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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.

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JEITA organizes a workshop on human rights policy establishment for SMEs with ILO and Sharoushi Federation

At a human rights policy workshop organised by a Japan’s employers’ organisation for electronics sector, an ILO expert emphasized that human rights issues could arise in any company, making efforts on responsible business conduct essential for...

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.

Labour Migration

Lawyers, NGOs pivotal to providing remedy services for migrant workers

Consultation workshop in Bangkok, Thailand brings together lawyers, NGOs and academia to discuss challenges and solutions in providing better access to remedy for migrant workers to Japan.

Skills development in Indonesia

ILO, Manpower Ministry’s Training Centre and Matsushita Gobel Institute strengthen the capacities of human resources in the electronics...

The ILO join forces with relevant partners to strengthen public-private partnership in providing quality trainings and improve workers’ competency according to the needs of the Indonesian electronics industry.

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.

Employment creation and social protection

From tradition to innovation: A journey to rebuild Siargao's coconut farms

A young woman from Siargao Island rebuilds coconut farms blending tradition and innovation. She helps her community, learns modern agriculture methods, and rebuilds livelihoods after a super typhoon through the ILO's Rebuilding Better Coconut...

Child labour

Digital child labour monitoring empowers communities in Cotabato

A digital initiative to monitor and prevent child labour enables communities, villagers and students to collect and report data to help reduce child labour, including in agriculture and armed conflict.

Asia Expert Roundtable on Unemployment Protection 2024

Regional meet seeks to strengthen unemployment protection schemes across Asia

Representatives from 15 Asian countries share insights and strategies to enhance social resilience and economic stability for workers in the region.

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...

Social protection plays a key role in countering climate change impact but countries most impacted by the climate crisis are the least...

Governments must do more to utilize universal social protection to adapt to and mitigate the impact of climate change and achieve a just transition, according to a new ILO report.

Labour Migration

How to improve remedy for migrant workers from Cambodia to Japan?

Workshop paves the way for development of a joint work plan to improve remedy systems for migrant workers from South-East Asia to Japan.

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.

Press release

Indonesia strengthens the implementation of its National Strategy on Business and Human Rights

The Ministry of Manpower, the Directorate General of Human Rights of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights and the International Labour Organization (ILO), supported by the Japanese government, conducted a National Seminar on Strengthening the...

Global Employment Trends for Youth 2024

Number of youth not in employment, education, or training (NEET) a cause for concern, despite falling jobless rate

New ILO report finds high shares of youth NEETs, regional and gender gaps, and growing youth anxiety about work, despite encouraging global youth unemployment trends.

More workers than ever are losing the fight against heat stress

Heat is a silent killer that threatens the health and lives of a growing number of workers around the world, ILO report finds.

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Don't find fault, find value: Preliminary seminars for ILO Youth Congress started

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is hosting a pitch contest for youth at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan. This major event, spanning two years from 2024 to 2026, begins with preliminary seminars starting in July 2024.

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Cooperatives are at the heart of social justice and sustainable solutions

ILO Director-General, Gilbert F. Houngbo, issued a statement for the 2024 International Day of Cooperatives, emphasizing the theme “Cooperatives Build a Better Future for All”.

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Social and solidarity economy critical to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in Asia-Pacific

Policymakers, workers' and employers' organizations and practitioners across Asia and the Pacific are leveraging the social and solidarity economy toward sustainable development in the region.