All news: Burkina Faso
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...
Emerging Insight: Using PACE to improve products
Project launch
Clear Cotton project seeks halt to child labour in West Africa and Pakistan
Four-year project co-funded by the EU kicks off with workshop participants vowing to make cotton production sustainable.
Luxembourg reaffirms support to the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth
Donor renews partnership with the ILO with a particular focus on the Sahel region
Labour administration at the heart of decent work, says ILO
With limited job creation and growing inequalities, labour administration should become a national priority, urged Aeneas Chuma, Head of the ILO in Africa at the Ministerial Conference of UEMOA countries.
ILO Chief for Africa in Burkina Faso to strengthen strategic partnerships
The Regional Director for Africa of the ILO, Aeneas Chapinga Chuma, will visit Burkina Faso for the first time from 22 to 25 July 2015 to hold tripartite talks and attend a key Ministerial session of the West African Economic and Monetary Union.
Emerging Insight: When insurance backfires for farmers
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.
South-South exchange Sub-regional Workshop on strategies for universal health coverage, 20th-22nd February 2013, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Between 20th and 22nd February, as part of an on-going ILO South-South cooperation project, line ministers from Burkina Faso, Benin, Togo, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali and Senegal will participate in a sub-regional conference on strategies to promote and...
ILO-EU project led to better coordination of social protection and employment policies in Burkina Faso, Cambodia and Honduras
The ILO and the European Commission concluded their joint project "Improving social protection and promoting employment” in a workshop organized in Brussels. The project, signed in 2009, supported Burkina Faso, Cambodia and Honduras in the...
How Much Does Business Really Bring to HIV Response? Quantifying In-Kind and Financial Contributions of the Private Sector
Social Mobilization for the Reduction of HIV Employment-Related Discrimination in Burkina Faso
Ensuring Sustainability: The successful partnership between the private sector and the health-at-work agents in Burkina Faso
Green jobs initiative in Burkina Faso: From waste to wages
Among the goals of the ILO’s new “Green Jobs Initiative” is linking development and job creation to the creation of a cleaner, more sustainable environment. Though the concept is relatively new, the practice is already growing in some parts of the...