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Entrepreneurship
Pacific on show
About 200 entrepreneurs from across the Pacific region attended the inaugural two-day Pacific Islands Entrepreneurship Expo.
Entrepreneurship
Expo harnesses Pacific core values: Vosarogo
Acting Minister for Trade, Co-operatives, SMEs and Coummunication, Filimoni Vosarogo said in the Pacific Islands Entrepreneurship Expo organized by the Ministry for Trade in collaboration with UNDP, the International Labour Organization, and the...
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurs hailed as catalysts for sustainable economic growth
The Pacific Islands Entrepreneurship Expo fosters innovation and collaboration in the Pacific Islands’ entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Business
Expo to bolster business opportunities
The Pacific Islands Entrepreneurship Expo organized by the Ministry for Trade in collaboration with UNDP, the International Labour Organization, and the Asian Development Bank unleashed the potential of entrepreneurs and small enterprises.
Press release
Evidence-based policy making: Unravelling opinions from facts in Pacific Island Countries
Training enhances capacity to use evidence and data to shape policies relating to the world of work
Press release
Pacific regional meeting on labour mobility sets path for partnership
Dialogue strengthens collaboration between trade unions and employers to help ensure safe and regular migration.
Decent work
ILO reaffirms support to Cook Islands constituents
Advancing decent work and social justice, and close participation in the UN cooperation processes.
Labour statistics
The Pacific region statistical and labour community benefit from an ILO training on the latest international statistics standards
The ILO Office for the Pacific Island Countries in partnership with the International Training Centre (ITC), the ILO Department of Statistics and the ILO Regional Office for Asia & the Pacific is conducting a Labour Market Statistics and Analysis...
News
High-level Dialogue on the New Regional Framework on Climate Mobility concludes
The regional dialogue was facilitated through the PCCMHS programme led by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) alongside the International Labour Organization (ILO),...
Press release
ILO social partners prioritize Social dialogue and Human-centred recovery for the joint UN action in the Pacific
The ILO Office for Pacific Island Countries in collaboration with the UN Resident Coordinator Multi Country Offices based in Fiji, Samoa and Micronesia have held consultations with Employers and Workers’ organizations on the Sustainable Development...
Child labour
Act now: End child labour!
The United Nations has declared 2021 as the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour. Matin Karimli, ILO's Director for the Pacific, and Sheldon Yett, UNICEF Representative for the Pacific, explain why the time for change is now.
Eliminating violence and harassment in the world of work
Enough is enough: Eliminating violence and harassment in the world of work
An opinion piece by: Matin Karimli, Director of the ILO Office for Pacific Island Countries and Sandra Bernklau, Representative of UN Women, Pacific ahead of the 14th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women and the 7th Meeting of the Pacific Ministers...
Social Protection
Rethinking New Strategies For Pacific Communities - Covid-19 And Social Protection
International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2020
Make persons with disabilities a priority during COVID-19 recovery in the Pacific
Youth employment
Targeted responses needed to combat youth employment crisis - ADB & ILO report
The joint Tackling the COVID-19 Youth Employment Crisis in Asia and the Pacific report says COVID-19 has triggered a massive disruption of labour markets which has had a disproportionate impact on youth unemployment.
ILO PARTNERSHIPS
ILO, ITC-ILO and PIPSO sign Letter of Intent to collaborate on capacity building of Pacific EBMO
The International Labour Organization (ILO), the International Training Centre Programme for Employers Activities (ITC-ILO/ACTEMP), and the Pacific Island Private Sector Organization (PIPSO) have concluded a cooperation agreement to further promote...
Employment promotion
ILO supports the Cook Islands to launch an online employment services platform
The ILO Office for Pacific Island Countries is delighted to support the Cook Islands Ministry of Internal Affairs to launch a new online Employment Services platform to connect businesses with job seekers. This initiative targets people most...
Employment promotion
Video message transcript for the Launch of the Online Employment Services Platform, Cook Islands
By Mr Matin Karimli, Director, ILO Office for Pacific Island Countries at the Launch of the Online Employment Services Platform, Cook Islands
Maritime Labour Convention
Cook Islands ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006)
Cook Islands is the 96th Member State of the ILO to have ratified the Convention
Pacific high-level forum on climate change and decent work
"We have to work for a process of productive transformation that protects our blue ocean and gives us all a future"
Guy Ryder addressed the Pacific high-level forum on climate change and decent work during the first visit of an ILO Director-General to a Pacific Island State.