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A new ILO training programme on activating agricultural cooperatives in the elimination of child labour piloted in Tanzania

The new training programme was developed to strengthen the capacities of cooperatives as part of ILO’s projects on the elimination of child labour in multiple African countries.

50 representatives from Government and Social partners gather to address decent work deficits in the tobacco sector in Tanzania.

Participants to propose a three years programme to address the decent work deficits in the country

Zanzibar one step closer to launching Apprenticeship Policy

The policy aims to help alleviate Zanzibar’s high youth unemployment rate by increasing the quantity and quality of its skilled labour force.

Tanzania pilots the ILO Skills Tracker

The text messaging tool, developed with the support of the Norwegian Government, is part of ILO’s innovative approach to skills development.

Youth employment

Meet our iTrack-Skills: Artificial Intelligence for tracing TVET students

How many TVET graduates found a stable job? Are they working in a job they are qualified for? How many graduates are unemployed or inactive? How relevant and effective was the training?

Reaching Men under the National Test and Treat campaign in Tanzania

Only 45 per cent of men living with HIV know their HIV status in Tanzania, as against 56 per cent of women living with HIV. The Prime Minister, involving all stakeholders, launched a national HIV Test and Treat campaign on 19 June 2018. Coming...

African cooperative leaders share their observations on the 10th ILO-JCCU Study Tour

African cooperative leaders visited Japanese cooperatives and exchanged knowledge and practices in improving members’ livelihoods and addressing various development challenges in the changing world of work.

« 100 Years – 100 Lives » | TANZANIA - “Today, I own my business and I know how to protect myself from HIV infection”

An ILO project in Tanzania helped women like Angel Banda to become financially independent while at the same time providing them with training on HIV prevention.

ILO contributes to the Tanzanian cooperative development policy review

The ILO provides inputs to the review of the cooperative development policy in Tanzania towards creating enabling environment for cooperatives as autonomous, member-owned, and democratically-controlled enterprises.

« 100 Years – 100 Lives » | TANZANIA - “The ILO training was a real life-changing experience”

Max – a young man from Dar es Salaam – changed his mind about trainings when he attended an ILO entrepreneurship programme that led him to start his own business.

« 100 Years – 100 Lives » | TANZANIA - “I can see a new person in me because of the apprenticeship training”

ILO’s support for quality apprenticeships is increasingly making decent work a reality for young people in Tanzania, such as Said Musa Selemani.

Tanzania Prime Minister H.E. Kassim Majaliwa officiates at ILO Centenary Celebrations: Hails the Organization for spearheading Social...

Celebrations included the launch of the National Apprenticeship Programme and Planting of 100 trees in Dodoma, the capital city

Tanzania Government and partners join ILO in marking its Centenary

The celebrations will be graced by the Prime Minister Hon Kassim Majaliwa Majaliwa

« 100 Years – 100 Lives » | TANZANIA - “The training in tailoring made it possible for me to leave drug addiction for good”

Saleh Awadhi managed to leave the drug rehabilitation house and open his own tailoring business after attending an ILO training.

Zanzibar collaborates with ILO to develop first Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) programme

Zanzibar’s Vocational Training Authority (VTA) organised the workshop to develop pilot competency standards for RPL in 3 occupations

The ILO Apprenticeship Programme focuses on Arusha and Zanzibar trainers in Tanzania

Over 110 hotel supervisors and trainers coached on using Apprenticeship tools

« 100 Years – 100 Lives » | TANZANIA - “Apprenticeship brought me a whole new life and now I can support my family”

An ILO-supported apprenticeship programme provided the necessary skills and training to a young unemployed single mother. She now works in a 5-star safari resort.

Sub-regional tripartite workshop on the promotion of the ILO Guidelines on decent work and socially responsible tourism, Arusha, Tanzania

40 representatives of workers’ and employers’ organizations and governments from Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda to share knowledge on tourism development policies

ILO-Employment Intensive Investment Programme (EIIP) and Ministries of Works and Infrastructure Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar conduct Soil...

30 Engineers, technicians, Environmentalists and Social Experts familiarized with Environmental Conservation in road construction and maintenance.

Training Workshop on Soil and Water Conservation for Road Construction Engineers, Technicians, Environmental and Social Experts in...

Targeted at mainstreaming soil erosion prevention and control in the Delivery of road infrastructure