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  1. Strengthening resilience of small businesses through access to knowledge and finance in Turkana County

    13 January 2022

    Under the PROSPECTS programme, the ILO and its partners are imparting business management skills to upskill enterprises owned by refugee and host communities in Turkana County, Kenya.

  2. 12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Plenary Session 1: Social and Solidarity Economy: an overview, values and principles

    12 January 2022

  3. 12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Plenary Session 6: Localizing Sustainable Development Goals: SSE as trigger of Local Economic Development

    12 January 2022

  4. 12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Elective 3: SSE, just transition to climate-neutral and circular economy: innovative ways of production and consumption

    12 January 2022

  5. 12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Plenary Session 5: The importance of statistical instruments in measuring the SSE

    10 January 2022

  6. 12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Plenary Session 4: Financial mechanisms for innovative SSE ecosystems

    10 January 2022

  7. 12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Elective 7: SSE as tool for social cohesion, peace and resilience

    10 January 2022

  8. 12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Elective 6: SSE, Local Economic Development and social innovation

    10 January 2022

  9. Bringing recognition to the skills of informal “Jua Kali” sector workers in Kenya

    06 January 2022

    Launch of the 'Recognition to prior learning' process in Kenya will enhance the employability of local refugee and host community youth. It will validate the under-recognised competencies of artisans and provide them new work opportunities.

  10. Capacity Building of Women workers to take up seniors leadership positions through the Women Leadership Development Program

    05 January 2022

  11. Responsible Enterprises: Innovative Pathways to Child Labour Elimination

    22 December 2021

    Participants were introduced to the principles of the Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy (MNE Declaration) and its comprehensive approach to tackle child labour including aspects related to social dialogue, social protection, formalization and apprenticeship, labour inspection and remediation mechanisms, occupational safety and health.

  12. ILO and Ministry of Manpower hold a briefing session on international labour standards to the members of the Egyptian Parliament

    20 December 2021

    The session was held on 18 and 19 December 2021 in Alexandria, Egypt.

  13. Three vacancies on the ILO Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (CEACR)

    20 December 2021

    The ILO is seeking candidates to join the ILO Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (CEACR).

  14. Accelerated action is needed to reverse the dramatic rise in child labour in Africa

    17 December 2021

    One in five African children is engaged in child labour, according to the latest global estimates, more than in the rest of the world combined. More needs to be done to eliminate child labour in Africa and globally by 2025.

  15. The report on “Assessment of the needs of social economy units and identification of priority value chains for the creation of decent jobs in Cameroon” has been released

    17 December 2021

    The Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises, Social Economy and Handicrafts (MINPMEESA) of Cameroon and the ILO conducted a study on evaluation of the potential of the Social Economy in Cameroon.

  16. Webinar on the 2018 International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS) guidelines

    16 December 2021

  17. South Africa ratifies the Violence and Harassment Convention

    16 December 2021

    South Africa became the tenth country in the world, and the fourth African country, to ratify the ILO’s Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190).

  18. ILO and KOICA launch a new development cooperation project in Tunisia

    15 December 2021

    Signature of the agreement for the implementation of the cooperation project "Strengthening the impact of employment policies and supporting the creation of ICT-based jobs for young people and women in Tunisia" between the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) – Tunisia office and the International Labour Organization (ILO) - Country Office for Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia.

  19. Enabling access to justice for African domestic workers accused of ‘absconding’ and ‘theft’ in Lebanon

    15 December 2021

    The FAIRWAY Programme supported the Ethiopian community organization ‘Egna Legna Besidet’ to provide legal aid to more than 200 African migrant domestic workers, in order to clear the path for their return home.

  20. Training to Kenya’s Ministry of Labour staff helps ensure better protection to workers in the country and abroad

    With the support of the ILO, migration experts in the East African region, and the Decent Work Team in Pretoria, the FAIRWAY Programme trained 30 labour and employment officers across Naivasha and Mombasa in Kenya. The workshops provide a critical foundation of the roles and responsibilities of such officers for safe, fair and orderly labour migration, and helps sensitize a pool of staff from which future labour attachés are drawn.