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Timor-Leste became the organization's 177th Member State on 19th August 2003. One of the major challenges for the country is to reduce poverty and create jobs for its population. The ILO assists Timor-Leste to move forward with decent work objectives, through programmes and work in three priority areas.
Youth Employment
- Policies
- National Youth Employment Action Plan
- National Vocational Training Strategy
- National Employment Strategy
- Operations
- Labour Market Information Management System
- Entrepreneurship
- School-to-work transition
- Competency-based training system
- Gender Mainstreaming Strategy for the Secretariat of State for Vocational Training and Employment
Rural Economic Development
- Policy
- National Employment Strategy
- Labour Intensive Works Policy
- Operations
- Rural employment through labour intensive works for infrastructure development
- Enterprise development programme linking BDS providers, MFIs and Vocational Training providers
- Employment Services
Labour Market Governance
- Legislation
- Employment and labour legislation system
- Ratification of core ILO conventions, reporting capacity, and ILS principles incorporated into national legislative framework - Core and priority conventions
- Operations
- Capacity building of the Legal Office of the Secretariat of State for Vocational Training and Employment
- National labour board: wage and labour relations
The ILO Timor-Leste has been requested to work in the following additional areas:
- Private sector development and support to Business Development Services of Ministry of Economy and Development
- Overseas Employment.
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