All events: employment + employment policy + employment security + unemployment

COVID-19 and Workers'Organizations

ILO Webinar on COVID-19: Protecting Workers in the Workplace in Asia and Pacific

This webinar will offer trade unionists in Asia-Pacific an opportunity to discuss “Pillar 3: Protecting workers in the workplace” while exploring possible actions and strategies to influence, shape and support successful policy outcomes linked to...

COVID-19 and Workers'Organizations

ILO Webinar on COVID-19:Supporting Enterprises, Jobs and Income in Asia and Pacific

This webinar, part of the ACTRAV Webinar Series 2.0, will explore how to cushion the devastating consequences for the loss of income many workers face during lockdown as well as the policies in place such as wage subsidies, job retention schemes and...

World Youth Skills Day 2020

Skills for a Resilient Youth in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond

The World Youth Skills Day 2020 will take stock of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on skills development and explore how young people can respond to the economic crisis. The focus will be on helping young people be more resilient to changes...

Webinar

How COVID-19 affects Europeans and the EU labour market

Joint ILO-Eurofound webinar on how COVID-19 is affecting the European labour market, how Europeans are experiencing the crisis, as well as the policy responses of EU Member States and social partners.

Virtual Roundtable (COVID-19 webinar series)

Saving jobs, creating new ones and making people more employable. Shaping good labour market policies for post COVID-19 response

This virtual roundtable will present some of the underlying principles and current practices on how governments and social partners can engage and undertake measures aimed at preserving jobs and creating new ones. It will also focus on how they can...

COVID-19 and Workers'Organizations

COVID-19 in the Arab States: The Trade Union’s Role in Protecting Workers in their Workplaces

The global Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has devastated the world of work, causing huge costs on economies, labour markets, and societies across the Arab Region and worldwide. ILO ACTRAV through this webinar aims at assisting trade union leaders...

COVID-19 and Workers'Organizations

ILO Webinar on COVID-19: Stimulating the Economy and Employment​ in Asia and Pacific

The lockdown measures have sparked an unprecedented economic crisis in most countries around the world. “Jobs-led” and “human centred” economic policies have become increasingly important and necessary in the COVID-19 crisis and recovery response. ...

UN Human Rights Europe and ILO Webinar

Building Back Better: Strengthening Social Protection in the EU

On 23 June, the UN Human Rights Regional Office for Europe and the International Labour Organization jointly organized a webinar.

World Refugee Day: Socio-economic inclusion and self-reliance of refugees and host communities, key to Kenya’s development

On June 20, Kenya, Africa’s fifth largest refugee hosting country will join the rest of world in marking World Refugee Day. This is a time to honour the resilience of close to half a million refugees who have fled their homes due to war, violence...

Beyond cotton: Lessons Learned and Next Steps in Uzbekistan

Policy revision to address practical challenges

Skills 21 is at a fairly advanced stage in reviewing the existing National Skills Development Policy 2011. The project believes principals and local stakeholders can contribute to this priority revision through participatory governance processes...

Geneva Environment Dialogues

Impacts of COVID-19 on the Global Environmental Agenda: ILO, COVID-19 and the World of Work – For a Sustainable Recovery

Webinar

Learning Webinar: Business, non-discrimination and gender equality in the time of COVID-19

ILO-EC Conference

Enhancing social partners' and social dialogue's roles in a changing world of work

The purpose of this conference is to examine how the social partners in 34 European countries are adapting to the changes in the world of work, driven by technological innovation, demographic shifts, climate change and globalization.

National Conference on International Experiences of Protection against Unemployment and its Relevance for Indonesia

The establishment of employment insurance (EI) system has become a priority among national stakeholders. The political will in the government appears to be strong enough to realise the initiative.

Local economic growth through partnerships and value chain development through LEED+ model

The Chamber Academy of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce has organised a knowledge sharing session, together with the International Labour Organisation on the LEED+ project and its incentives to the private sector and local producers.

Final National Workshop of the pilot project on flood and drought resilience in selected districts in Sri Lanka

The International Labour Organization (ILO) Country Office for Sri Lanka and the Maldives will be conducting the final national workshop of the pilot project on flood and drought resilience in Ratnapura, Kalutara and Kilinochchi districts.

Ethiopia: Sector Skills Committee set priorities for the textile and agro-processing sector

The second meeting for the textile and garment sector skills committee (SSC) was held during the last week of February with representatives from the private sector, unions, industry, employers’ federation, government and development partners.

Ghana

Capacity Building on Skills Anticipation in the Tourism and Hospitality sector

The SKILL-Up Programme is supporting the national TVET system to better develop the skills needed in the country’s labour market.

ILO launched the Training of Trainers course on skills anticipation and STED

The face-to-face module of the Training of Trainers (ToTs) course on “Skills anticipation & matching and STED” was held in ILO-ITC Center, Turin.