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Joint ILO – IFAD event

ILO calls for strengthened partnerships to promote decent work for youth in rural Africa

The ILO and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) gathered Governments’, workers’ and employers representatives from Africa and key stakeholders to discuss how integrated agribusiness hubs can support decent jobs for young...

ACCEL Africa Interview Series: Uniting for a Common Goal -Fighting Child Labour Across Africa

Behind the scenes of the ACCEL Africa regional knowledge sharing workshop we have produced this exclusive interview series, where we had the privilege of sitting down with some of our project partners to discuss their contributions to the fight...

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The ILO is undertaking a training of facilitators workshop on Think.Coop adaptation for Refugees and Host Communities in Sudan

The three day workshop is taking place in Khartoum on 21-23 April in partnership with Hope and Friendship for Development Organization (HOPE).

Think.Coop and Start.Coop adaptations to the groundnut supply chain, developed by ILO PROSPECTS in Sudan, are available in Arabic now

Skills Development

With upgraded infrastructure and capacity, vocational training centres in Kenya are creating better job prospects for youth

With the support of ILO PROSPECTS, vocational training centres are being equipped with the latest machinery and infrastructure facilities, while staff are being trained to deliver industry-relevant competency-based curricula. These investments will...

Building the capacity of government and social partners on International Labour Standards, Social Dialogue, and Inclusive Collective...

The 8.7 Accelerator Lab joins the COTECCO project to reinforce the impact of the Private Sector Working Groups in two key mining provinces...

Digital Technology: A Game Changer in the Fight Against Child Labour in Uganda's Agriculture Sector

To support the design of financial services coupled with non-financial productive and welfare services in selected agricultural supply chains. The project integrates child-sensitive measures in financial services to reduce the risk of child labour...

Employment-Intensive Employment Programme

ILO promotes labour intensive methods to improve livelihoods of host and refugee communities in Ethiopia

Through an intensive training, the ILO has strengthened the capacity of road construction engineers from Ethiopia’s refugee-hosting districts to apply labour intensive methods to boost socio-economic development through infrastructural development...

Workshop aims to increase women’s participation in employment intensive works in Jordan

Gender Awareness Workshop for Ministry of Agriculture and the directorates under EIIP Project Phase VI

The EIIP project funded by German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through the German Development Bank (KfW) was launched in Jordan in 2016 in response to the Syrian crisis and to provide support to the Jordanian...

Employment Intensive Investment Infrastructure Programme in Jordan

BMZ supports Green Jobs and Women's Participation in Jordan

The EIIP project funded by German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through the German Development Bank (KfW) was launched in Jordan in 2016 in response to the Syrian crisis and to provide support to the Jordanian...

Brazil and ILO announce new project to foster the Promotion of Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work among Latin American and African...

The new initiative has a total budget of $4 million and is scheduled to begin in March

42nd Regular Meeting of The UN Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE)

The 42nd UNTFSSE meeting was held virtually on 7 March 2023. It brought together around 30 participants from seven member (ILO, UNRISD, ECLAC, UNDP, UNDESA, UNCTAD and OECD) and eleven observer organizations (Catalyst2030, CIRIEC, CSEND, EMES,...

ILO COOP meets with the African Union delegation to discuss collaboration on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy

The meeting took place on March 15, 2023 at the ILO Headquarters in Geneva with the participation of ILO Cooperatives Unit and African Union Commission representatives from the Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and...

The ACCEL Africa Project to hold Capitalisation Workshop to Highlight Success in Eliminating Child Labour in Nigeria

Dialogue on Wellness, Health, and HIV/TB interventions for World of Work

in Lesotho

Lesotho ratifies three ILO Conventions

Lesotho deposited the instruments of ratification of the Labour Relations (Public Service) Convention, 1978 (No. 151), the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187) and the Violence and Harassment...

First regional knowledge-sharing workshop on the impact of trade and investment policies on productive and decent employment in the...

Labour migration

International Women’s Day 2023: Migration as an opportunity for women

ILO, IOM, UNODC and UN Women join forces to generate knowledge on the challenges women migrant workers face during their migration journey

Breaking the Cycle of Child Labour: ILO-ACCEL Africa Project Renovates School and Enrolls 110 Children at Risk of Child Labour in Nigeria's...

With the renovation of six classrooms and eight toilet facilities in the school premises, the Head Teacher of the school disclosed that the enrolment figure of the school has already increased.