All events: Africa

Research Seminar

The Good Jobs Challenge in Developing Countries by Kunal Sen

Prof. Sen will outline the challenges that developing countries are facing in creating good jobs, and to discuss key policy options that could create productive employment for unskilled and semi-skilled workers.

Regional policy dialogue on youth employment in the rural economy

Regional policy dialogue on youth employment in the rural economy

The main objective of the Regional policy dialogue is to reaffirm the commitment of the ILO and IFAD to promote decent jobs in Africa, in particular for young women and men in rural areas, with the start of the ProAgro YOUTH project.

ACCEL Africa Regional Conference: Knowledge Sharing for Partnerships on the Elimination of Child Labour in Supply Chains

Regional workshop

Strengthening apprenticeship systems in the informal economy in Africa to promote quality, innovation and transitions to formality

2nd THAMM Regional Conference

After the first regional conference which focused on Strategic and operational trends, lessons and experiences with regard to labour migration responses to the COVID-19 crisis observed in European and North African countries held remotely in July...

ILO- ITUC Africa

High level panel on Migrant workers' contribution to the development of the African continent

As part of the commemoration of International Migrant Day 2022, the ILO, in collaboration with ITUC-Africa, organises a High-Level Panel to emphasise migration's contribution to development and to empower migrant workers.

Capacity-building workshops for 96 labour inspectors held by the CONMIGO Project

THAMM contributes to a series of capacity-building workshops for 96 labour inspectors held by the CONMIGO Project

Greening Enterprises: Transforming processes and workplaces

Report Launch

Side event – COP 27

Social debates around the climate action of private sector: challenges for a just and inclusive transition

This event will seek to show the essential role that the private sector and social partners must play in the implementation of responses to the challenges posed by climate change in the MENA region and more particularly in Tunisia.

Side event – COP 27

Food security and local climate action in Tunisia

The Side Event will cover the practical aspects of implementing local climate action and managing it. The side event will involve discussions on success factors, obstacles encountered, resolution of problems and the ways of scaling up these projects

METI Programme

Regional technical training on trade and employment for specialists from Southern Mediterranean countries

STRENGTHEN2

Symposium on Measuring Quality of Employment and Long-Term Employment Impacts

A symposium on measuring quality of employment and long-term employment impacts was held from 20-21 October 2022 at the ILO headquarters. It was part of the EU-funded STRENGTHEN2 project.

Closing workshop of the U.N. Partnership for Action on the Green Economy (PAGE) in Senegal

Transforming Technical and Vocational Education and Training for Refugees: Skills and Labour Market Transitions in Contexts of Fragility

The United Nations Transforming Education Summit - TES: Solutions Day aims to mobilize collective actions and initiatives around Thematic Action Tracks - that require greater attention and action to accelerate progress on the education 2030 Agenda...

Transforming Technical and Vocational Education and Training for Refugees: Greening the Southern Africa Technical Vocational Education and...

The United Nations Transforming Education Summit - TES: Solutions Day aims to mobilize collective actions and initiatives around Thematic Action Tracks - that require greater attention and action to accelerate progress on the education 2030 Agenda...

Statistics

African Regional Meeting in preparation for the 21st ICLS & Regional Capacity Building on Statistics concerning Child Labour and Social...

The main purpose of the Preparatory Regional Meeting is to bring the consultation and technical discussions to countries in Africa, to ensure that the revised draft standard to be prepared by the ILO adequately reflects the labour markets and labour...

ILO and UNHCR discuss further promoting decent work in the context of forced displacement

Representatives from the MENA region reflect on partnership to promote decent work and ways to develop new phase of collaboration.

Partnership

ILO and PAP will sign an agreement to advance labour rights and standards in Africa

The purpose of the agreement is to provide a framework of cooperation and to facilitate collaboration between PAP and the ILO to further shared goals in Africa.

The role of the private sector in combating climate change and promoting sustainable development

This event will host a discussion on the role of the private sector in Africa in addressing and responding to the various dimensions and effects of climate change.

Human security and emergency jobs for peace and resilience

Experiences through partnership between Japan and the ILO for the promotion of decent work agenda in the context of fragility