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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.

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.

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.

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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...

recommendation 2023 (No.208)

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...

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.

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

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...

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...

BRMM Engages Media and Universities to Strengthen Labour Migration Awareness in Kenya

A media breakfast meeting and a public lecture series in Nairobi organized in collaboration with the University of Nairobi and Mount Kenya University.

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.

Market Systems Development

ILO Market Systems Development approach boosts sustainable livelihoods in Kenya

ILO is strengthening local markets in Kenya’s Nakuru, Narok and Kajiado counties through a Market Systems Development approach that empowers women, youth and persons with disabilities in the fodder and tourism sectors, with funding from the Swedish...

Gender analysis

From data to dignity: Gender-responsive design is strengthening livelihoods in Kenya

The ILO’s Public Private Development Partnership Model (PPDP) Phase 2 project in Kenya’s Great Rift Valley is using gender analysis to design inclusive training, market systems and community initiatives that promote decent work for all.

Circular economy

Green Jobs in the Maasai Mara empower women and youth

A new circular economy initiative in Kenya’s Maasai Mara is creating green jobs for women and young people while protecting one of the world’s most treasured ecosystems.

Regional Research Conference Strengthens Evidence-Based Dialogue on Labour Migration and Development in the East and Horn of Africa

“Labour Migration and Development in East and Horn of Africa"

Trainers Equipped to Lead Community Outreach Across the Country

Three rounds of Training of Trainers sessions in Adama, Ethiopia, to strengthen the capacity of regional officials responsible for implementing the National Communication Strategy to Prevent Irregular Migration and Promote Safe Labour Migration...

Enhancing Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) in Uganda’s Coffee Sector through WIND Training

The ILO’s ACCEL Africa project and CLEAR Supply Chains initiative trained 23 officials and farmers in Masaka District through the WIND methodology to improve safety, health, and gender inclusion in coffee production. The training strengthened local...

Building Futures through Employment and Infrastructure

ILO’s work in Somalia tackles unemployment and supports stability

In Somalia, the ILO is building more than roads, it is building futures. Through infrastructure projects, skills training, and labour law reforms, the Organization is tackling youth unemployment, supporting peace, and strengthening partnerships with...

Voices from ILO PROSPECTS

ILO’s Business Plan Competition fuels Hinda's entrepreneurial journey

Through the ILO’s Business Plan Competition, Hinda Mawlid Ahmed, a Somali refugee living in Ethiopia's Somali Region and mother of four, has significantly expanded her butchery business, demonstrating the transformative impact of targeted...

PROSPECTS podcast - Refugees at Work

How the ILO is redefining refugee livelihoods and advancing host community development

Nick Grisewood, Global Programme Manager for the ILO PROSPECTS Programme, joins the fourth podcast episode to discuss how the ILO has become a central actor in refugee responses and why access to decent work, skills and social protection is key for...