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Social Dialogue

First summer school on Social Dialogue explores industrial relations and due diligence

Over 60 participants joined the first summer school to exchange perspectives on the future of social dialogue, industrial relations and human rights due diligence.

International Year of Cooperatives

ILO and Government of Senegal join forces to advance cooperative development

In partnership with the ILO, Senegal’s Ministry of Microfinance and Social and Solidarity Economy (MMESS) launched a workshop to build ministry staff capacity in cooperative development, leveraging ILO tools that can support the development of...

International Year of Cooperatives

ILO Rural Development Academy 2025 highlights social and solidarity economy approaches

The 2025 ILO Academy on Rural Development held a session on the social and solidarity economy (SSE). The participants explored how the SSE can advance decent work and inclusive rural development through global perspectives and country experiences...

THAMM Plus

Occupational Safety and Health: A Lever for Quality Technical Training in Construction and Maintenance in Tunisia

In Tunisia, the ILO and its partners are continuing the process of reviewing and harmonizing Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) training modules for the construction and maintenance sectors, with the aim of improving training quality,...

Empowering youth entrepreneurs in Kisii county through SIYB

Through the ILO’s ACCEL Africa Programme and the County Government of Kisii, young people from tea and coffee-growing families are gaining practical skills in entrepreneurship, financial management, and business planning. The initiative helps them...

PROSPECTS Impact

Unemployed graduate builds her own business with ILO's support

With support from the ILO’s Youth-to-Youth Fund (Y2YF), Amal Irshad Abdirahman, a 24-year-old entrepreneur, transformed job rejections into success, turning her homemade beauty products into a thriving business that’s changing lives in Jigjiga,...

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Turning prosopis into green jobs in Kenya

In Turkana County, an invasive tree is bringing jobs for local residents. Through Employment Intensive Investment Programme (EIIP), ILO PROSPECTS and Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI), communities are transforming prosopis from ecological...

Institutional capacity building

Somali employers strengthen advocacy capacity as first step in strategic plan implementation

The Somali Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) has kicked off the implementation of its new Strategic Plan 2025–2029 by strengthening its policy advocacy capacity with support from the ILO.

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Validation workshop underscores employment impacts of RN4 road rehabilitation in Senegal

Micro, small and medium enterprises set to power Zambia’s clean energy future

Over 40 Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) across Zambia’s Eastern Province are set to benefit from a hands-on training in renewable energy technologies this October.

Zambia steps forward: Building a connected social protection system

Zambia charts a new path for digital social protection. At a Kitwe workshop, key institutions united to design a roadmap for integrated systems—promising faster services, stronger governance, and better protection for all.

Ghana’s employers and workers unite in a call for bold reforms to drive productivity and decent jobs

Employers and workers agree wage growth needs to follow labour productivity more closely, but the Government needs to change its tack for true economic and social transformation.

Senior Trainers' skills enhanced on Revised Caregiving and Domestic Work Standards

Strengthening the capacity of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) trainers to deliver updated skills relevant to overseas employment.

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Kenya’s TVET system transforms through innovations and training

Kenya’s ambition to build a globally competitive workforce hinges on the capacity of its vocational trainers. Supported by the ILO PROSPECTS programme, the Kenya School of TVET has emerged as the driving force behind modern, standards-based training...

Celebrating Heritage day: diversity, decent work, and social justice

Somalia Holds Fifth Technical Working Group Meeting on Labour Migration

The 5th TWG in Somalia focused on reviewing progress made in labour migration since the previous TWG, assessing achievements under BRMM Phase II, and agreeing on a sustainability approach as the programme approaches completion.

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Tanzania charts the future of apprenticeship reform through tripartite dialogue

Morogoro, Tanzania (ILO News) – Tanzania’s apprenticeship reform reached a critical milestone as government, employers, and workers came together to take stock, assess progress, and chart the way forward for a stronger and more inclusive skills...

PROSPECTS podcast - Refugees at Work

Refugee inclusion in practice: Experiences, outcomes, and impacts

This final episode of the series examines how the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus (HDPN) shapes refugee livelihoods and host community economies. Svein Erik Stav (Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research) and Tewodros Aragie Kebede...

Mali adopts its National Occupational Safety and Health Policy and 2025–2029 Action Plan with ILO support

On 19 September 2025, the Government of Mali adopted its National Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Policy and 2025–2029 Action Plan, with technical and financial support from the ILO through the ACCEL Africa project.

PROSPECTS podcast - Refugees at Work

Refugee agency, livelihoods and inclusion

In the fifth episode Professor Alexander Betts (Oxford University) and Bisimwa Mulemangabo (Oxford Refugee-Led Research Hub) discuss refugee livelihoods, access to decent work, and the importance of recognizing refugee agency in shaping sustainable...