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Technical cooperation
PROFIT and SAMS promote cocoa and breadfruit
A high-level delegation visited Grand’Anse to see the results of the joint ILO and WFP project supported by Norway, France and Switzerland, and to reaffirm their support for promising agricultural value chains with strong potential to generate...
News
EU Director visits Timor-Leste Agroforestry Programme, highlights growing opportunities for farmers
The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the European Union (EU) are partnering to deliver agroforestry skills training for employment, climate resilience and economic diversification in Timor-Leste.
Our impact, their voices
New teaching skills help a young teacher transform her classroom in Timor-Leste
Through hands-on training and new teaching methods, one young educator is helping students learn with greater confidence and understanding.
Our impact, their voices
Timorese women turn coconut waste into business opportunities
From discarded husks to marketable products, women in Timor-Leste are building greener livelihoods and new sources of income.
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Bringing knowledge to the fields: How mobile training is transforming vanilla farming in Timor-Leste
Farmers in remote communities are gaining skills, confidence, and new opportunities through mobile training delivered directly to their villages.
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Bridging the gap between training and work in Timor-Leste
Employment counsellors and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) trainers are gaining the skills to help job seekers navigate the country’s upgraded online job portal.
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.
Supply chains
Lao enterprises turn responsible business principles into workplace practice
Seminar spotlights how companies are aligning with global standards as LDC graduation approaches.
Decent work and food security as pathways to sustainable peace
At Geneva Peace Week, experts from the UN Peacebuilding Fund, ILO, FAO, Interpeace and Sudan’s civil society highlighted how decent work and food security can serve as powerful tools for conflict prevention, social cohesion, and peace.
Skills development
Timor-Leste takes a major step toward agroforestry advancement
The launch of the Agroforestry Sector Working Group marks a major step in uniting government institutions, development partners and stakeholders to strengthen Timor-Leste’s agroforestry sector.
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.
ILO-UNEP-IUCN report
Nature-based Solutions can generate up to 32 million new jobs by 2030, but investments in skills needed
Addressing the skills gaps and nature-based infrastructure are crucial to unlock the potentials of decent work creation and environmental benefits of nature-based solutions.
Korean delegation visits Andhra Pradesh to review impact of sustainable enterprises project
Humanitarian, development and peace actors join hands to boost decent work amidst crisis and fragility in the Arab region
The ILO and the Nexus Academy brought together stakeholders from the Arab region and beyond to boost coherence on employment and social protection amidst crisis and fragility in the Arab region, at an event funded by the Government of Sweden.
Inside story
Harnessing the network of unionism to protect workers’ rights in the tobacco sector
In an effort to address the decent work deficits in the tobacco sector, the Malawi Congress of Trade Unions (MCTU) working with the International Labour Organization (ILO) through the Addressing decent work deficits and improving access to rights in...
Ministry of Labour launches a Tobacco Workers Survey Report focusing on Tenant Growers in Malawi’s Tobacco Industry
On 26 April 2024, the Ministry of Labour, and the International Labour Organization (ILO) launched a report on the Survey of Tenant Growers in Malawi’s tobacco industry. The survey was conducted in 2022 by the National Statistical Office (NSO) of...
A bitter harvest: Child labour prevalence on tobacco farms
According to 2020 ILO/UNICEF Global Estimates, half of the over 160 million children in child labour are in sub-Saharan Africa, with 70 per cent of them in agriculture. In Zimbabwe, a week before a 2019 Ministry of Public Service, Labour, and Social...
Youth employment
Career progression maps help Malaysian youth chart career paths in the food services industry
Maps highlighting career progression opportunities expected to benefit thousands of young Malaysians over the next few years.
Integration of decent work in the development of agri-food value chains
At an Evaluation meeting organized by the Belgian Development Cooperation, the ILO shared insights on the promotion of decent work in agricultural value chains in low-income countries.
Equipping youth in tourism and hospitality sector with entrepreneurship skills in Timor-Leste
ILO project equips youth in the TVET schools with entrepreneurship and work readiness skills in the tourism and hospitality sector through pilot session using ILO’s Activity-Based Learning tools.