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Welcome address at the National Workshop and Training on Recruitment and Preparation of Migrant Workers for Korea

By Ms Tine Staermose, Director, ILO Office in Sri Lanka

FCCISL - Key note address on youth and women entrepreneurship

By Ms Tine Staermose, Director, ILO Office in Sri Lanka

Fish and fairs support economic development in Sri Lanka

By Roel Hakemulder, Advisor, Enter-Growth Project, Sri Lanka. The ornamental fish breeders of Polonnaruwa District in Sri Lanka had a problem--not enough water. In 2007, with support from the ILO’s Sida-funded Enterprise for Pro-poor Growth project...

Speech on the ILO's 90th anniversary celebrations

By Ms Sachiko Yamamoto, Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific and Assistant Director-General, ILO on 28 April, in Colombo, Sri Lanka

Breaking the barriers: an innovative collaborative approach between the workplace and an STI clinic in Sri Lanka

ILO Symposium at the 8th Regional Congress on Asia and the Pacific in Sri Lanka

The ILO is to hold a symposium on 21 August at the 8th Regional Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP) in Colombo.

Governments, trade unions, employers and NGOs join hands in the prevention of HIV/AIDS in workplaces in Sri Lanka

The ILO Office in Sri Lanka being a technical corporation agency seeks to enhance the capacity of employers, workers and the Ministry of Labour Relations and Manpower (MOLR&MP) to plan and implement policies and programmes for prevention of HIV/AIDS...

Ambassador of Sri Lanka elected new Chairman of ILO Governing Body: Committee on Freedom of Association cites Cambodia, Colombia and the...

The Governing Body of the International Labour Office (ILO) elected H.E. Mr. Dayan Jayatilleka, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in Geneva, as Chairman for its 2007-08 Session.

President of Sri Lanka expresses support for ILO Decent Work Agenda: Focus on improving lives of workers, especially in rural areas

The President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, H.E. Mahinda Rajapaksa today expressed support for the Decent Work Agenda of the International Labour Organization (ILO) as “central to peoples’ lives.”