people and 130 institutions, reaching out to more than 80,000 people through social media and developing more than 90 youth proposals to strengthen employment policies. In addition, the National Forums contributes to decent jobs of youth by presenting the youth proposal and regional recommendations at the Iberoamerican Conferences of Ministers of Labour and Education, as well as in a high-level meeting on the field of youth employment with the objective to nourish the definition and implementation of public policies. The Forums involve a multisectoral alliance of stakeholders’ know-how, good practices and investment on youth employment through initiatives, programs and policies to contribute to defining new strategies on the field.

International Youth Organism for IberoAmerica; Instituto Mexicano de la Juventud. Mexican Youth Institute; Sistema Nacional de Juventud “Colombia Joven”. Presidencial Programm for a national system for Youth “Colombia Joven”.; Secretaría Nacional de Juventud. National Youth Secretary of Peru; Instituto Nacional de Juventud de Chile. National Youth Institute of Chile; Instituto Nacional de Juventud de Honduras. National Youth Institute of Honduras.; Secretaria Nacional de la Juventud de Paraguay. National Youth Secretary of Paraguay; Secretaría Nacional de Juventud de Argentina. National Youth Secretary of Argentina; Instituto Nacional de la Juventud de El Salvador. National Youth Institute of El Salvador; Viceministerio de Desarrollo Social de Panamá. Vice Ministry of Social Development of Panama; Instituto Nacional de la Juventud de España. National Youth Institute of Spain; Instituto Portugues do Desporto e Juventude. Portuguese Institute of Sport and Youth; Ministerio de la Juventud de República Dominicana. Youth Ministry of Dominican Republic; Consejo Nacional de la Juventud de Guatemala. National Youth Council of Guatemala.; Secretaría Técnica de Juventudes de Ecuador. Youth Technical Secretary of Ecuador.; Ministerio de Cultura y Juventud de Costa Rica. Cultural and Youth Ministry of Cost Rica.; Secretaria Nacional de Juventude de Brasil. National Youth Secretary of Brazil; Instituto Nacional de la Juventud de Uruguay. National Youth Institute of Uruguay; Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation; International Labour Organization (ILO); Nestlé; Microsoft