Ideathon for Social Justice

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. 

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. 

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.