News and Press releases
April 2022
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ILO/UNICEF joint Social Protection project conducted validation in Ethiopia
06 April 2022
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Call for a national consultant to evaluate and make recommendations on the Guidelines concerning Statistics of Cooperatives in Tanzania
06 April 2022
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ILO supporting apiculture farmers in Kenya to find opportunity in crisis
05 April 2022
To meet the increased demand of honey during COVID-19, the ILO and its partners provided timely guidance to the apiculture farmers in Garissa, Kenya, improving their production and income.
March 2022
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Sierra Leone ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006)
31 March 2022
Sierra Leone became the 99th Member State of the ILO to ratify the Convention.
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Labour Migration Trends and Statistics: A Training Module on “Labour Mobility”
31 March 2022
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UN Strengthens the Capacity of Nigerian MSMEs and Manufacturers to meet the demand for quality healthcare products and Personal Protective Equipment – a COVID 19 Response Project
31 March 2022
The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic has led to a global health emergency and economic slowdown, necessitating prevention while promoting economic activities. Using the International Labour Organization (ILO) Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB) modules for business development, UN agencies in collaboration with the government of Nigeria jointly implemented a project to enhance the capacity of local MSMEs/Manufacturers to produce quality Personal Protective Equipment and other health related products. The SIYB training, jointly implemented by ILO and UN Women, has trained up to 114 MSMEs from the six geopolitical zones in Nigeria.
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Skills Initiative for Africa (SIFA) to host capacity building on Skills for Trade and Economic Diversification
30 March 2022
Delegates from five African countries will attend the workshop to be hosted in Zanzibar, Tanzania
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ILO hosts training of Business Development Services trainers in Kilimanjaro
29 March 2022
The training aims to skill the trainers to help entrepreneurs to find innovative solutions to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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ILO SKILL UP Ghana Project Supports the implementation of Skills for Trade and Economic Diversification (STED) in the Ghanaian Healthcare sector.
29 March 2022
The ILO and the Commission for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (CTVET) facilitated a capacity building workshop to support the development of a skills strategy for the healthcare sector in Ghana.
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Workshop on Strategic Compliance Planning on Namibia’s Fishing Sector
29 March 2022
Namibia ratified ILO’s Work in the Fishing Convention, 2007 (No.188) in 2018. The Convention entered into force on 20 September 2019. A three-day workshop on ‘strategic compliance planning in the fisheries sector was held to establish a coordination mechanism as per Article 7 of the Convention.