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Communicating on labour migration: Improving media coverage and quality of reporting on labour migration in the IGAD region
SCORE Training
Stay safe and resilient: ILO SCORE Programme expands its OSH and Business Continuity training under the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed the world of work. Production disruptions have caused demand for many goods and services to plummet and forced enterprises around the world to suspend or scale down operations, with enormous impacts for workers.
Labour migration
FAIRWAY supports returning Ethiopian migrant workers
Under the framework of the ‘Support to Reintegration of Returnees in Ethiopia’ agreement with the Ethiopian Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, the FAIRWAY Programme supported cash transfers for 806 returning migrants.
Participants thought about the Labour Migration Analysis virtual meetings
ILO Webinar Examines Impact of COVID-19 on African Migrant Workers in the SADC and IGAD Regions
In response to impacts of COVID-19 to migrant workers, the ILO encourages countries of origin and destination to develop mechanisms to implement policy responses that support the protection of migrant workers’ rights.
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Social cohesion in fragile contexts through TVET
A cohort of TVET and other educational practitioners received training on core skills for social cohesion and peaceful coexistence from 30 November to 03 December 2020 in Jigjiga, Ethiopia, in an effort by ILO to promote stronger economic relations...
ILO and Government of Ethiopia to launch a new project on job creation in the agro-processing sector
ILO and Government of Ethiopia to launch a new project on job creation in the agro-processing sector
Austrian Development Agency partners with the ILO to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment in the garment sector in Ethiopia
ILO strengthens the effort of labour migration governance experts in the IGAD region
ILO Promotes COVID-19 Free Working Environment
Advancing Decent Work and Inclusive Industrialization Programme Provided Disinfection Service & Capacity Building Training for 14 Factories in Industrial Parks in Ethiopia
The African Union Ten Year Action Plan on Child Labour plan moves toward implementation
The African Union (AU) is initiating discussions with stakeholders on the implementation of African Union’s Ten Year Action Plan to Eradicate Child Labour, Forced Labour, Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery (2020-2030) adopted during the AU Summit...
The African Union Ten Year Action Plan on Child Labour plan moves toward implementation
The African Union (AU) is initiating discussions with stakeholders on the implementation of African Union’s Ten Year Action Plan to Eradicate Child Labour, Forced Labour, Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery (2020-2030) adopted during the AU Summit...
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Upskilling local contractors in routine road maintenance for better performance and workmanship
The evident and vital role local contractors play in infrastructure development and employment creation in the construction sector provide recognition for essential investment in upskilling for better performance and workmanship.
Multi-donor programme
ILO/Germany programme to protect garment workers affected by COVID-19
The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) is giving €14.5 million to an International Labour Organization (ILO) multi-donor programme to help garment sector workers in seven countries who have been affected by...
IGAD Member States Labour Migration Experts testimony to FMPT project capacity building support
SCORE continues enterprise trainings despite challenges posed by COVID-19
As enterprises face the challenges posed by the outbreak of COVID-19, the ILO SIRAYE programme, understanding the needs of enterprises, is continuing to deliver productivity and quality training to factories in tandem with preventing and mitigating...
COVID-19: Protect children from child labour, now more than ever!
Most ILO programmes implemented in African countries, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, are now taking accelerated action on protecting the health, jobs and incomes of workers. These interventions include a focus on more comprehensive social...
Coping with COVID-19 – Lesson from the Ethiopian garment and textile industry
With the purpose of sharing factories practices to prevent COVID-19 and improve workers’ well being, the ILO programme on advancing decent work and inclusive industrialisation (SIRAYE) hosted the second webinar series with over 20 factories across...
Towards building the capacity of labour migration analysts in the IGAD region
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