Resources on employment promotion

March 2023

  1. Why the unemployment rate is a weak metric of decent work in Asia and the Pacific

    24 March 2023

    The unemployment rate is widely used internationally to assess the performance of a country’s labour market. However, it is a considerably less useful indicator in the Asia-Pacific region.

  2. Message of support at the Labor and Employment Plan 2023-2028 Visayas Consultation

    16 March 2023

    By Ms Ma. Concepcion Sardaña, Senior Programme Officer, delivered on behalf of Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the Labor and Employment Plan 2023-2028 Visayas Consultation, 16 March 2023, Iloilo City, Philippines

  3. Request for proposals: National consultant to adapt the ILO Financial Education for enterprises to the local context and language in the Philippines

    16 March 2023

    The ILO invites Request for Proposals from qualified professionals to adapt the ILO Financial Education trainee’s booklet for micro, small and informal enterprises to the local context and language in the Philippines. Bids should be submitted to the ILO Bringing Back Jobs Safely Project by Friday, 31 March 2023.

  4. Overcoming adversity, embracing innovation: Filipino entrepreneur “flips” her businesses

    01 March 2023

    ILO’s Flip Your Biz programme taught Cathy Turvill to look beyond her passion and evaluate the financial viability of her business, which she nearly lost during the pandemic.

February 2023

  1. Migration in the Regional Development Plan of Western Visayas

    21 February 2023

    Engineer Arecio Casing, Jr., OIC-Regional Director of the National Economic and Development Authority Region VI in Western Visayas highlighted the impact of COVID-19, the role of local governments and the importance of migration in the Regional Development Plan of Western Visayas.

  2. RFP Budget Template: “Capacity building of BARMM ministries, law enforcement agencies, workers’ and employers’ organizations and stakeholders to promote compliance and enforcement of child labour laws”

    10 February 2023

    The ILO, with funding support from the Government of Japan, is implementing a Project on Child Labour in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) entitled, “Achieving Reduction of Child Labour in Support of Education (ARISE) ", targeting agricultural communities in BARMM. It aims to increase awareness of the tripartite plus partners on child labour and contribute to the progressive withdrawal of children from child labour.

  3. RFP Budget Template: “Capacity building of BARMM ministries, law enforcement agencies, workers’ and employers’ organizations and stakeholders to promote compliance and enforcement of child labour laws”

    10 February 2023

    The ILO, with funding support from the Government of Japan, is implementing a Project on Child Labour in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) entitled, “Achieving Reduction of Child Labour in Support of Education (ARISE) ", targeting agricultural communities in BARMM. It aims to increase awareness of the tripartite plus partners on child labour and contribute to the progressive withdrawal of children from child labour.

  4. Request for Proposals: “Capacity building of BARMM ministries, law enforcement agencies, workers’ and employers’ organizations and stakeholders to promote compliance and enforcement of child labour laws”

    10 February 2023

    The ILO, with funding support from the Government of Japan, is implementing a Project on Child Labour in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) entitled, “Achieving Reduction of Child Labour in Support of Education (ARISE) ", targeting agricultural communities in BARMM. It aims to increase awareness of the tripartite plus partners on child labour and contribute to the progressive withdrawal of children from child labour.

  5. DICT COTABATO PLANS AND DESIGNS for Invitation To Bid (ITB No. 01/2023/PHL/21/02/JPN/101): Construction and Turn-Over of the Digital Transformation Center – Innovation Hub in Cotabato City

    06 February 2023

    The International Labour Office (hereinafter the “ILO”) is pleased to invite your company to submit a Bid for the Construction and Turn-Over of the Digital Transformation Center – Innovation Hub in Cotabato City and as further described in Annex I.

  6. Invitation To Bid (ITB No. 01/2023/PHL/21/02/JPN/101): Construction and Turn-Over of the Digital Transformation Center – Innovation Hub in Cotabato City

    06 February 2023

    The International Labour Office (hereinafter the “ILO”) is pleased to invite your company to submit a Bid for the Construction and Turn-Over of the Digital Transformation Center – Innovation Hub in Cotabato City and as further described in Annex I.