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New business skills, new hope: Returning Timorese migrants transform their lives
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Financial literacy

New business skills, new hope: Returning Timorese migrants transform their lives

The ILO equips returning migrants in Timor‑Leste with business and financial skills to create opportunities, support families and contribute to reducing unemployment.

ABDSI and ILO develop national roadmap to strengthen Indonesia's MSME development services

Small and medium enterprises

ABDSI and ILO develop national roadmap to strengthen Indonesia's MSME development services

The ILO, together with its partners, supports efforts to develop a roadmap for the institutional transformation of business development services through 2030.

Moldova’s TVET Schools drive the green transition
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Moldova’s TVET Schools drive the green transition

Across Moldova, technical and vocational education and training (TVET) schools--which provide practical, job-oriented skills--are taking concrete steps to support the green transition. Through EcoImpact, a national grants initiative, students and...

From awareness to action: Enhanced capacity for Vietnamese youth for decent work and green jobs
Young participants actively engage in group discussions on real life workplace situations.

Youth employment

From awareness to action: Enhanced capacity for Vietnamese youth for decent work and green jobs

More than 200 young people strengthened their knowledge and skills on decent work, green jobs and behaviour change communication through a dynamic training series.

Young refugees and Ethiopians turn skills into thriving businesses with ILO support
Hawi Abebe working in the hair salon

PROSPECTS Impact

Young refugees and Ethiopians turn skills into thriving businesses with ILO support

Young refugees and host community members in Addis Ababa are gaining access to skills development, employment opportunities, finance and market linkages through the ILO-supported Youth-to-Youth Fund (Y2YF), implemented under the PROSPECTS programme...

How young people in Viet Nam are building pathways to decent work
A young man pointing at a whiteboard with sticky notes during a group workshop.

Youth employment

How young people in Viet Nam are building pathways to decent work

Three young Vietnamese navigate barriers to decent work and find their footing through the support of Viet Nam Youth Network for Decent Work and Green Jobs, supported by the ILO-Korea Partnership Programme.

Photo contest: "Mosaics of Work"

World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2026

Photo contest: "Mosaics of Work"

On the occasion of Viet Nam National Youth Day (26/03) and World day for safety and health at work 2026 (SAFEDAY2026), the Vision Zero Fund in Viet Nam collaborates with Youth Network to host an online photo contest.

Cambodia moves towards management systems approach to occupational safety and health in the workplace

Occupational safety and health at work

Cambodia moves towards management systems approach to occupational safety and health in the workplace

Training gives government officials the skills to help enterprises put occupational safety and health management system to use.

Green, digital skills shift in construction drives youth employment push
young construction male worker holding a metal and wearing a hard hat

Digital and green skills

Green, digital skills shift in construction drives youth employment push

The ILO and its partners are equipping young workers in the Philippines with in-demand green and digital construction skills to increase employability, drive job creation and prepare them for the industry’s future of work.

New momentum to build social protection capacities in the Arab region
a table with posters an documents from the training material

New momentum to build social protection capacities in the Arab region

New training modules support governments in the Middle East and North African region to build integrated, shock-responsive systems that expand coverage and protect vulnerable populations

Timor-Leste advances social security coverage for informal workers
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Social protection

Timor-Leste advances social security coverage for informal workers

With support from the ILO, the government, workers’ and employers’ organizations in Timor-Leste have joined forces to accelerate the inclusion of informal economy workers in the social security system.

Women trainers driving change through agroforestry skills in Timor-Leste
Two persons in the plantation

Gender equality and skills development

Women trainers driving change through agroforestry skills in Timor-Leste

Three women trainers from the ILO programme in Timor-Leste are transforming not only their own lives but also the lives of others in their communities.

ILO equips assessors in Bahir Dar to strengthen Ethiopia’s skills recognition system
Trainees in group discussions

Recognition of Prior Learning

ILO equips assessors in Bahir Dar to strengthen Ethiopia’s skills recognition system

Ethiopia is strengthening its skills recognition system by training assessors to certify prior learning, helping skilled workers gain formal recognition and access better employment opportunities.

From migration dreams to local success: Empowering refugees and host communities in Ethiopia
Girmay Mihretab managing daily operations in his small restaurant.

PROSPECTS Impact

From migration dreams to local success: Empowering refugees and host communities in Ethiopia

In Ethiopia, two young entrepreneurs – one a refugee, the other from the host community – transform uncertainty into opportunity through the ILO Youth-to-Youth Fund, building businesses that create jobs and restore hope.

Trade officials complete training to introduce AI tools for enterprises
Trade officials participate in a training using their computers and AI

Trade and digitalization

Trade officials complete training to introduce AI tools for enterprises

Officials of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) joined a Training of Trainers co-organized by the ILO and the Negosyo Center-Project Management Office that equipped them to help micro, small and medium enterprises adopt simple, practical AI...

EU–UN mission to Sokoto strengthens social protection systems, advancing hope for women, children and vulnerable families
A large group of men and women in traditional and formal attire stand together outdoors under a tree for a group photograph.

EU–UN mission to Sokoto strengthens social protection systems, advancing hope for women, children and vulnerable families

High-level visit spotlights progress in inclusive education, adolescent-friendly health care and a new EU-funded social protection system—driven by strong institutions and coordinated financing with ILO support.

ILO backs new sector skills body to power Ethiopia’s tourism and hospitality workforce transformation
Participants sharing their opinions in the roundtable consulatations

Tourism and hospitality

ILO backs new sector skills body to power Ethiopia’s tourism and hospitality workforce transformation

Ethiopia is strengthening its tourism and hospitality sector by advancing an industry-led skills body, supported by the ILO Global Skills Programme, to align training with labour market needs and enhance workforce quality.

Returning migrant worker Abdul Mannan started a new life in Bangladesh
Abdul Mannan with his wife and daughter spending quality time

Our impact, Their voices

Returning migrant worker Abdul Mannan started a new life in Bangladesh

ILO’s EU funded Skills 21 project, supports partner TVET institutes in delivering job-focused skills training through a modernized TVET system. Through this initiative, around 3,000 returning migrant workers - like Abdul Mannan - have been...

Young artisans certified for a greener future in Grand’ Anse, Haiti
A man with a grey beard and sunglasses, wearing a blue short-sleeved shirt with a tropical print, stands behind a gold-draped table. He is holding a microphone and reading from a document.

Skills development for young Haitian trainees

Young artisans certified for a greener future in Grand’ Anse, Haiti

Freedom of association reinforced to uphold labour rights as human rights
CHR Chairperson delivers his keynote address

Freedom of association

Freedom of association reinforced to uphold labour rights as human rights

A strengthened partnership in the Philippines turns freedom of association from principle into action and protection of labour rights as human rights.