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Strengthening Core Skills Delivery

Technical and Vocational Training (TVT) instructors in Ethiopia gain tools to deliver stronger employability skills

TVT instructors have completed a four-day ILO Core Skills Training in Jimma that strengthened their ability to teach essential employability skills, including communication, problem solving, teamwork, digital literacy and green skills. Through...

Assessing the Effectiveness of Regulatory and Inspection Systems for Private Employment Agencies in Tanzania

Tanzania brought government, social partners, private employment agencies and civil society to the table to scrutinise how recruitment agencies are regulated in practice, surfacing gaps in inspection capacity and enforcement while pointing toward...

Global Accelerator

Technical training supports Employment Impact Assessment institutionalization in Namibia

A three-day technical training workshop was held under the UN Global Accelerator project in Namibia to support national efforts to institutionalize the Employment Impact Assessments (EmpIA) and strengthen evidence-based planning for job creation.

Spotlight interview

From coordination to impact: Insights from Egypt’s productivity ecosystems for decent work project

An interview on recent progress in the leather tanning and marble industries with Valentine Offenloch, Project Manager.

South-South Cooperation

Countries unite to promote fundamental principles and rights at work in the coffee supply chain

The ILO Vision Zero Fund South-South Cooperation event in Brazil highlights occupational safety and health as a gateway to decent work.

ILO initiative drives safer, sustainable jobs in Mozambique’s native forestry sector

MozTrabalha is working with national stakeholders to improve working conditions, strengthen occupational safety and health, and encourage responsible forestry practices. The effort enhances productivity, supports rural communities, and advances a...

Mozambique ratifies the ILO Convention and Protocol on Occupational Safety and Health, as well as the ILO Convention on Violence and...

Mozambique is the 10th Southern African Development Community (SADC) Member State to ratify Convention No. 155, and the seventh to ratify Convention No. 190.

How large cooperatives can advance decent work and responsible practices across supply chains

Large and multinational cooperatives apply concrete tools and governance practices that improve working conditions, strengthen due diligence and embed people-centred approaches across supply chains. Their experiences show how cooperative identity...

Financial inclusion

Trust becomes collateral: Inclusive finance empowers refugees and hosts in Ethiopia

In Ethiopia’s Somali region the ILO and Shabelle Bank are dismantling cultural barriers to improve access to finance enabling refugees and host communities to build sustainable livelihoods.

Strengthening cooperatives to tackle child labour in Uganda’s tea and coffee supply chains

The ILO ACCEL Africa project, financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, supported cooperative members and trainers in Uganda to strengthen governance, business skills, and cooperative development, reinforcing the role of...

Sustainable Trade and Investment in Southern Africa

Strengthening social dialogue on decent work, trade and investment

Lesotho nominates tripartite-appointed national focal points for the promotion of the ILO tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy.

ILO Voices | Women's leadership and equal pay

Our fish-processing cooperative has empowered women and earned them recognition and safety

I come from a family of fishers in Senegal. My mother was a fish processor, and I discovered the trade through her at a young age. Life was challenging and I wasn’t able to finish school right away, but I’ve always carried the spirit of a leader....

ILO pledges technical expertise to strengthen NAPSA’s social security systems

The International Labour Organization (ILO) has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting the National Pension Scheme Authority (NAPSA) in strengthening social security administration and raising public awareness on key reforms aimed at improving...

ACCEL Africa builds local capacity for safer and more productive coffee farming in Kenya

Kenya trains cooperative officers, extension workers, and OSH teams to improve safety on coffee farms in Kisii and Kericho, reduce workplace hazards, and prevent child labour through community-led action.

Agricultural digitalization and decent work advancement

ILO launches digital agri-business hub in Hawassa, Sidama Region of Ethiopia

The Sidama Region in Ethiopia has taken a major step toward modernizing its agriculture and expanding decent work opportunities with the launch of the AgriConnect Digital Agri-Business Hub and the opening of the Sidama Agricultural Innovation...

ILO and ECOWAS Chart a New Course for Labour Market and Migration Data in West Africa

ECOWAS and ILO have taken a major step toward stronger labour migration governance by validating a roadmap and harmonized indicators that will drive evidence-based policies and better protection for migrant workers.

Labour Migration Strategy Workshop in Djibouti

Djibouti used a two-day series of high-level engagements to relaunch its national labour migration strategy, with government, social partners and international stakeholders taking stock of what the BRMM programme has built and defining what needs to...

ILO and ECOWAS Reactivate Social Security Experts Committee to Expand Coverage Across West Africa

ECOWAS and ILO take decisive steps to strengthen social protection for migrant and informal workers, validating key frameworks and electing new leadership to drive regional action.

Institutional capacity building

Building cohesion through dialogue: training-of trainers on conflict resolution, mediation and refugee inclusion for the Federation of...

The ILO in partnership with the Centre for Mediation in Africa (CMA) conducted a Training-of-Trainers workshop with the Federation of Kenya Employers (FKE) in Nairobi from 17 to 18 November 2025. The workshop focused on strengthening skills in...

In Ghana financial skills, stronger futures: A mother’s path to keeping her children in school

From daily hustle to financial control: Lydia’s breakthrough