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Successful Milestones in Programmes: Strengthening the Role of Media in Promoting Disability Inclusive Social Protection Systems in Ethiopia

Stories Behind Our Work - Vocational skills and industry exposure: Pathways to enter the labour market

ILO Voices | Local economic development

We won’t need to beg for water anymore

Yasin Muhumad Faarah, an Ethiopian farmer, lost all his cattle in a recent drought. Without a regular supply of water, his future livelihood and that of other members of the community was in jeopardy. Together they built a water collection basin...

ILO participates and presents its approach to advancing cooperative engagement in supply chains in an ICETT online seminar

The online seminar on the role of cooperatives in repairing and restructuring global value chains took place on December 13th with the participation of the ILO, ITC and cooperative representatives from around the world.

The UN Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE) held its 41st regular meeting

The 41st UNTFSSE meeting was held virtually on 07 December 2022. It brought together around 50 participants from seven member (ILO, UNRISD, ECLAC, UNDP, UNDESA, UNCTAD and OECD), eleven observer organizations (Catalyst2030, CIRIEC, CSEND, EMES,...

Message from the ProAgro Ethiopia Project Chief Technical Advisor

ECAM Launches Revised Employers Guide and Employers Code of Conduct on the Elimination of Child Labour

The International Labour Organization's ACCEL Africa Project supported 3rd Employer of the Year Awards and Gala Dinner 'Relevant skills for Business, towards improved competitiveness and productivity'.

CO-Harare goes on retreat

After more than two and half years of being compelled to working from home, due to COVID-19, CO-Harare staff fully returned to the office on 4 August 2022. The uneasiness and distance that WfH created among staff was undeniable and necessitated an...

Training of trainers in Cameroon on ILO tools relating to the development of cooperatives

A training of trainers on the ILO tools, Think.COOP, Start.COOP and My.COOP, was held in Bertoua, in the Eastern Region of Cameroon from 14 to 24 November 2022.

Women in Nigeria are highly interested in becoming entrepreneurs, but face unique challenges to do so, such as barriers to access financial...

Women in Nigeria are highly interested in becoming entrepreneurs, but face unique challenges to do so, such as barriers to access financial and business development services that are critical to formalizing and growing their businesses.

Tripartite workshop for the pilot on recognition and harmonization of occupational standards in the agriculture and construction sectors of...

Under the Global Programme on Skills and Lifelong Learning (GPSL3) funded by Norway, tripartite constituents from Ghana, Nigeria and Togo met in Accra on the 30th of November 2022, to strengthen the skills partnership between the three countries...

Digital Skills for Decent Jobs for Youth

Boosting youth employability through digital skills

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Strengthening cooperatives to address decent work deficits amongst host communities and refugees

Under the PROSPECTS programme in Kenya, a 10-day training for 24 trainers was organized with the aim of increasing their capacity to work with cooperatives by using ILO cooperatives establishment and management tools.

ILO, IGAD enhancing the capacity of labour attachés, consular officials to advance decent work & improve protection of migrant workers in...

ILO and IGAD secretariat provided a five-day training for Labour Attachés and consular officials of IGAD member states, namely Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda consulates in the middle east.

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ILO Constituents Re-affirm the Importance of Social Dialogue as a path towards formalization and Decent Work for Youth in the Middle East...

The ILO Constituents agreed to a framework for action in the region on the 2nd day of the first regional meeting of the Social Dialogue for Formalization and Employability in the Southern Neighbourhood Region (SOLIFEM) Project, which took place in...

Zimbabwe signs its Decent Work Country Programme, 2022 – 2026

Zimbabwe has signed its fourth generation of the DWCP 2022 -2026. The document is aligned to the Abidjan Declaration, the Zimbabwe United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework, 2022-2026, and constituents’ priorities.

Computable general equilibrium modelling techniques

In line with the government of Egypt approach of evidence based policies and recognizing the importance of investing in its human capital, the UNESCWA and ILO's computable general equilibrium modelling techniques were presented during a one-day...

Eswatini Decent Work Country Programme

EDWCP 2022-2025

Uganda launches innovative and inclusive Social Finance model to fight Child Labour

The ACCEL Africa project, financed by the Netherlands, is supporting the design of innovative financial (and non-financial) services aimed at supporting workers in lower tiers of the coffee and tea supply chains in Kikuube, Hoima, Buikwe, Mbale,...

Launch of ILO Social Finance Model- A Fight Against Child Labour in Uganda.

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is launching a Social Finance Model through its Project-Accelerating action for the elimination of child labour in supply chains in Africa” (ACCEL Africa). The launch of the Social Finance Model is in...