Our impact, their voices

How better skills can boost recognition of domestic work

An ILO training course gives Indonesian domestic workers the opportunity to gain a nationally recognized certificate and aims to raise the status of the profession.

• Learn more about the ILO activities to promote decent work for domestic workers and the elimination of child domestic labour in Indonesia

Indonesia ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006)

Indonesia, an important actor of international maritime trade, is the 83rd Member State of the ILO that ratifies this convention. The MLC, 2006 will enter into force for Indonesia on 12 June 2018 that is one year after its ratification.

• For more background information, please visit the dedicated MLC webpage .

International Labour Conference

Shaping the world of work: The 106th International Labour Conference

The 106th International Labour Conference gets underway in Geneva, Switzerland from 5 -16 June 2017. This year's session brings together over 4,000 delegates from around the globe to discuss the most pressing issues facing the world of work today.

• Download the 2017 World of Work magazine highlighted themes discussed by the ILO’s 106th ILC, including migration

Signing of the partnership agreement

EU, ILO and Timorese Government sign agro-forestry project worth EUR 12.2 Million

Representatives from the European Union (EU), the ILO and the Timor-Leste Government signed an agreement of € 12.2 million for a rural development project to be developed by 2021 in six municipalities in the country. The ERA Agro-Forestry Project is aimed at improving rural access, creating employment, economic and domestic revenue opportunities through agro-forestry development. 

• Learn more about the ILO's Enhancing Rural Access Agro-Forestry Project (ERA Agro-Forestry)