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Global pool of multi-lingual trainers established to make finance work for refugees and host communities around the world

The capacity development of trainers in “Making Finance Work for Refugees and Host communities” aims to develop a pool of trainers to be deployed around the world to teach and technically support financial services providers in expanding their...

World Environment Day 2021 – Reimagine, recreate, restore

SCORE Training re-imagined and equipped to help SMEs build back greener

The COVID-19 crisis has forced all companies to re-imagine their ways of doing business in order to ensure the continuity of their activities and the health of their employees. SCORE Training has not been spared the changes in the working...

Barbados strengthens capacity for social protection reform through UN Joint SDG Fund / ILO training

Policymakers enhance understanding and skills during the intensive specialized course

109th International Labour Conference (ILC)

109th Session of International Labour Conference: What are the challenges and opportunities for workers?

Annette Mpundu Chipeleme, Workers’ Vice President of the 109th session of the International Labour Conference speaks about the challenges and opportunities of this first ever virtual session. She stresses the need to include international labour...

ILO COOP participates in the Strategic Workshop “Toward an action plan to eliminate child labour and to promote decent work in solid waste...

Head of ILO’s COOP Unit highlighted the role that cooperatives play for informal waste-pickers to access social protection, generate negotiation power with public and private stakeholders and to formalize their work.

Sustainable enterprise development a top priority for building more resilient workforce and productivity in Suriname

Government, employers’ and workers’ representatives join ILO-hosted working session to determine next steps for action plan

ILO teams up with Antigua and Barbuda Employers’ Federation to strengthen advocating for more women executives

Staff and members participate in training on empowering women in the national workforce

World Day for Safety and Health at Work

Investing in OSH for Caribbean construction sector key for building resilience against COVID-19

ILO Caribbean virtual event provides workers and employers with practical guidance on mitigating risk of transmission of the virus

ILO Caribbean Resilience Symposium

Labour experts call for greater investments in digital, blue and green economies, skills development and reduction of inequalities to...

Government Ministers, employers’ and workers’ representatives as well as academic researchers and development agencies gather for ILO Caribbean Resilience Symposium

Occupational Safety and Health

Saint Lucia ratifies Convention No. 155 and its Protocol

ILO issues call for ideas and solutions to support e-formality through skills development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Skills development and innovation for reducing informality in the region is a key objective of this ILO call, which will provide financial and technical support to IT projects that boost formalization through the improvement of skills.

In the Dominican Republic, 50 enterprises and associations improve their quality and productivity through SCORE Training

Implementing the ILO’s SCORE Training has led to improvements in working conditions and productivity in small and medium enterprises.

The ILO Governing Body holds its 341st Session

Overall, the 341st GB Session was very successful with some of its most notable outcomes.

TIWU officers and shop stewards strengthen range of skills through ILO-supported capacity building programme

Courses developed and implemented to target union needs during and beyond the pandemic.

Decent Work Country Programme

The Bahamas prepares to launch new Decent Work Country Programme

Priorities include jobs and skills; social dialogue and governance.

World Day for Safety and Health at Work

ILO calls for making occupational safety and health a top priority in Latin America and the Caribbean

Inaction is complicity, stressed the ILO Regional Director during a virtual event to mark World Day for Safety and Health at Work, as workplaces face one of the most important struggles to prevent COVID-19 transmission.

World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2021

SCORE Training adapts to help SMEs respond to the health crisis and implement occupational health and safety measures

COVID-19 has brought occupational health and safety to the forefront of the world of work. All stakeholders have had to adapt to remain safe and resilient. On this World Day for Safety and Health at Work, the importance of investing in resilient...

Skills Virtual Fair

Lifelong learning is key to development and resilience in the Global South

The first ILO Skills Virtual Fair, held on 21-22 April, brought together participants from 132 countries for a series of thematic and regional sessions, as well as exhibition stands to establish skills partnerships and promote innovation in the...

The first ILO Skills Virtual Fair calls on policy-makers and training institutions to build partnerships and promote innovations to bridge...

The first ILO Skills Virtual Fair, held on 21-22 April, brought together participants from 132 countries for a series of thematic and regional sessions, as well as exhibition stands to establish skills partnerships and promote innovation in the...

Gender equality: the new pillar of the Colombian Sustainability Award for Good Labor Practices

Thanks to an initiative led by the International Center for Social Responsibility & Sustainability (Centro RS) in partnership with the Colombian Federation of Human Resource Management (ACRIP) and the International Labor Organization (ILO), gender...