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Press Release: A Technical Tripartite Workshop on formulating Skills Partnerships for Labour Migration in the East and Horn of Africa...

The International Labour Organization (ILO), through the Better Regional Migration Management (BRMM) programme, is organising a Technical Tripartite Workshop on formulating skills partnerships for labour migration in the East and Horn of Africa...

The global advisory committee of the ILO initiative on cooperative statistics holds its 5th meeting

Findings from case studies of Italy, Türkiye, Costa Rica, Tanzania and Korea on statistics concerning cooperatives were presented. This led to discussions around recommendations to the ILO guidelines concerning statistics of cooperatives and the...

Tripartite Dialogue on labour and Mixed Migration Governance

The International Labour Organization, Better Regional Migration Management (BRMM) programme and Southern Africa Migration Management (SAMM) project, in collaboration with the IOM, and UNHCR, UNODC is organizing a High-Level meeting under the theme...

The global advisory committee of the ILO initiative on cooperative statistics holds its 4th meeting

National researchers from Italy, Türkiye, Costa Rica and Tanzania presented their analyses on the available and potential sources of data on cooperatives in their countries. They also provided comparisons and recommendations on the international...

Generating Data for Monitoring and Reporting Sustainable Development Goals in Zanzibar

The International Labour Organization (ILO) supported the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar through the OCGS to review and develop the administrative data collection tools; analyse the available surveys, including the Tanzania Demographic and...

The global advisory committee of the ILO initiative on cooperative statistics holds its 3rd meeting

National researchers from Italy, Türkiye, Korea, Costa Rica and Tanzania have presented an analysis of the statistics in their countries on cooperatives. They also provided comparisons to the international guidelines concerning statistics of...

Opportunities and challenges on Labour Migration: An Experience-Sharing Forum among East African Countries to be held in Zanzibar, Tanzania

The global advisory committee of the ILO’s initiative on statistics of cooperatives holds its 2nd meeting

Five national researchers made presentations comparing their national contexts with the ILO’s guidelines concerning statistics of cooperatives at the 2nd meeting of the global advisory committee (GAC) of the ILO initiative on implementing the...

ILO Voices | Recognition of prior learning

Failing in school is not failing in life

After 25 years of on-the-job experience as a welder in Zanzibar, Tanzania, 53-year-old Hussein Juma Hassan had his skills formally recognized. The certification process has helped him realise the value of his skills and also increased his income....

The global advisory committee of the ILO’s initiative on statistics of cooperatives holds its kick-off meeting

The global advisory committee of the ILO initiative on implementing the Guidelines concerning statistics of cooperatives held its kick-off meeting.

ILO holds an orientation session on the Guidelines concerning Statistics of Cooperatives

During the two day orientation session, organized by ILO COOP Unit and the STATISTICS Department, ILO staff, partners and representatives from national advisory committees for the five country case studies discussed the best way forward in...

90 youth not in education, employment, or training participate in a modular apprenticeship programme in Zanzibar

120 apprentices have graduated from the first phase of the programme.

105 youth graduated from short-term apprenticeship programme in the hospitality and tourism sector

According to the CEO of the National College of Tourism (NCT), Dr. Shogo Mlozi, 50 percent of graduates have secured employment or internship opportunities before graduating.

35 delegates from 5 African countries build their capacity on skills anticipation

SIFA is a continental programme of the African Union Commission (AUC) and the African Union Development Agency (NEPAD), funded by the European Union and the German Government.

Capacity building workshop on the Skills for Trade and Economic Diversification (STED) for five SIFA countries

The STED capacity building workshop was held in Zanzibar, Tanzania on April 4 - 8, 2022 within the framework of the SIFA-Skills Anticipation Project.

Skills Initiative for Africa (SIFA) to host capacity building on Skills for Trade and Economic Diversification

Delegates from five African countries will attend the workshop to be hosted in Zanzibar, Tanzania

ILO hosts training of Business Development Services trainers in Kilimanjaro

The training aims to skill the trainers to help entrepreneurs to find innovative solutions to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

ILO joins the Institute of Accountancy Arusha for a mid-term evaluation of apprenticeship programmes

The institute visited 213 apprentices at their industry attachments in two of the country's leading banking and insurance companies.

ILO joins the Government of Tanzania to celebrate the graduation of 2,537 graduates from RPL programme

The graduation ceremony was officiated by the Government of the Republic of Tanzania in Arusha.

Skills stories

Supporting young people through quality apprenticeship programmes in Tanzania

Zainab is only one of the hundreds of Tanzanians who participated in the apprenticeships programme carried out by the ILO in collaboration with local partners, and with the support of the Government of Norway.