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PROSPECTS Impact
From a small shop to a growing enterprise: Youth entrepreneurship support transforms a family tailoring business in Ethiopia
Ziyin Tesfa, a young entrepreneur in Addis Ababa, transformed her family’s tailoring shop after participating in the ILO-supported Youth‑to‑Youth Fund (Y2YF) project. Through entrepreneurship, financial literacy and digital marketing training,...
ILO brings ministries together to promote Employment-Intensive Infrastructure in Lebanon
Representatives from the ministries of Agriculture and of Public Works and Transport take part in a one-day training focused on labour-based approaches and safe and inclusive infrastructure.
From data to action: Strengthening MENA youth employment policies through better evidence
A regional workshop organized by the ILO and the EU strengthened national capacities to measure and apply a key statistical tool to drive more effective employment and activation policies across the MENA region.
This is social justice
From child labourer to skills trainer in the Philippines
As a child, Jestoni Go Padua worked making shoes to support his family. Jestoni recounts how he became a school instructor and now helps young people build skills for a better future and decent work.
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ILO and the EU’s European Training Foundation strengthen partnership on skills and decent work
The European Training Foundation (ETF) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) agreed to expand joint action on skills, lifelong learning, and employment policies, backing the green transition, competitiveness, and social inclusion.
Skills development
Industry-paid attachment programme supports job-ready skills for diploma graduates
ILO supported re-modelled industrial attachment pilot is helping bridge skills gaps for diploma graduates in Bangladesh by strengthening collaboration between industries and polytechnic institutions. The initiative has improved students’ workplace...
PROSPECTS Impact
ILO-supported coworking hub is expanding opportunities for youth in Ethiopia
Young people in Jigjiga, Ethiopia, are benefiting from the coworking space, where they learn, collaborate and pursue decent work opportunities.
Voices of Action - Child labour
Farm work threatens Egyptian boy’s dream of becoming an engineer
Every dawn, 14‑year‑old Islam heads to the fields in rural Egypt to help feed his family. The long hours of agricultural labour leave him exhausted in the classroom and push him further from his dream of becoming an engineer — a dream he refuses to...
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ILO launches diploma to strengthen evidence-based public policy for decent work and social justice
Programme responds to rising demand for rigorous, data-driven policymaking in a rapidly changing world of work marked by climate change, inequalities, and technological disruption.
Skills development
ILO-supported taskforce strengthens gender equality in Bangladesh’s skills sector
The Government of Bangladesh has endorsed the Gender and Skills Taskforce Action Plan 2025–2027, reinforcing its commitment to gender-responsive skills systems and women’s economic empowerment.
Our impact, their story
Sewing, a new path for Aminata
This is the story of Coulibaly Aminata, 18, who recounts how sewing training supported by the ILO's ACCEL Africa project helped her overcome a difficult period in her childhood and build a professional future in Côte d'Ivoire. Discover her journey...
Voices of Action - Child labour
From hazardous work to school: How the Philippines is breaking the child labour cycle
In Bangsamoro's shadow of dump sites, children swap hazardous scavenging for education and family mushroom farms ahead of the 6th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour, paving paths to brighter futures.
Occupational safety and health
Thai trade unions strengthen action on safe and healthy workplaces
Training initiative builds union capacity to advance occupational safety and health as a fundamental right at work
ILO/China Partnership Programme
From skills to growth: Improving a family business in a changing economy
Skills training helps a young Lao entrepreneur modernize his family business and build a more secure future.
Teachers in Türkiye empowered to support children’s access to education
A training programme organized by the ILO Office for Türkiye aims to strengthen the role of teachers in the fight against child labour by supporting uninterrupted access to education for children from seasonal agricultural worker families.
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PROSPECTS Partnership in Jordan: Highlights from the year
Since 2019, the PROSPECTS Partnership has been strengthening opportunities for refugees and host communities across Jordan—supporting skills, jobs, protection, and resilience for a more inclusive future.
Hazardous work on the road: ILO training helps combat worst form of child labour
16-year-old Mohamed transported hazardous materials for work, placing him in the worst form of child labour. With support from ILO trainings, he put that reality behind him and found more suitable work. Spearheading a dual approach to combatting...
Creating Change, One Story at a Time
Jisan’s path to independence: Learning, earning, and leading
With entrepreneurship training under the ILO ISEC Project, Jannatul Neha Jisan turned her home-based sales into a thriving boutique in Cox’s Bazar. Today, she earns a steady income, trains local girls in fabric design, and pursues higher education,...
Creating Change, One Story at a Time
From Fuchka to Fashion: Humaira’s Journey with SIYB
Humaira turned a small fuchka venture into two growing businesses with support from SIYB training under the ILO ISEC Project. Equipped with new skills to plan and manage, she is now a confident entrepreneur and a role model for young women in Cox’s...
News
Second National Symposium on Social Protection showcases digital transformations in Lao PDR
Official launch of social security mobile application marks a significant step by bringing essential services directly to users.
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