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ILO holds children’s funfair to raise awareness on dangers of child labour in agriculture

ILO holds children’s funfair to raise awareness on dangers of child labour in agriculture

Ahead of the World Day against Child Labour, the ILO and national partners host a children’s fair in Lebanon’s Beqaa valley to raise awareness of the dangers of child labour in agriculture.

Signing Ceremony for the Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) for Timor-Leste 2016-2020

Decent work for people of Timor-Leste

Signing Ceremony for the Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) for Timor-Leste 2016-2020

The Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) for Timor-Leste is developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in collaboration with The Secretariat of State for Professional Training and Employment Policies (SEPFOPE), the Chamber of Commerce...

Tripartite Meeting on Strategic Planning for the Implementation of Decent Work Country Programme DWCP for Timor-Leste 2016-2020

Decent work for people of Timor-Leste

Tripartite Meeting on Strategic Planning for the Implementation of Decent Work Country Programme DWCP for Timor-Leste 2016-2020

Effective social dialogue between the Government institutions, the employers and workers’ organizations is recognized as the most effective means in achieving Decent Work goals. Therefore, the launch of DWCP will be followed by a tripartite meeting...

Making agriculture insurance work

Making agriculture insurance work

Launching Ceremony of USDOL funded Project "Building a Generation of Safe and Healthy workers - SafeYouth@Work"

Launching Ceremony of USDOL funded Project "Building a Generation of Safe and Healthy workers - SafeYouth@Work"

On 15 April 2016 in Hanoi, the ILO in collaboration with the Ministry of Labour - Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) organises the Launching Ceremony of the above-mentioned Project. Country Director Chang Hee Lee, MOLISA Deputy Minister Doan Mau...

Advocacy workshop to reduce risk of child labour in Lebanon’s agriculture sector

Advocacy workshop to reduce risk of child labour in Lebanon’s agriculture sector

A joint event by the ILO and UNICEF under the patronage of Lebanon’s Minister of Labour will shed light on the prevalence of child labour in agriculture in the northern Lebanese Akkar region, its dangers and ways to combat it.

Training for practitioners on child labour in the agriculture sector in northern Lebanon

Training for practitioners on child labour in the agriculture sector in northern Lebanon

An ILO initiative will train practitioners to enhance their knowledge and capacities on the effects and risks of child labour, and on legal frameworks and strategies to reduce the prevalence of such labour in the agricultural sector.

Webinar – Fostering investments in African agricultural value chains

Webinar – Fostering investments in African agricultural value chains

This webinar recording features the Africa Agriculture and Trade Investment Fund (AATIF), an innovative public-private partnership initiated by KfW on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), and managed...

Contract Signing for SALT Implementation in Kananga, Leyte

Sloping ariculture land technology

Contract Signing for SALT Implementation in Kananga, Leyte

The International Labour Organization (LO), in partnership with the Mahawan Farmers Association (MFA) and with the support of the UK Department for International Development (DFID), implemented a Sloping Agriculture Land Technology (SALT)...

Graduation and Turn-over Ceremony of 95 Enterprise Trainees under the Programme for Local Economic Development through Enhanced Governance...

Enterprise trainees

Graduation and Turn-over Ceremony of 95 Enterprise Trainees under the Programme for Local Economic Development through Enhanced Governance...

The event symbolized completion of the five-month on-the-job training and utilization of Transition Enterprise Project (TEP) tools developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO) where 82 beneficiaries from people’s organizations (POs) were...

Sharing and Learning Workshop on Livelihood and Enterprise Development for the Bangsamoro Development Agency (BDA) under the Programme for...

Livelihood and enterprise development

Sharing and Learning Workshop on Livelihood and Enterprise Development for the Bangsamoro Development Agency (BDA) under the Programme for...

Community-based Consultation on Project Designing in Barangay Nian, Municipality of Dinas, Zamboanga del Sur

Community-based consultation on project designing

Community-based Consultation on Project Designing in Barangay Nian, Municipality of Dinas, Zamboanga del Sur

A three-day community-based enterprise planning activity will lead to the identification of viable community-based enterprises under the Programme on Local Economic Development through Enhanced Governance and Grassroots Empowerment (PLEDGE).

Sta Elena Irrigators Services Association (SEISA) irrigation canal rehabilitation and de-silting worker-beneficiaries’ project orientation

Irrigation canal rehabilitation and de-silting worker-beneficiaries’ project orientation

Sta Elena Irrigators Services Association (SEISA) irrigation canal rehabilitation and de-silting worker-beneficiaries’ project orientation

The International Labour Organization (ILO), with the support of the Government of Norway, partnered with the Sta Elena Irrigators Services Association (SEISA) in the municipality of Tanauan, Leyte to repair 250 metres of damaged irrigation canals,...

Programme for Local Economic Development through Enhanced Governance and Grassroots Empowerment (PLEDGE) Advisory Committee Meeting

Local economic development through enhanced governance and grassroots empowerment

Programme for Local Economic Development through Enhanced Governance and Grassroots Empowerment (PLEDGE) Advisory Committee Meeting

The Project Advisory Committee (PAC) will meet as agreed in the Memorandum of Understanding between ILO and BDA (Bangsamoro Development Agency) for the implementation of the PLEDGE Project. The PAC will provide policy guidance and future directions...

Technical workshop Maize Development for Farmers in Nusa Tenggara Timur

Technical workshop Maize Development for Farmers in Nusa Tenggara Timur

As part of the Decent work for food security project, a participatory model for value chain development for decent work and sustainable rural development has been introduced in 13 communities/villages in Kupang district. Thus, the main objective of...

Municipal Local Government Units Orientation Seminar on the Programme on Local Economic Development for Enhanced Governance and Grassroots...

PLEDGE Project orientation for the municipal local government units

Municipal Local Government Units Orientation Seminar on the Programme on Local Economic Development for Enhanced Governance and Grassroots...

The PLEDGE programme conducted an orientation seminar to present the programme overview, conceptual and operating framework and explain the role of Bangsamoro Development Authority (BDA).

ILO launches Local Economic Development Dialogue in North Lebanon to support communities affected by the Syrian refugee crisis

Local Economic Development Dialogue

ILO launches Local Economic Development Dialogue in North Lebanon to support communities affected by the Syrian refugee crisis

With a focus on agriculture, the workshop aims to select a sub-sector to develop as part of the ILO’s wider local economic development (LED) strategy to support rural host communities in North Lebanon affected by the Syrian refugee crisis.

Better Data to Better Monitor the Status of Women in Informal Employment, Unpaid Work and Work in Rural Areas and Agriculture

Better Data to Better Monitor the Status of Women in Informal Employment, Unpaid Work and Work in Rural Areas and Agriculture

Climate Change, Decent Work and the Rural Sector

Climate Change, Decent Work and the Rural Sector

Mentawai FI Landscaping Survey: Community-Level and Policymakers-Level Dissemination Workshop

Mentawai FI Landscaping Survey: Community-Level and Policymakers-Level Dissemination Workshop

The dissemination workshop is aimed to align understanding and terms between stakeholders on household risks, enterprise growth, and livelihood finance, to give context, rationale of the study and to seek attention from wider (provincial) audiences...