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Support of AfDB to ILO work responds to NDS1

Four years of financial support to women and youth livelihoods and empowering (YWEP) projects in Beitbridge, Mutoko, Lupane and Guruve districts have convinced the AfDB that CO-Harare is a credible partner to be trusted with funding for a second...

Tokyo International Conference on African Development

Decent work agenda for Africa to be promoted at TICAD 8

Key elements of the decent work agenda will be promoted at ILO-organized events taking place during the 8th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 8).

TICAD 8

ILO co-hosts TICAD 8 Side Event

Human security and emergency jobs for peace and resilience/ Experiences through partnership between Japan and the ILO for the promotion of decent work agenda in the context of fragility

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Youth-led Road Rehabilitation Builds Resilience in Flood-Affected Sudanese Community

In Mayo suburb, Khartoum, 300 young people gained emergency employment and practical skills by rehabilitating rural roads using labour-based “Do-nou” technology.

Sensitization and Training Workshop on the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (No. 188) for fisheries stakeholders in Namibia

Advancing decent work in the fisheries sector in Namibia through understanding the roles and responsibilities of competent authorities and relevant stakeholders of the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (No. C188).

ILO’s timely interventions assist small businesses in Uganda

Business support grants and business management training from the ILO provided a new lease of life to some of the microenterprises in Uganda struggling to recover from the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown measures.

Training on Basic Safety and Familiarization for Labour Inspectors

Advancing decent work in the fisheries sector in Namibia through quality training following international labour standards.

Labour markets and the impact of skills recognition

Highlighting the launch of Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) and graduation of the first batch batch of workers through this programme, the article explains the challenges and future of RPL in Kenya.

Joint press release

Egypt, UN and EU join forces to commemorate the fight against the crime

Child Labour: Nigeria Intensifies Collaborations to Achieve SDG Target 8.7

In the global coordinated campaign to end all forms of child labour and forced labour, Nigeria, a pathfinder country intensifies efforts to rid its Artisanal Gold Mining (ASGM) and Cocoa value chains of the scourge, in line with the country's...

ILO provides career coaching for youth in Egypt in partnership with the private sector

ILO, AU, IOM and the Government of Ethiopia jointly launched new JLMP ACTION project

Child labour

Accelerated schooling strategy (SSA/P) in Mali: 800 beneficiaries received school supply kits and textbooks

The International Labour Organization (ILO), through the ACCEL Africa and CLEAR Cotton projects, with the financial support of the Japan Association for Advancement of ILO Activities, delivered on July 21, 2022, in Bamako, kits of school supplies...

Decent apprenticeship training

Within the framework of supporting the promotion of the training and vocational progression to combat child labour as part of the “National Action Plan for Combating the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Egypt and Supporting Family (2018-2025)”,...

Child labour

To fight child labour in Burkina Faso, education stakeholders built their capacities in Koudougou

The Permanent Secretariat of the Accelerated Schooling Strategy (Stratégie de Scolarisation Accélérée/Passerelle - SSA/P) of the Ministry of Education, Literacy and promotion of National Languages of Burkina Faso strengthen its action against child...

Climate Action for Jobs

Mauritania joins the Climate Action for Jobs Initiative

Mauritania is joining the UN’s Climate Action for Jobs Initiative, which brings to 49 the coalition of countries that have committed to support a just ecological transition by formulating a national plan for a just transition, creating decent and...

Improving the production and productivity of the poultry sector towards creating more and decent jobs in Ethiopia

UNTFSSE special meeting on operationalizing the action plan 2022-2024

The UN Inter-Agency Task Force on the Social and Solidarity Economy organized a virtual meeting to discuss recent milestones and future joint work.

ILO, Governments of South Africa and Switzerland launch “Productivity Ecosystems For Decent Work” Programme

The Productivity Ecosystems for Decent Work Programme identifies root causes of low productivity and decent work deficits and develops capacity and ownership of local and national actors to address them.

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