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Take Action: Put an End to Child Labour!

This year's World Day Against Child Labour (WDACL) - which comes on June 12 of each year - is considered as an opportunity to urge the tripartite constituents of the International Labour Organization (government - employers - workers) to take...

How can individuals act to eliminate child labour in their communities?

We children and youth of today, need to be well educated, we need to dream, we need to be healthy so that we can good leaders tomorrow, and all this is only possible if you, our dear parents, allow us to do so.

Journalists have a key role to play in the collective effort to eliminate child labour

Through the Accel Africa Reporting on child labour in Africa course, learners are introduced to a number of different issues, including international labour standards, ethical reporting of child-related information, or collecting testimonies from...

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The ILO and the Federation of Egyptian Industries (FEI) join forces to support youth and refugees in Greater Cairo

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Federation of Egyptian Industries (FEI) have signed an agreement to implement the apprenticeship programme for Egyptian youth and refugee communities in Greater Cairo.

Saafan and Oechslin co-chair the third meeting of the National Steering Committee for the implementation of the National Plan of Action to...

Mr. Mohamed Saafan - His Excellency the Minister of Manpower, and Mr. Eric Oechslin - Director of the ILO Office for Egypt and Eritrea, co-chaired today, Thursday, via Zoom, the third meeting of the National Steering Committee (NSC) for the...

Photo3-Saafan and Oechslin co-chair the third meeting of the National Steering Committee for the implementation of the National Plan of...

Mr. Mohamed Saafan - His Excellency the Minister of Manpower, and Mr. Eric Oechslin - Director of the ILO Office for Egypt and Eritrea, co-chaired today, Thursday, via Zoom, the third meeting of the National Steering Committee (NSC) for the...

Photo2-Saafan and Oechslin co-chair the third meeting of the National Steering Committee for the implementation of the National Plan of...

Mr. Mohamed Saafan - His Excellency the Minister of Manpower, and Mr. Eric Oechslin - Director of the ILO Office for Egypt and Eritrea, co-chaired today, Thursday, via Zoom, the third meeting of the National Steering Committee (NSC) for the...

Photo-Saafan and Oechslin co-chair the third meeting of the National Steering Committee for the implementation of the National Plan of...

Mr. Mohamed Saafan - His Excellency the Minister of Manpower, and Mr. Eric Oechslin - Director of the ILO Office for Egypt and Eritrea, co-chaired today, Thursday, via Zoom, the third meeting of the National Steering Committee (NSC) for the...

The Federation of Egyptian Industries (FEI) and the ILO support the transition from "Corporate Social Responsibility" to "Responsible...

A knowledge exchange with ILO Ankara: Learning from each other and sharing experiences to support the creation of decent work opportunities...

The ILO Office in Turkey and the PROSPECTS programme jointly organized a webinar to exchange knowledge and experiences on how to foster an enabling environment for the socio-economic inclusion of refugees and vulnerable host community members.

Assisting refugees and host communities in Egypt to turn their skills into careers

ILO PROSPECTS Egypt in collaboration with Skilllab, a social start-up based in the Netherlands, and the Association of Businessmen in Alexandria (ABA), is piloting a skills-profiling application allowing refugees and host communities to assess and...

Job Search Clubs in Egypt boosted by training facilitators

Two Training of facilitators rolled-out by ILO PROSPECTS Egypt as part of its efforts to strengthen Job Search Clubs in three targeted governorates.

The Federation of Egyptian Industries (FEI) supports the digital transformation of Egyptian MSMEs

A new partnership with Lumas to roll-out ‘Maharat min Google’ digital skills program for MSMEs operating in the Industrial sector of Egypt

International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour — beyond commitments to action

An interview with Ms. Cynthia Samuel-Olonjuwon, ILO Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Africa, on the occasion of the launch of the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour, which took place on January 21, 2021.

International Migrants Day

African journalists win awards for excellence in labour migration reporting

ILO ACCEL Africa supports Better Work on mainstreaming child labour in Egypt

The collaboration between the two projects resulted in the establishment by the MOM of a new Trade Union Grievance Committee to facilitate trade unions’ registration process. A ministerial decree is issued by MOM to institutionalize the Committee.

The Alliance 8.7 Supply Chains Action Group held its second Strategic Workshop from 14 to 15 May 2019 in Abidjan, Cote d’ Ivoire.

The second strategic workshop of the Alliance 8.7 Supply Chains Action Group was organized in Abidjan on 14 and 15 May 2019 under the patronage of the First Lady of Côte d'Ivoire with funding from the governments of the Netherlands (through the...

The Federation of Egyptian Industries and ILO explore improving prospects for refugees and Egyptian host communities.

Partnership for improving prospects for forcibly displaced persons and host communities (PROSPECTS) and the Federation of Egyptian Industries (FEI), Egypt’s largest employers’ organisation, organised two rounds of a capacity development workshop for...

International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

Film director wins ILO prize for gender based violence documentary

The winning short film touches on fundamental gender and child rights’ issues addressed by the International Labour Organization.

ILO Cairo endows special prize for mobile films

ILO Cairo Office announces a special prize for short films shot only by mobile phones.