What's new

  1. Briefing Meeting on Cocoa Study with Selected Stakeholders in the Cocoa Sector

  2. Policy Working Group Meeting - Joint Briefing of Project Studies

  3. One-Day Study Visit to Export Companies in Agro-Processing Value Chain

  4. Technical Training Workshop

  5. Strategic Policy Working Group Meeting

  6. Official Launch of Strengthen Project

  7. A youth cooperative launched to develop the honey value chain in northwestern Tunisia

    26 February 2019

  8. Kigoma Youth and Women on the move to economic breakthrough as a result of UN support

    21 February 2019

    Groups supported through Youth and Women Economic Empowerment thematic area

  9. The revised Labour Code for Somalia was finalized

    21 February 2019

    Labour code for Somalia which has been developed by the Ministry of Labour & Social Affairs (MoLSA) in collaboration with ILO, was finalized.

  10. ILO organizes a workshop on Green jobs and a just transition towards sustainable economies in Tanzania 20 - 22 February 2019, Dar es Salaam.

    19 February 2019

    Targeted at highlighting ILO constituents and partners on the linkages between the environment and the world of work and good practices

  11. No job is to be labelled ‘male’ or ‘female’

    18 February 2019

    Hopley is a highly populated suburb South of Harare, characterised by poor infrastructure, weak social services, low education and high school dropout rates and unemployment, pushing the majority of this community into informal work. Child marriages and teenage pregnancies are common with rates of 18% and 21% respectively.

  12. ILO promotes children’s rights through education, the arts and media training

    08 February 2019

    The ILO’S CARING Gold Mining project supports the promotion of children’s right by enhancing capacity of stakeholders on the use of the ILO Supporting Children’s Rights through Education Art and Media (SCREAM) methodology. Child Labour Away!!!

  13. ILO to facilitate better access to labour market opportunities for refugees and IDPs

    28 January 2019

    Following the recent adoption of the refugee proclamation on 17 January 2019, ILO and social partners, with representatives of ARRA and TVET agencies convened to deliberate on ways to facilitate the integration of Refugees and IDPs into their host communities.

  14. Ethiopian President inaugurated the launching of Sewenetwa, a movie telling a migrant's story

    25 January 2019

    Ethiopian president H.E. Sahlework Zewdie, inaugurated the launching "Sewenetwa", a movie featuring the plight of Ethiopian Migrant Workers.

  15. Training on ILO’s SIYB to Boost Agri-business in Kaduna State: Food Africa Project

    23 January 2019

    The ILO is supporting entrepreneurship development in Jere Kaduna, Nigeria using its global business management training programme “Start and Improve Your Business” (SIYB) to train entrepreneurs. The training workshop being implemented under the Food Africa Project will build business management capacity of participants and certify community trainers

  16. ILO Africa “100 Years 100 Lives”- Regional Content Creator

    21 January 2019

    The ILO in Africa is looking for a talented content creator who will be responsible for content creation of the Africa “100 Years 100 Lives” flagship publication. This role requires exceptional writing skills, a creative mindset and a results-driven attitude to showcase the impact of the work the ILO is doing to improve peoples’ lives all over the continent.

  17. Cooperatives Well Placed to Create a Viable Enterprise Model for Productivity and Income - ILO

    07 January 2019

    As part of activities under the Food Africa Project, the ILO organized a 2-week Training of Trainers Workshop using ILO’s tools and methodologies on cooperative development with a view to harnessing the potential of cooperatives to promote decent work in Agricultural value chain in Jere, Kaduna State, Nigeria.

  18. SIRA mobile application links migrant returnees with employers

    26 December 2018

    ILO launches the SIRA mobile application to match the demand and supply of low and semi- skilled workers to the labour market in Ethiopia.

  19. Curating a vision with young African entrepreneurs

    12 December 2018

    How can young people be involved in creating a future of work that is decent, equitable and bright? This November I was fortunate enough to take part in an event with this mandate at its heart.

  20. Highlights of new study assessing the impact of increasing domestic processing of cocoa in Ghana on employment and job creation presented during high-level meeting

    11 December 2018

    The new study was conducted by the STRENGTHEN project, a joint ILO-European Union global initiative.