All news: Senegal
ILO COOP 100 Webinar III - Cooperatives for Climate Action
The webinar focused on climate action, the theme for this year’s International Day of Cooperatives. Four speakers presented on the role of cooperatives in climate change mitigation and adaptation and discussed ways to scale up efforts toward a...
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...
Maritime Labour Convention
Senegal ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006)
Senegal is the 94th member State to have ratified this Convention.
A first step towards improving working conditions of waste pickers in Senegal
Under the Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE), the ILO is supporting an initiative to improve working conditions in the waste management sector, by helping to organize informal economy workers into cooperatives.
Improving living and working conditions for fishers: Namibia and Senegal join the fight
The Government of the Republic of Namibia has ratified the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (No. 188) on 20 September 2018. On 21 September 2018, the Government of the Republic of Senegal has equally ratified Convention No. 188.
Field Visit to Senegal for ILO’s development partners
On 17 – 20 April 2018 ILO's development partners were invited to a field visit to Dakar to experience how the Decent Work Agenda is being promoted and implemented in Senegal
Partnership for Action on Green Economy
Senegal hosted its second National Green Economy Days
The two days event aimed to provide participants from the Senegalese government, local authorities, civil society, workers’ and employers’ organizations, and academic institutions, a platform for exchange and sharing experiences on the transition to...
Towards the First Labour Migration Statistics Report in Africa
Senior experts from National Statistical Institutes and Ministries of Labour will meet in Dakar from 30 May to 1 June 2016 to validate the first Report on Labour Migration Statistics in Africa.
Senegal holds first Green Economy Academy
Over 70 representatives of policy, research and analysis institutions rallied on the first edition of the Green Economy Academy in Dakar, Senegal, on 3-5 May 2016.
How to strategically engage fragile states in Africa
ILO to hold its first African strategic meeting on Fragile States from 18 – 19 April, 2016 in Dakar, Senegal.
ILO to attend the 2016 FOPAO General Assembly
A high-level delegation of the ILO led by Aeneas C. Chuma, Regional Director for Africa, will take part in the Federation of West African Employers Association’s General Assembly in Cabo Verde.
ILO and ECOWAS to develop a Decent Work Programme for West Africa
The ILO and the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) agreed to formulate a first Sub-Regional Decent Work Programme.
Labour Mobility and Employment Services
How to advance labour mobility in ECOWAS countries and Mauritania
Accueil-Emploi, a job matching network and online platform in West Africa, is being reviewed for effective management of migration and better mainstreaming labour migration into Labour Market Information Systems.
New database for Labour Market Information System in ECOWAS Region
The ILO seeks to improve labour market information systems and the coordination of the public employment services database for ECOWAS Member States and Mauritania.
ILO's Head for Africa on official visit in Senegal
The Assistant Director-General of ILO and Regional Director for Africa, Aeneas Chapinga Chuma, is in Dakar, Senegal on an official visit from 19-22 January 2015.
Senegal in motion towards a green economy
The launch of the PAGE initiative in Senegal: an innovative UN partnership promoting national strategies for a green economy.
Official launch of PAGE Initiative in Burkina Faso and Senegal
In response to requests by governments of Burkina Faso and Senegal, the ILO, UNDP, UNEP, UNIDO and UNITAR jointly launched PAGE in the two countries in view of supporting national efforts to transition to greener economies.
Regional green jobs workshop held in Dakar, Senegal
New ILO Child Labour Report calls for strong focus on Sub-Saharan Africa
A new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) states that the global number of child labourers has declined by one third since 2000, from 246 million to 168 million. But Sub-Saharan Africa continues to be the region with the highest...