All news: Senegal
Senegal : Toward Real Social Protection for Agricultural Workers
July 29, 2025 – Saly, Senegal. A national dialogue was held from July 29 to 31, 2025, at the Palm Beach Hotel, bringing together key stakeholders from the agricultural sector and public institutions to discuss extending social protection to...
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...
Monitoring and evaluation committee validates legal draft to formalize informal sector in Senegal
Arizmendiarrieta Social Economy Think Tank Forum
ILO highlights transformative power of the social and solidarity economy at a global forum in Spain
The ILO participated in the first Forum of the Arizmendiarrieta Social Economy Think Tank (ASETT), emphasizing the role of the social and solidarity economy (SSE) in contributing to decent work, social justice, and inclusive development. It...
Senegal Charts a New Path for Employment with the Development of Its National Policy
Senegal has launched a strategic workshop to co-develop its new National Employment Policy. Supported by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), this event marks the beginning of an...
Ecotourism in Senegal, a driver of just transition and creator of green jobs
Faced with the challenges of climate change, Senegal relies on ecotourism as a strategic lever to preserve the environment, promote green jobs, and support inclusive development. A training workshop organized in Casamance illustrates this ambition...
ADIJEFE: an innovative project to facilitate youth integration and business formalization in Senegal
The ADIJEFE project, executed by the ILO and funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), embodies an ambitious initiative aimed at creating decent jobs for young people while promoting business formalization. Here’s a look at...
National strategy for labor migration in Guinea: a decisive step for the protection of migrant workers
On April 15-16, 2025, Guinea took a key step in implementing its National Migration Policy by organizing a technical validation workshop for the national strategy on labor migration. Led by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in partnership...
Culture and Creative Economy
African cultural and creative sector sets roadmap for decent jobs and inclusive growth
Government representatives, sectoral unions and employers’ organizations from the Culture and Creative Economy from across Africa joined forces in Johannesburg to develop national roadmaps aimed at promoting decent work and unlocking the full...
Encouraging formal entrepreneurship for decent employment: The impact of the PROMEFI project on the empowerment of women entrepreneurs
In a world where women’s entrepreneurship plays a key role in economic and social transformation, the formalization of activities remains an essential lever to ensure business growth and access to decent employment. For the International Women’s...
A tripartite workshop paves the way for apprenticeship reform in Guinea
Guinea is taking a decisive step towards reshaping its apprenticeship training system. From February 4 to 7, 2025, a tripartite consultation workshop brought together public authorities, social partners (employers and trade unions), civil society...
Launch of the Monitoring and Evaluation Committee for the Entrepreneurial Statute: The ADIJEFE project paves the way for the Formalization...
On November 28, 2024, the workshop to set up the monitoring and evaluation committee for the status of the entrepreneur marked an important milestone in the project to improve the system for integrating young people and formalizing businesses...
Measuring green jobs in the context of a just transition
Skills and Lifelong Learning in Africa
ILO and the Government of Norway renew their partnership
The Government of Norway and the International Labour Organization (ILO) have renewed their strategic partnership agreement for 2024-2025 to strengthen the skills development eco-system in targeted countries and contribute to human development...
ILO Voices | Social protection
A social protection benefit transformed our daily lives
Astou Gningue, a mother of 10 children living in Senegal, sells fruit and other products to support her family. A social protection benefit has helped her to support her family’s basic needs when she could not work and enabled her to grow her...
STRENGTHEN2
Building capacity for employment impact assessment and policy simulation techniques in Senegal
STRENGTHEN2
STRENGTHEN2 workshop on measuring non-direct employment impacts
ILO Concludes Inter-regional Workshop on Country Programming in Dakar
Over 50 participants from came together to enhance their capacity in designing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating effective country programmes.
COOPERATIVE IS BEAUTIFUL: The rise of cooperatives as a tool for formalising the informal sector in Senegal
The cooperative, in the spotlight of the Senegalese economy, is becoming an essential instrument for formalising players in the informal economy.
STRENGTHEN2
The STRENGTHEN2 project is building the technical capacity of national actors on Employment Impact Assessment and development policy...