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

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The ILO receives an award during Free State Provincial EPWP Summit Awards Ceremony

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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.

ILO, Governments of South Africa and Switzerland launch new Programme

Productivity Ecosystems for Decent Work

Labour intensive approaches promote social cohesion among host communities and refugees in Sudan

A series of training on the Employment Intensive Investment Programmes (EIIP) approach carried out by the ILO with construction work contractors in Sudan is showing promising results with host and refugee community members finding new employment...

Liberia ratifies the Equal Remuneration Convention and the Minimum Age Convention

Liberia has now ratified eight fundamental Conventions. There are eleven ILO fundamental instruments (10 Conventions and one Protocol) following the decision, at the 110th Session of the ILC this June, to include safe and healthy working conditions...

The Next Normal: The Changing Workplace in Africa

Trends from the COVID-19 Pandemic that are Shaping Workplaces in Africa

Egypt celebrates the World Day Against Child Labour with a solid commitment to supporting eradicating the worst form of Child Labour in the...

The ACCEL Africa project, in collaboration with the Ministry of Manpower of Egypt, organized an event to commemorate the World Day Against Child Labour (WDACL).

Launch of the ITEF Platform: a private sector initiative supported by the ACCEL Africa project to strengthen the engagement and efforts in...

The ITEF platform aims to advocate with public authorities on the expectations of the private sector and contribute to the reporting system, particularly in the context of the ILO standards. The purpose is to position Côte d'Ivoire as a responsible...

Regional Consultation Workshop on the Draft Program for implementation of Djibouti Declaration on Labour, Employment and Labour Migration

Joint Statement on World Refugee Day

Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Egypt, IFC, ILO, UNHCR, UNICEF

Stratégie de Scolarisation Accélérée (SSA/P) Passerelle in Mali: children beneficiaries of 8-12 years old are reintegrated in the formal...

Accelerated Schooling Strategy – or Stratégie de Scolarisation Accélérée (SSA/P) Passerelle

ILO and Portugal sign cooperation agreement on Social Protection

On Tuesday 14 June in the framework of a High-Level Conference organized by the ILO Office in Lisbon and the Ministry of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security of Portugal, the International Labour Organization has signed a cooperation agreement...

90 youth not in education, employment, or training participate in a modular apprenticeship programme in Zanzibar

120 apprentices have graduated from the first phase of the programme.

Nigeria Labour Congress and the General Federation of Workers Trade Unions in Bahrain sign a Memorandum of Understanding for promoting...

Strengthening Inter-regional Dialogue and Collaboration between Workers Organizations in Nigeria and GCC Countries for improved protection and promotion of rights of migrant workers.

Stakeholders of the Mali mining sector got together to discuss the implementation of the CRAFT Code as a tool to promote the elimination of...

The CRAFT Code, developed by Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) and RESOLVE, is designed to help both upstream and downstream players in the value chain assess critical social and environmental risks, with a specific focus on empowering artisanal...

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