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5 ways governments can support agriculture insurance

Agriculture provides jobs to 1.3 billion people, which is close to 40 per cent of global employment, most of them working poor. Agricultural insurance can play an important role in securing farmers’ livelihoods and boosting the efficiency of the...

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.

ILO Supports Business Resilience in Ghana amidst Covid-19 Pandemic

The ILO SCORE programme is supporting businesses in Ghana to acquire skills to support resilience, response and recovery in the midst of the devastating Covid-19 pandemic through its the Business Continuity Planning (BCP) training programme.

Ghana Employers’ Association (GEA) explores, with ILO support, the cost and causes of rising industrial disputes in Ghana.

Considering that the rising level of industrial disputes could negatively impact the cost of production and productivity of enterprises and might be aggravated by tensions within enterprises resulting from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, GEA,...

Support to mitigate the impact of COVID19 on businesses and workers in the tourism and hospitality sector in Ghana

The ILO organized capacity building workshops for members of the Ghana Tourism Federation (GHATOF) to help mitigating the impacts of the COVID19 pandemic on the Ghanaian tourism and hospitality sector. At the end of training, participants were...

Ghana Employers' Association (GEA) and the ILO collaborate to foster transition to formality in the country

GEA with the support of ILO Bureau for Employers' Activities (ACTEMP) conducted a needs assessment survey and identified areas of possible support amid the COVID-19 outbreak for transition to the formal economy

ILO trains Ghanaian businesses on business digitization and e-commerce

In an attempt to circumvent the odds of COVID-19 pandemic, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE) Ghana Project educates SMEs on business digitalization and e-commerce. This initiative...

SCORE Training for the One-District-One-Factory (1D1F) Programme in Ghana

The Ministry of Trade and Industry (MOTI) facilitates SCORE training for all factories under the Government of Ghana’s flagship programme 1D1F. This is to introduce some best international practices to these enterprises to improve their quality,...

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...

Ghana Study Tour: An opportunity to learn and share knowledge on the gold supply chain

My name is Silvia Possenti and I work as Supply Chain and Enterprises Officer for the Accelerating Action for the Elimination of Child Labour in Supply Chains in Africa (ACCEL Africa), an International Labour Organization (ILO) project at the...

4th Ordinary Congress of Africa Regional Organization of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa)

Opening remarks by ILO Regional Director for Africa

Theme: “Unite and Make a Difference".

ILO Launches Financial Education Training In Abuja, Nigeria, to Support Employment Prospects of Potential and Return Migrants in Nigeria...

International Labour Organization (ILO) Conducts Training on Financial Education for Personnel of Employment and Migration Resource centres and financial institutions in Nigeria and Ghana.

Support for the development of Skills for Trade and Economic Diversification (STED) in Ghana

ILO and partners organize capacity building workshop to support the development of skills strategies for three sectors in Ghana in alignment with Government agenda of addressing the skills mismatch of the TVET sector.

Youth delegates call for systematic changes to global youth employment policies

Young leaders at the ILO Global Youth Employment Forum in Nigeria highlight need for better jobs, entrepreneurship, training and rights.

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Exceeding production targets through waste reduction in Ghana

Participation in SCORE Training enabled Carmeuse Lime Products Ghana Ltd. to reduce waste and exceed production targets, while stepping up on safety issues and improving environmental impact.

ILO PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR ECOWAS LABOUR MARKET GOVERNANCE

In order to strengthen dialogue, coordination and collaboration among Member States in the Labour and Employment fields within the region, the ECOWAS Commission organised a 3-day General Assembly of the ECOWAS Tripartite Social Dialogue Forum in...

« 100 Years – 100 Lives » | GHANA “I stopped working at the mine, I want to study more and become an artist”

An ILO project in Ghana’s artisanal mining communities is helping to reduce child labour and open up opportunities for education for vulnerable children.

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Out of the mines and into school

An ILO project in Ghana’s artisanal mining communities is helping to reduce child labour and open up opportunities for education for vulnerable children.

Caring Gold Mining Project Marks World Day against Child Labour with a “Call to Action” in Ghana.

The Call to Action is an initiative of Stakeholders of the Caring Gold Mining Project, to reinforce the implementation of interventions to reduce child labour and working conditions in the project districts. It will mobilise action against child...

ILO SCORE Programme Set to Roll-Out Hospitality Coaching (HoCo) in Ghana

The International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE) project in Ghana collaborates with the Ghana Hotels Association (GHA) to improve service delivery and provision, and further develop the...