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Alberto’s mission to empower his community

A trainer from Timor-Leste seeks to empower his community on sustainable farming systems following his training with the Agroforestry Skills Project, which is funded by the European Union and implemented by the ILO.

ILO's new Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific takes office

Kaori Nakamura-Osaka serves as Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific at the International Labour Organization’s Regional Office in Bangkok, Thailand.

Regional Skills Webinar Series

Global experts highlight growing need for core skills amid labour market and demographic shifts

ILO Regional Skills Webinar Series gathers over 120 participants from 30 countries to discuss integrating core skills into education and training systems for inclusive employment and skills-driven growth.

Empowering Timor-Leste’s young artisans through coconut fiber products and coconut charcoal/briquettes

A hands-on coconut fiber and shells training programme, equipped participants with valuable skills to transform coconut fiber and shells into products with economic potential.

Just transition

Timor-Leste moves towards Just Transition for all and green economy

Timor-Leste’s representatives of governments, workers, employers and civil society jointly promote the need for Just Transition for all towards green economy to tackle challenges posed by climate change to the national economy, with support of the...

Formalization

Asia-Pacific forum drives efforts to formalize informal economy, addresses climate impact on vulnerable workers

Regional stakeholders urge integrated strategies to promote decent work, emphasizing climate resilience and systemic change ahead of 2025 International Labour Conference discussions.

Timor-Leste reviews the progresses of its Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP)

The ILO and its tripartite constituents review the progresses of the implementation of decent work in the country and identify new strategies to improve the achieved progresses for next year.

Asia and the Pacific

ILO Regional Skills Webinar series kicks off looking at skills and the green transition

Experts from the EU, Singapore, and the ILO share strategies to equip Asia-Pacific's workforce for a green transition, fostering dialogue on skills development, just transition, and policy innovation in the region.

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Training on TVET institution management and improvement to promote agroforestry products in Timor-Leste

The International Training Centre of the ILO (ITCILO), under the European Union-funded Agroforestry Skills for Employment and Resilience Project, recently held a transformative five-day workshop on Technical and Vocational Education and Training...

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Empowering Timor-Leste’s vanilla farmers through intensive training of trainers on vanilla cultivation

The ILO-EU Agroforestry Skills Project launches an intensive three-day Training of Trainers (ToT) in Aileu Municipality, Timor-Leste to enhance the skills with best practices of vanilla cultivation of farmers, NGO technical staff, and...

Social protection

Asia-Pacific achieves social protection milestone, yet challenges remain and new ones emerge with climate change

New ILO report highlights positive trend in regional social protection coverage, however uneven progress and financial sustainability issues, coupled with the need to address climate change impacts highlight the need for comprehensive system...

Remedy blueprint

6th United Nations Responsible Business and Human Rights Forum, Asia-Pacific

Forum focusses on bridging gaps and accelerating access to remedy; sessions can be followed in person or virtually.

Local enterprises improve their capacity to boost Timor-Leste's export trade in agroforestry products

The two-day training session has empowered local enterprises aiming to enter the global market.

EU-ILO Agroforestry Skills Project enhances business trainers' expertise with refresher Start and Improve Your Business Course

The EU funded Agroforestry Skills for Employment and Resilience Project, in partnership with IADE and supported by UNDP, successfully completed a refresher Training of Trainers (ToT) programme on Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB) for the...

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EU, ILO and TradeInvest Timor-Leste join forces supporting private sector development through export trade and business training for...

The European Union (EU), the International Labour Organization (ILO), and TradeInvest Timor-Leste have joined forces to support the growth and development of the private sector in Timor-Leste.

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EU-ILO Agroforestry Skills project empowers Timor-Leste organisations to deliver essential financial education for families

The EU-ILO Agroforestry Skills for Employment and Resilience Project, funded by the European Union, successfully conducted a comprehensive Training of Trainers (ToT) on Financial Education, designed to equip participants on critical money management...

Just transition

The International Labour Organization launches a new project on just transition and formal economy in Timor-Leste

ILO supports Timor-Leste’s economic transitions caused by climate change and other global trends that align with local reality and expectation.

Child labour

“I help my mother selling vegetables before and after school to support our family”

Elizino de Deus and his mother, Tereza Silva Santos, share their life story to earn a living in Dili, Timor-Leste, by selling vegetables in the local market. As an eldest child, Elizino should work before and after school to help his mother...

Business plan competition empowers young hospitality and tourism entrepreneurs in Timor-Leste

Youth entrepreneurs in Timor-Leste's hospitality and tourism sector have gained new skills to start and improve their businesses.

World Youth Skills Day 2024

EU-ILO empowers youth in Timor-Leste with agroforestry skills

The ILO celebrates World Youth Skills Day on 15 July by recognizing and supporting the empowerment of youth, particularly young women and girls, through its European Union funded Agroforestry Skills Project in Timor-Leste.