All news: Education and training

Timorese trainers strengthen capacities in career guidance, soft skills and disability inclusion to support youth employment

The European Union and the ILO enhance Timor-Leste’s institutional capacity to better support youth employment and promote inclusivity.

Women entrepreneurs grow businesses and opportunities through digital skilling program

Empowering women entrepreneurs with digital and AI skills, the Women in Digital Business (WIDB) initiative is transforming lives and communities—unlocking economic opportunities, fostering resilience and driving inclusive growth.

Youth Employment

From education to decent jobs: Why career development support matters for Viet Nam’s youth?

Young people in Viet Nam face growing challenges in finding decent work. Strengthening career guidance and inclusive support is key to helping youth navigate transitions and seize opportunities in the green and digital economy.

From factory work to the classroom: Mahasen’s journey out of child labour

At just 15, Mahasen Ahmed Maabad was working long hours in hazardous conditions at a honey factory in Egypt’s Assiut Governorate. With support from the ILO’s SCREAM programme, that focuses on engaging children’s carefree and creative nature, she...

Financial literacy

Empowering rural entrepreneurs in Indonesia's East Sumba with financial literacy

The ILO and Bank NTT urge East Sumba’s entrepreneurs in Indonesia, including youth, to adopt smarter banking habits for long-term financial success.

Coconut culinary training

Hope afloat: Coconut culinary upskills workers, uplifts livelihoods

A coconut culinary training helps typhoon-affected workers rebuild their lives and gain new skills in Siargao Island, the Philippines’ coconut and surfing capital.

Coconut culinary training

Fallen coconuts to fresh starts

Rolly rises from a disaster and turns coconuts into opportunity in Siargao Island, Philippines under an ILO initiative helping informal workers after a super typhoon through emergency employment, social protection and a just transition.

Coconut culinary training

From storm to stove: Coconut culinary skills revive livelihoods in Siargao

A mother and aspiring entrepreneur rebuilt her life through coconut farm recovery and culinary training, which helped turn her loss into coconut muffins, coco balls, and new hope.

Voices from ILO PROSPECTS

Business skills open doors: Amin’s journey from graduate to entrepreneur

With targeted training and mentorship from the ILO, a young entrepreneur in Ethiopia turned a backyard production into a fast-growing business—now supplying thousands of litres of shampoo across the Somali Region.

International youth day

Measuring what matters: NEET vs youth unemployment

Today, hundreds of millions of young people worldwide are NEET: Not in Employment, Education or Training. Drawing on the latest ILO data, Niall O’Higgins, senior employment research specialist, explains how the NEET rate offers a more accurate...

Lost after displacement: One ILO training and one language skill lead to two jobs

Displaced by the Sudan war, Suleiman arrived in Egypt with no plan, no degree, and no knowledge of the local labour market. Today, he has two jobs and volunteers in multiple community roles, all thanks to the skills and support he gained through the...

Single mother of three rewrites her story with ILO training

In the heart of Cairo, 33-year-old Salwa Hassan is a single mother of three daughters who overcame adversity with the support of an ILO training. Divorced at a young age and struggling to raise her children, Salwa rediscovered her confidence,...

PROSPECTS Impact

Empowering enterprise: Refugees and hosts thrive with business support services in Kenya

A stronger Chambers of Commerce and targeted business training supported by the ILO are boosting small enterprises for refugees and host communities in Kenya’s Turkana and Garissa counties. With added mentorship and a digital marketplace,...

Child labour

Dumpsites to dreams: A symphony of hope to end child labour

Alibai, who often had to quit school to work in a dumpsite, found new hope when an ILO project in the conflict-affected Bangsamoro region in the Philippines launched a Child Labour Monitoring System to tackle child labour and keep children in school.

ILO enhances capacities of Lebanese municipalities through employment-intensive infrastructure training

Municipalities gain skills in EIIP methodologies to sustain infrastructure and strengthen community resilience and local economic recovery

World Youth Skills Day

No time to wait: Bangladesh must upskill its youth today

This Op-Ed by Pedro Jr Bellen, Officer-In-Charge in ILO Bangladesh was published by The Business Standard, one of the leading English newspapers in Bangladesh on 15 July 2025 to mark the World Youth Skills Day.

Our impact, Their story

Skills that transformed my life and others

Bijly Baroi turned her passion for caregiving into a profession—and then into a platform to inspire others. With support from the ILO’s ProGRESS project and Unicare Health and Technical Training Institute, she went from trainee to trainer at a...

Creating Change, One Story at a Time

Polio slowed my walk, not my will: Breaking limits, one phone at a time

Polio didn’t stop Arafath. Trained under the ISEC project, he turned his passion for electronics into a career, transforming his disability into a strength and a job into a mission to support his family and inspire others.

Creating Change, One Story at a Time

They call me a Rohingya refugee, but I’m also an entrepreneur

In the heart of a refugee camp, Saida’s kitchen is becoming a symbol of resilience. She’s one of 250 Rohingya women turning tradition into entrepreneurship through food processing training under the ISEC project. Each jar tells a story of survival,...

Sectoral labour data and statistics

ILO integrates sectoral labour statistics to strengthen access to world of work data

Updated sectoral webpages now combine data from ILOSTAT with key resources on labour standards, policies, and research across major industries — helping constituents, researchers, and policymakers make evidence-based decisions to promote decent work.