All events: Africa

Workshop for Public Employment Services (PES) officials in SADC region

Addressing Youth Employment in the SADC Region

IFAD-ILO Close-up Event

Mainstreaming youth and women’s employment in rural investments in MENA

The challenge of tackling unemployment among rural women and youth in the Middle East and North Africa gave rise to a unique partnership between IFAD and the ILO

Egypt Entrepreneurship Summit 2017: A New World of Opportunities

Under the auspices of the Ministry of Investment and International Cooperation, the ILO Cairo Office and the Middle East Council for Small Businesses and Entrepreneurship (MCSBE) will hold the third Egypt Entrepreneurship Summit in Red Sea...

Egypt Entrepreneurship Summit 2017: Opening a whole World of Opportunities

Under the auspices of the Ministry of International Cooperation, the ILO Cairo Office and the Middle East Council for Small Businesses and Entrepreneurship (MCSBE) will hold the third annual Egypt Entrepreneurship Summit in Hurghada from 15 to 18...

EIIP

17th ILO Regional Seminar for Labour-Based Practitioners

The theme of this edition is: "Delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): The Employment–intensive Investment Approach". Participants will discuss the role and contribution of employment-intensive approaches in achieving the SDG...

Alexandria

Academy on Green Jobs Promotion in the MENA Region

This one-week capacity-building event aims to discuss how the potential for green jobs in the MENA region could be realised. The overall purpose is to contribute to enhancing institutional capacities for transformative change towards greener and...

Interregional Consultation on Labour Migration and Mobility from Asia and Africa to the Middle East

The two-day event will bring together ILO constituents and stakeholders from 22 countries in three regions to make a technical assessment of key challenges and proposed ways forward to realize fair migration.

28-29 September 2017

The Future of Work We Want: Workers’ perspective in the Sub-saharan African countries

The conference will bring together workers’ leaders, voices from academia, governments and employers from across the region to discuss the profound transformations and challenges faced by the world of work today and in the future.

Youth and Employment in North Africa

YENA Conference 2017: The Future on Youth and Employment in North Africa

The International Labour Organization (ILO) hosted a High-Level Conference on Youth and Employment in North Africa with participants from Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia, as well as development partners and major...

High-level event on Youth Employment for Peace and Resilience

Under the aegis of the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth, the event is co-organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) together with the Ministry of Employment and Social...

2017 ILO- Japan Joint Committee of Co-operatives (JJC) Seminar:"Cooperative Activities in Africa" (9/5)

8th ILO/JCCU African Cooperative Leaders' Study Tour in Japan

SADC Forum of Labour Dispute and Prevention Agencies

Establishment of the SADC Forum on Dispute Prevention and Resolution

Evaluating Labour Market Programmes: Policy Forum & Executive Course

As part of ILO’s partnership with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the IFAD financed project “Strengthening gender monitoring and evaluation in rural employment in the Near East and North Africa”, a Policy Forum and...

Commemoration of the World Day Against Child Labour in Uganda

Govt of Uganda reiterates joint efforts critical in combating child labour

ILO tripartite constituents promoting and enforcing the legal policy provisions on employment and labour rights

Galvanising efforts of the tripartite constituents and parliament in addressing violation of rights of workers living with HIV

Swaziland Child Labour Day

Awareness raising

ILO in collaboration with UNAIDS join in the private sector led one dollar initiative promoting public good and the need to improve the...

Uganda’s private sector taking strides in leading domestic financing for the HIV and AIDS response thus building on the philosophy of promoting public good and the need to improve the quality of life of people.

Green jobs

Good and decent jobs, skills, and entrepreneurship for a just energy transition

Governments, enterprises, workers, financial institutions and development partners will discuss a just energy transition in a deep dive workshop as part of the Asia Clean Energy Forum (ACEF). The ILO workshop is co-organized with the Asian...

Plan to maximise Job Creation through EPWP

KZN Draft Plan