Ideathon for Social Justice
Duration
20 May 2024 - 31 May 2024
Contact
Francesco Carella carella@ilo.org / Ángela Herrera herreraa@iloguest.org
Additional details
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has maintained a constant concern for the challenges faced by young people. At the International Labour Conferences of 2005 and 2012, an explicit call was made to redouble efforts to forge a more sustainable future with decent work, emphasizing the importance of active and meaningful participation of young people in this process. The Follow-Up Action Plan on Youth Employment for the period 2020-2030 underscores the need to continuously support social dialogue initiatives involving young people, recognizing them as an integral part of the solution.
In this context, within the Global Coalition for Social Justice, it is crucial to give voice to young people from Latin America and the Caribbean, providing visibility and recognition to their perceptions of social justice and how to achieve it. To address this identified need, the Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean of the ILO has launched the #IdeathonForSocialJustice initiative.
Collaborators:
This initiative is carried out in collaboration with governments, employers' and workers' organizations, with the firm interest and commitment to ensuring the effective participation and representation of young people in dialogues on various issues related to social justice and decent work, thus validating their fundamental role in building an equitable and prosperous future for the region.
Objetivos
To promote the participation of young people from Latin America and the Caribbean in the Global Coalition for Social Justice driven by the ILO, through the recognition of their innovative and creative capacity.
- Promote the integration of proposals and recommendations around social justice from young people in Latin America and the Caribbean into international, regional, and national scenarios, thus strengthening the youth approach in the ILO agenda.
- Foster commitment and ownership by young people from Latin America and the Caribbean regarding the agenda of the Global Coalition for Social Justice, promoting their active participation in the implementation of concrete actions and the dissemination of its principles and values in their social environments.
- Stimulate dialogue with young people at the level of each participating country, in order to mobilize constituents and raise awareness about social justice and decent work from and for young people.
The Initiative:
The #IdeathonForSocialJustice Initiative calls on enthusiastic young people and agents of change from across Latin America and the Caribbean to present innovative proposals aimed at understanding their vision of social justice and exploring pathways to achieve it. This call represents a unique opportunity to address, through one of the three established categories, issues of vital importance related to social justice and decent work, offering the possibility for these ideas to be highlighted and enhanced through the visibility and technical support provided by the ILO and its collaborators, with the aim of supporting their implementation.
Call Guidelines
The #IdeathonForSocialJustice promotes the participation of young people aged 16 to 29, citizens of any of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, positively valuing ideas coming from youth collectives and organizations.
Categories
Artistic or Communication Initiatives
Political Advocacy
Academic
Evaluation
Proposals received that meet the application guidelines will be reviewed and evaluated by juries representing employers' and workers' organizations in two stages. In the first stage, at the country level, tripartite selections will be made for those applications which will then be passed on to the regional selection committee led by constituents from Latin America and the Caribbean.
In addition to eligibility criteria, the #IdeathonForSocialJustice may particularly recognize ideas that promote trade union freedom and/or business sustainability within their proposals.