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International Year of Cooperatives
Measures to strengthen cooperatives and their role in sustainable development showcased at UN Headquarters
At a high-level event for the International Year of Cooperatives, governments, the ILO, and representatives of the cooperative movement shared recent policies, financing schemes and education initiatives, alongside new data and international...
1st national prize for journalism in Social Protection in Cape Verde awarded
Organized by the National Institute for Social Protection (INPS), the event honored journalists in radio, television, and print/web for promoting inclusive social protection. Supported by the ILO’s ACTION/Portugal project, the initiative also...
Commonwealth Sustainable Energy Forum
Just Transition in Small Island Developing States is key to economic resilience
The ILO is promoting just energy transitions in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) as a key strategy to boost workforce and economic resilience, as highlighted at the Commonwealth Sustainable Energy Forum in May 2025.
ILO Director-General’s visit to Cabo Verde: Renewed momentum for social justice and tripartite dialogue
ILO Director-General Gilbert F. Houngbo strengthens cooperation on decent work, youth and social dialogue during his mission.
News
Academy on Decent Work for Social Justice promotes the decent work agenda in Portuguese-speaking countries
The Academy on Decent Work for Social Justice for Portuguese-Speaking Countries took place in Lisbon from 10 to 14 February 2025, organized by the International Training Centre of the ILO (ITC-ILO), the Institute for Employment and Vocational...
ILO opens new Country Office in Angola
The ILO has inaugurated a new Country Office in Luanda, Angola, to strengthen support for the decent work agenda across Portuguese-speaking African countries, marking a significant step in enhancing regional collaboration and development.
ILO launches an innovative approach to facilitate enterprise formalization in Cabo Verde
With 8 out of 10 economic units operating in the informal economy globally, what can countries do to promote the transition to formality and improve the livelihoods of billions? Which enterprises are most likely to formalize?
Cabo Verde and the Philippines ratify the 1986 Constitutional Amendment
ILO and Portugal sign cooperation agreement on Social Protection
On Tuesday 14 June in the framework of a High-Level Conference organized by the ILO Office in Lisbon and the Ministry of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security of Portugal, the International Labour Organization has signed a cooperation agreement...
12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Elective 2: Towards an inclusive and gender-transformative SSE: a thinking lab
12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - High level panel 1: A human-centred recovery. Impacts of and responses on the COVID-19...
ILO and Finland sign cooperation agreement on Trade for Decent Work
On Monday 19 July, the International Labour Organization has signed a cooperation agreement with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland to further support the application of the ILO Fundamental Conventions in EU trading partner countries through...
#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...
Op-Ed
New normal? Better normal!
The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare in the cruellest way, the extraordinary precariousness and injustices of our world of work, says ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder.
COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace
COVID-19: Social protection systems failing vulnerable groups
Governments must use the momentum created by the COVID-19 pandemic to make rapid progress toward collectively financed, comprehensive, and permanent social-protection systems.
The ILO participates in the 4th World Forum on Local Economic Development to discuss roles of SSE in achieving SDGs at local level
Middle-income countries: African tripartite constituents endorse the “Praia Consensus”
The first tripartite meeting on ILO’s strategy for Decent Work in Middle-Income Countries of Africa held from 27-28 June in Praia, Cabo Verde, adopted the pragmatic plan by urging member states, social and development partners as well as regional...