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  1. ILO and AFDB target small-scale dairy farmers in Umguza

    29 January 2024

    The Umguza Dairy Hub, when fully operational, holds the potential of transforming the lives and livelihoods of the targeted young people. It will give them new hope and new purpose for their community and for the future.

  2. ILO provides technical and financial assistance to the Tree Crops Development Authority (TCDA) to inaugurate a 17-member Shea Sector Technical Working Group in Ghana

    29 January 2024

    On the 25th of January 2024, the Tree Crops Development Authority (TCDA) in Ghana inaugurated a 17-member shea sector technical working group as part of a 13-weeks Technical and Financial support from the International Labour Organization (ILO). The support seeks to boost the productivity and decent work outcomes for enterprises and workers operating within the shea value chain.

  3. The ILO and Ghana's Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations Collaborate to sensitize on National Green Jobs Strategy

    26 January 2024

    As part of effort to raise awareness among the public on climate change, its causes and effects, and the drive towards environmental sustainability and a just transition, the International Labour Organization and Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations embarked on sensitization campaign of citizens.

  4. A step forward in measuring the impact and combating child labour with the national workshop on results-based monitoring in Mali

    24 January 2024

    This workshop, which took place from January 22 to 24, 2024, marked an important step forward in the implementation of innovative monitoring and evaluation strategies, crucial for assessing the effectiveness of ACCEL Africa project interventions against work children in the cotton and orphanage sectors.

  5. ILO engages with young people for well-prepared migration

    23 January 2024

    The ILO is committed to a campaign among young footballers to raise awareness of the challenges of well-prepared migration in order to prevent the risks of exploitation.

  6. Combating child labour in Malawi: A collaborative field visit to Thyolo's tea estates

    19 January 2024

    The primary objectives of this visit were to reinforce adherence to labour standards, bolster ongoing support from the private sector, and improve collaboration among stakeholders in promoting social justice and decent work conditions, which includes the crucial goal of eradicating child labour in the tea industry.

  7. ILO’s World Employment and Social Outlook

    19 January 2024

    The ILO's latest published report

  8. ILO's Youth-to-Youth Fund to tackle youth unemployment in Ethiopia

    12 January 2024

    Youth-led organizations in Ethiopia participated in a competition to secure financial and technical support for their proposals to promote decent work and economic inclusion of young people from the host and refugee communities.

  9. National Stakeholders Supported towards Improving Recruitment Landscape in Nigeria

    09 January 2024

    Towards improving the implementation of ILO’s Fair Recruitment Initiative, stakeholders converged to strategize on application of best practices in Nigeria.

  10. Digitalizing agro-processing small and medium sized businesses in Ethiopia

    29 December 2023

  11. Workshop to present the work plan-Côte d’Ivoire: Towards an accelerated elimination of child labor in Africa

    25 December 2023

    The workshop to present the ACCEL Africa 2 project work plan marked an important step in the implementation of phase 2 of the ACCEL Africa project, funded by the Netherlands.

  12. Advancing Labour Migration Governance and Protecting Workers' Rights in Africa

    22 December 2023

    Contributing to improved labour migration governance and the protection of migrant workers' rights through enhanced social dialogue, trade union cooperation, and advocacy

  13. ILO strengthens capacities of Sub-Saharan African Skills and Apprenticeship Stakeholders Network (SASASNET)

    18 December 2023

    The workshop was attended by 91 SASASNET members drawn from some English speaking Sub-Saharan African countries including Ghana, Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone, The Gambia, Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Mauritius, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, Lesotho and South Africa

  14. ILO supports GEA to train informal sector employers on productivity and Decent Work in Ghana

    18 December 2023

    The International labour Organisation provides Technical and Financial support to the Ghana Employers Association to train 105 informal sector employers selected from seven affiliated associations of the Council for Indigenous Business Association (CIBA) on productivity and decent work.

  15. ILO integrates international labour standards in national judicial decisions

    17 December 2023

    ILO and Egyptian Government join forces to support legal aid offices.

  16. Workers’ organizations must play key role in developing effective and sustainable social contract

    15 December 2023

    The 2023 edition of the International Journal of Labour Research aims to stimulate reflection on what a new social contract might address and more specifically the role of workers’ organizations in engaging in this debate within the multilateral system and at national level.

  17. Building Capacities for Social Protection: ILO Wraps Up TRANSFORM Training in Mozambique to CNAS’ members

    Today it ended a three-day TRANSFORM training on social protection conducted for bolstering the capacities of the members of the National Social Action Council (CNAS). This council, established as a multisector coordination mechanism, plays an important role in supporting the implementation of the National Basic Social Security Strategy 2016-2024 (ENSSB II).

  18. Portraits from PROSPECTS - Visualizing change in host and refugee communities

    13 December 2023

    Depicting stories of host and refugee individuals with improved self-reliance and resilience, an exhibition led by ILO PROSPECTS programme at the colonnade of ILO Headquarters will underpin ILO’s approaches promoting inclusive socio-economic growth and decent work for both host and forcibly displaced communities. The exhibition will be on from 14 December to 11 January in its first phase.

  19. Governments, workers’ and employers’ organizations validate the AU-ILO youth employment strategy for Africa

    12 December 2023

    A collaborative effort between the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the African Union Commission (AUC), YES-Africa is a guiding framework to shape the future world of work for the continent's youth.

  20. The Ethiopian Ministry of Labour and Skills convened a Technical meeting on the establishment of the Sector Skills Body in the Agro-processing Sector

    12 December 2023