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ILO, MoLSS and CAOBISCO Officials Pay Field Visits to Ordu and Samsun to Monitor Harvest Season Activities

“Our project has been continuing for ten years to serve the future. We plan to continue our efforts in the new period”, said Moral, Sustainability Manager at CAOBISCO.

ILO Türkiye Team continues its consultation meetings in the Aegean Region

Labour Market in Türkiye

Acute labour shortages in earthquake-stricken regions of Türkiye

ILO assessment reveals urgent labour market needs in the region badly hit by the earthquakes in eastern Türkiye earlier this year.

Access to formal work

How knowledge became power for Syrian women in Türkiye

Gülsüm and Emel are two young Syrian women whose lives changed after visiting one of the ILO’s Information Centres (BILMER) in Istanbul, where they gained knowledge on social protection and safety.

Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

Interview with Orkun Doğan, Economist and Researcher/Partner at Yerkure Local Studies Cooperative and Dissensus Research

“Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators” is a series of interviews with co-operators from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE)....

Interview

The Officer in Charge of the ILO Office for Türkiye: ILO is a standard setting organisation.

Interviewed after completing his term as the Officer in Charge of the ILO Office for Türkiye, Giovanni Di Cola, highlights that tripartite social dialogue is a structured tool and requires a solid foundation and knowledge that exist at the level of...

ILO Visits Authorities Ahead of Hazelnut Harvest

ILO COOP participates to the CIRIEC conference on Social Economy

The 9th CIRIEC International Research Conference on Social Economy, with the theme "Building Forward Better: Social and Solidarity Economy for a Peaceful and Fair World," was successfully held in Seoul, Korea, from July 4 to 6, 2023.

ILO visited iCOOP’s Natural Dream Park in Korea

Following the International Conference on Statistics of Cooperatives, held on 30 June in Busan, participants were invited to a study trip at iCOOP’s Natural Dream Park in Goesan, Korea between 1-2 July 2023.

ILO Organises Awareness and Buoyancy Event for Children in Adıyaman Container City on World Day Against Child Labour

UNCT joined forces with the Ministry of Labour and Social Security on the earthquake recovery

UN Country Team (UNCT) welcomed the Ministry of Labour and Social Security representatives to discuss the earthquake recovery developments at the UNCT meeting held in the International Labour Organization (ILO) premises in Ankara on 6 July 2023.

Improved statistics will strengthen global cooperative movement

An international conference has explored ways that more robust and consistent statistical measures can shape better policies and interventions for cooperatives and help their contribution to sustainable development be properly recognized.

Regional Planning and Coordination Meetings Held to End Child Labour in Ordu and Sakarya, Plans Devised for Pre-Hazelnut Harvest Planning

ILO Türkiye Office: “We are ready to support all efforts aimed at improving the working rights of domestic workers”

At an event held by the International Labour Organization (ILO) Office for Türkiye as part of the International Domestic Workers Day, which was marked by the request for a legislation amendment aimed at improving the working conditions of domestic...

ILO Türkiye Office plans to conduct a study for addressing the data gap concerning the prevention of violence and harassment in the...

Recognizing the significant barriers that violence and harassment pose for women's entry into employment, it is crucial to assess the current situation in the workplace. Due to the limited research available on this issue, the ILO Türkiye Office...

ILO organizes Capacity Building Training for MoLSS Staff

With the training program, it is aimed to raise awareness on child labour in seasonal agriculture among stakeholders, individuals and organizations and to develop the capacity to coordinate, plan, implement and monitor policies for the prevention of...

Webinar on reducing informality in forced displacement contexts

ILO supports formalization of enterprises and workers in forced displacement contexts

The ILO organized a knowledge sharing event to discuss ongoing interventions to reduce informality in forced displacement contexts with the goal to promote decent work and sustainable enterprises

People with disabilities and women inclusion

The ILO embarks on providing more opportunities for persons with disabilities and women to have equal access into the labour market

The ILO organized a workshop on “Supported Transition to Employment for Persons with Disabilities and Women in the Labour Market” with ILO’s implementing partners in Gaziantep; Bursa; Istanbul and Ankara and discussed how to lift the barriers for...

Training on Evidence Based Policy Making for Decent Work Agenda

ILO to support constituents in Türkiye on improving policy making for decent work

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security of Türkiye organized a training for its constituents from government, trade unions and employers’ organizations with technical support from the ILO. The training focused on methods and tools to use evidence...

Roadmap outlined in ILO workshop on “Women’s Representation in Decision-Making Mechanisms of Social Partners”

The ILO Office for Türkiye held a workshop to identify steps to strengthen women’s representation in the decision-making mechanisms of social partners, where recommendations were offered that workers’ and employers’ organizations draw up joint...