All news: Tourism, hotel and food and beverage services
Green jobs
Small businesses embrace greener practices to grow and create new opportunities in Indonesia
From turning aloe vera into a low-waste business to giving traditional herbal drinks a modern appeal, small businesses in Indonesia are discovering how greener practices can help them use resources more responsibly, strengthen their businesses and...
Inclusive growth through a Market Systems Development (MSD) approach
Expanding Impact: Public-Private Development Partnerships (PPDP) project enters phase 2 in Nakuru, Kajiado, and Narok Counties
Following the Public Private Development Partnerships (PPDP) project phase 1's achievements in Nakuru and Narok, the expansion into Kajiado County aims to address challenges in agriculture, eco-tourism, and green industries.
Community development
EU-Funded PROSPER Project in Belize brings local economic development closer to action
In August, work-based learning, community planning and women’s entrepreneurship activities within the European Union-funded PROSPER project advanced practical preparations for locally-led economic development in southern Belize.
Tourism
Caribbean employers and ILO explore pathways to more productive, formal tourism
ILO and Caribbean employers are exploring how productivity, better working conditions and practical pathways to formalization can support more resilient and inclusive tourism across the Eastern Caribbean.
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.
Egypt advances employer-led skills governance in tourism sector
Partners convene to consolidate progress on the employer-led platform, Sector Skills Council for Tourism, and agree on next steps for demand-driven workforce development in one of Egypt's key sectors.
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.
Our impact, their voices
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.
Our impact, their voices
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.
A woman entrepreneur drives green growth and job creation in Indonesia
In Indonesia, with support from the ILO, one woman entrepreneur is turning tradition into a growing business that creates jobs and promotes sustainable practices.
THAMM Plus
New evidence to strengthen skills mobility pathways in tourism and hospitality
Preliminary findings from an ILO-supported skills needs and mismatch study are informing cooperation between Egypt, Germany and Italy to better align skills development with labour market demand and support fair, effective labour mobility pathways...
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.
EU–ILO apprenticeship drive accelerates Zambia’s skills development push
Zambia is advancing the National Apprenticeship Programme to link training with real workplace experience. Supported by ILO's EU-funded Skills Development for Increased Employability Programme (SDEP), the initiative aims to equip 1,000 youths with...
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.
EU-Funded ILO Project news update
PROSPER project sharpens its focus in readiness for community action in southern Belize
The EU-funded PROSPER project reviews the concrete steps it has taken that set the stage for accelerated implementation in 2026, particularly for communities in southern Belize engaged in cacao and tourism.
EU-funded ILO PROSPER Project
Belize communities validate regional value chain study
Community leaders and stakeholders in Toledo, Belize validated the findings of a regional value chain study, confirming tourism and agroforestry, particularly cacao, as priority sectors for inclusive, community-driven economic development.
Voices of Action - Child labour
Tourism boom exposes child labour risks in Viet Nam’s northern highlands
Children from ethnic minority communities like 13-year-old Phang Ca work on perilous trails popularized by adventure tourism to help support their families.
Our impact, their voices
A key provincial leader pushing South Sumatra forward in Indonesia’s just energy transition
A dedicated provincial leader is driving South Sumatra’s just energy transition while advancing Indonesia’s broader commitment to renewable energy.