All news: Tunisia
Ceremony for the signing of a new partnership agreement between SCORE Tunisia & the ISST
A ceremony was held on 14th October in Tunisia for the signing of a partnership agreement between the ILO (SCORE Tunisia) and the Institute for Occupational Health and Safety (ISST).
The Tunisian Parliament adopts a bill on the social and solidarity economy
The new law has been developed through a series of tripartite consultations with the support of the ILO to create an enabling environment for a more equitable and inclusive human-centred economic model in Tunisia.
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...
ILO builds national capacity to analyze data on child and forced labor in Africa
The International Labour Office under its project “Accelerating action for the elimination of child labour in supply chains in Africa” (ACCEL Africa), conducts a training on data analysis relating to child labour and forced labour for 28...
Soft skills and financial education: benefits for job seekers
Civil society in Tunisia is constantly changing. Because of this, the public employment service needs to meet the needs of job seekers and of enterprises with concrete actions.
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Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators
GDA Pure Nature: Empowering rural women thorough a cheese making cooperative in Tunisia
“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)....
Middle East and North Africa
Conflict and mass displacement increase child labour
Conflict and crisis in the Middle East and North Africa has led to an increase in child labour across the region, including in children’s involvement in armed conflict and other illicit activities, a new report finds.
A youth cooperative launched to develop the honey value chain in northwestern Tunisia
Participants’ reflections on the 9th ILO-JCCU African Cooperative Leaders’ Study Tour
Since 2010, the ILO, through the Cooperatives Unit (COOP) and its Office for Tokyo, and the Japanese Consumers’ Co-operative Union (JCCU) have co-organized African Cooperative Leaders' Study Tours in Japan to encourage the exchange of knowledge and...
Three editions of the Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) forthcoming in 2019
ILO and Sida enhance decent work in North Africa
The International Labour Organization has signed a cooperation agreement with the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency to further support the different dimensions of the decent work agenda in North Africa countries.
Francophone African cooperative leaders exchange knowledge and experience with Japanese co-operators
The 9th edition of the ILO/Japanese Consumers’ Cooperative Union (JCCU) African Cooperative Leaders’ Study Tour took place in Japan from 15-24 October 2018.
ILO- JCA Public Seminar
Cooperative Activities in French-Speaking Africa (Seminar Report)
International Women's Day 2018
Improving job opportunities for rural women through better results measurement
The ILO and IFAD supported Taqeem Initiative pilots innovative M&E strategies for women and youth in the MENA region.
Promoting rural women economic empowerment through cooperatives in Upper Egypt
The Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) takes action to support migrant workers in Tunisia
With support of the ILO’s Integrated Programme on Fair Recruitment (FAIR), UGTT has assigned nine focal points on labour migration across Tunisia in the cities of Medenine, Sfax, Sousse and Tunis in a show of its commitment to fair recruitment and...
Tripartite conference in Tunisia on the role of Social and Solidarity Economy as a bridge to the formal economy
Youth and Employment in North Africa Conference
ILO to host the first High-Level Conference on Youth and Employment in North Africa
Decent Work Country Programme for Tunisia
One more step towards decent work in Tunisia
The new Decent Work Country Programme for Tunisia signed by the ILO, the Tunisian Government and social partners identifies 5 national priorities.