All events: Africa

XXIV World Congress on Safety and Health at Work: Uniting the world around a resilient and inclusive culture of prevention

The XXIV World Congress on Safety and Health at Work, jointly organized by the Ministry of Civil Service, Labour and Public Service Reform and the Social Security Fund of Senegal, the Labour the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Social...

2-4 December 2026, Windhoek

15th African Regional Meeting

The Government of the Republic of Namibia will host the ILO's 15th African Regional Meeting, bringing together leaders from government, employers' and workers' organizations, as well as other key regional stakeholders, to advance decent work across...

Gender Lab

The LABb: Lead, amplify, break barriers! - A gender and non-discrimination innovation laboratory

The LABb – Gender and Non-Discrimination Innovation Laboratory is more than a workshop. It is a collaborative space where ideas become action, bringing together practitioners, policymakers, employers' and workers' organizations, cooperatives and...

Friday 16 October 2026

Africa Skills Week 2026: Work-Based Learning and Recognition of Prior Learning for inclusive skills development in Africa

This session will showcase practical approaches to strengthening workplace learning, assessment, quality assurance, certification and career progression. It will also examine how Work-Based Leaning (WBL) and Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) can...

Thursday 15 October 2026 - 15:05-16:05

Africa Skills Week 2026: What makes skills systems work?

Across Africa, countries are investing in skills development and lifelong learning to support economic transformation, job creation and just transitions. But what makes skills reforms sustainable and effective?

Thursday 15 October 2026 - 14:00-15:00

Africa Skills Week 2026: Skills Hubs as a lever for Africa’s skills revolution

How can skills systems better respond to Africa’s green transition, changing labour markets and the evolving needs of industry? This session will explore how Skills Hubs can bring together governments, employers, workers, training institutions,...

Regional conference 12–16 October 2026

Africa Skills Week 2026

The International Labour Organization (ILO) participates and plays an active role in Africa Skills Week 2026, to be held in Harare, Zimbabwe, from 12–16 October 2026, contributing its global expertise in skills development, employment, and lifelong...

ILO participates in study tour to strengthen Italy-Egypt cooperation in the leather sector

The International Labour Organization is participating in a study tour bringing Egyptian institutions and leather-sector operators to Italy to strengthen dialogue with Italian companies, promote skills, expertise and technology transfer, strengthen...

Regional conference

The Skills Initiative for Africa (SIFA) 2.0 and Association for TVET Regulators in Africa (ATRA) Strategic Partners Consultative Meeting

Graduation Ceremony

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) Graduation Ceremony in Malawi

1-12 June 2026

114th Session of the International Labour Conference

Government, Employer and Worker representatives from the 187 ILO Member States will gather at the International Labour Conference to discuss world of work issues such as decent work in the platform economy, a transformative agenda for gender...

Side Event at the 2026 ECOSOC Youth Forum

Link, learn, localise: Working with and for young people to advance self-reliance in forced displacement contexts

Virtual event

Regional knowledge exchange: Building inclusive Recognition of Prior Learning systems

Research Webinar

Analysing the Prevailing Incomes of Smallholder Farmers through Household Income and Expenditure Surveys: The Cases of Coffee and Cocoa

This research webinar discusses new evidence from a paper that develops a harmonized method to estimate net household income for smallholder farmers using household survey data. The discussion will examine what the findings reveal about Living Wage...

Hybrid seminar

Trade and labour in uncertain times - Shaping Africa’s future in the global economy

Distinguished speakers will exchange views and share good practices on how African governments, institutions, employers’ and workers’ organizations, and development partners can leverage trade to advance decent work and support long-term sustainable...

Marrakech, 11-13 February

6th Global conference on the elimination of child labour

Training summary

Promoting decent work in crisis and fragile settings in Africa

Organized by the ILO Regional Office for Africa (ROAF), the Action Programme on Crisis (AP/Crisis) and the International Training Centre (ITCILO), this 2-day training brought together African governments, workers' and employers organizations, to...

Joint ILO/AU webinar on R208

Advancing Quality Apprenticeships in Africa

This webinar aims to raise awareness about R208, share good practices from its application in Africa, and explore how it can support implementation of the African Union’s Continental TVET strategy and the African Union/ILO Youth Employment Strategy...

Quality apprenticeship

Webinar on Advancing Quality Apprenticeships in Africa through ILO Recommendation No. 208

This webinar is being organized by the African Union Commission and the ILO. It includes the participation of representatives of government, and employers’ and workers’ organizations from Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Tanzania, South Africa, Senegal,...

Virtual event

Launch of ILO PROSPECTS Learning Portal