Welcome to the ILO Country Office for South Pacific Island Countries. The Office is located in Suva, Fiji and is responsible for ILO relations and activities in 22 countries in the South Pacific, including eight member States. More>
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Global Employment Trends 2012: Preventing a deeper jobs crisis
January 2012The annual Global Employment Trends report offers the latest global and regional information and projections on several indicators of the labour market, including unemployment, youth employment and working poverty.
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CO-Suva News in Brief November-December 2011
December 2011This news brief is for ILO constituents in the Pacific to keep them updated on ILO issues and activities related to Decent Work Country Programmes in their respective countries.
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Labour Statistics and Labour Market Information and Analysis in the Pacific
29 November - 2 December 2011A first for the Pacific technical training course on LMIA was held in Noumea, New Caledonia. The course is tailor-made for the Pacific on labour statistics and LMIA, and was developed by the ILO Department of Statistics with the support of ILO Offices in Bangkok and Suva, in close consultation with SPC’s Statistics for Development Programme.
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Kiribati begins the process of reforming its labour laws
31 October 2011Tripartite constituents in the Pacific Island nation of Kiribati have commenced a policy process to update labour laws to better apply fundamental ILO Conventions.
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CO-Suva News in Brief September 2011
01 September 2011 to 30 September 2011 -This news brief is for ILO constituents in the Pacific to keep them updated on ILO issues and activities related to Decent Work Country Programmes in their respective countries.
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Statement on Fiji, by ILO Director-General Juan Somavia
13 September 2011 - Geneva -
Breakthrough in reforming labour legislation in Vanuatu
16 August 2011Tripartite constituents in the Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu have achieved a breakthrough in consultations to draft an Employment Relations Bill. The new Bill will replace the existing Employment Act, the Trade Disputes Act and the Trade Unions Act.
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ILO project brings together worker's and employer's organizations from Samoa and New Zealand in mentoring initiative
29 June 2011Worker's and employer's organizations in New Zealand have welcomed the opportunity to engage in an exchange of expertise with counterparts in the Pacific island nation of Samoa.
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Green jobs in the South Pacific: a preliminary study
31 December 2010This report has been prepared in the context of the Green Jobs Initiative, an initiative launched in 2007 by the ILO in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and the International Organization of Employers (IOE). Through concerted effort by governments, employers and trade unions, the Green Jobs Initiative aims to promote research and awareness, enhance the capacity of ILO constituents,develop policies and measures to achieve green jobs and green workplaces and facilitate a “just transition” that reflects the environmental, economic and social pillars of sustainable development.
Video's from the Pacific
Youth Employment Advocacy
in the Pacific
South South Cooperation Initiatives
in the Pacific
in the Pacific
Reforming Labour Law Legislation
in Vanuatu