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Maritime Labour Convention
Sierra Leone ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006)
Sierra Leone became the 99th Member State of the ILO to ratify the Convention.
International Labour Standards
Sierra Leone is founding crisis recovery and resilience on international labour standards
Sierra Leone’s historic ratification of 9 ILO instruments was marked in a virtual ceremony with the ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder.
ILO Secures €8 Million from EU for Projects in Sierra Leone
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has signed an €8 million partnership agreement with European Union for implementation of feeder road maintenance and youth entrepreneurship programme in agricultural value chain in Sierra Leone.
#EndChildLabour2021
World Day Against Child Labour in Africa: Opening remarks by Ms Cynthia Samuel-Olonjuwon, ILO Assistant Director-General, Regional Director...
#EndChildLabour2021
Media Advisory- Event to mark the World Day Against Child Labour in Africa
Join us for a regional virtual event to commemorate the World Day against Child Labour.
AU, ILO and UNICEF mark the World Day against Child Labour in Africa
The African Union, ILO and UNICEF organized a virtual Continental event to mark the World Day against Child Labour. The event brought together key actors, to discuss strategies to address child labour, taking a holistic and systemic approach based...
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...
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".
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.
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...
ILO Supports SME Development in Sierra Leone with Training Of Trainers Workshop On Improving Your Exhibiting Skills
ILO’s SME development Project in Sierra Leone organises a Training of Trainers workshop on “Improve Your Exhibition Skills” (IYES) to build the capacity of local trainers and Business Development Services providers to support entrepreneurs organize...
Towards the urgent elimination of hazardous child labour
“Children are more vulnerable to risk than adults. Urgent action is needed to ensure no child under the age of 18 is in hazardous child labour,” says ILO Director-General Guy Ryder on the occasion of World Day against Child Labour.
ILO World Social Protection Report 2017-2019 : 82 per cent of Africans are left without social protection
New ILO report shows that massive efforts are still needed to ensure that the right to social security becomes a reality for all. The World Social Protection Report launched in Abuja December 12, 2017.
Cynthia Samuel-Olonjuwon of Nigeria Appointed ILO Assistant Director General and Regional Director for Africa
Ms. Cynthia Samuel-Olonjuwon, the new ILO Regional Director for Africa, took part in the High Level Conference on “a renewed partnership with Africa” in Brussels as part of the European Parliament’s Africa Week. She also addressed the European...
The International Labour Organization and the Government of Sierra Leone join forces to promote Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)
ILO signs Memorandum of Understanding to pledge its support for the development of the MSME sector in Sierra Leone.
Fragile States
First dialogue on the Future of Work in fragile states
Freetown will be hosting a two-day Dialogue on the Future of Work for young people in fragile states to reach consensus on actions to be implemented by ILO constituents in Liberia and Sierra Leone to improve access to decent work.
ILO to sensitize West African Trade Unions on Decent Work and Future of Work Initiative
The first strategic planning meeting of the Organization of Trade Unions of West Africa held in Abuja focused on raising awareness of workers on ILO’s Future of Work Initiative and the sub regional Decent Work program.
ILO and UNDP to strengthen their cooperation in Sierra Leone
The ILO pledged support to the UN system in Sierra Leone and its commitment to working with the Resident Coordinator’s Office and other UN sister Agencies as the UN strives to support the national development agenda.
Quick impact employment creation project, SIERRA LEONE
Quick Impact Employment Creation Project (QIECP) was designed to generate rapid employment opportunities and income generating activities for youths as well as build the foundation for sustainability of the labour-based method by strengthening the...