All news: Transport, ports and logistics
Official launch of the R4D movie
H. E. The Minister of Public Works, Sr. Gastão Francisco de Sousa, hosted a high-level event to officially launch a movie about the Roads for Development Program (R4D). Senior dignitaries from the Government of Timor-Leste, Donors and Development...
Trade unions’ role in ensuring occupational safety and health at railways of CIS and Baltic states – seminar in Astana
On July 9, the first joint seminar for trade unions of railway workers from CIS and Baltic states ended its work in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana. It focused on trade unions’ role in ensuring occupational safety and health and traffic safety at...
Kick-off Workshop on Rural Roads Master Plan for Timor-Leste
H. E. The Minister of Public Works Sr. Gastão Francisco de Sousa and H.E. the Ambassador of Australia, Mr. Peter Doyle, will officially open the Kick-off Workshop for the development of a Rural Roads Master Plan for Timor-Leste on 4th June 2014 at...
Inauguration of the Mahata-Kusi road
H. E. the President Taun Matan Ruak and H.E. the Ambassador of Australia, Mr. Peter Doyle, will officially inaugurate on 22nd May 2014 at 2 pm the Mahata-Kusi road in Mahata Sub-District, Oecusse. The road has been rehabilitated by the Ministry of...
Signing of Strengthening National Rural Transport Programme
On 28 March 2014, the ILO and the Department of Local Infrastructure Development and Agricultural Roads (DoLIDAR), Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development signed an agreement for the implementation of the routine maintenance component...
Rural development
Timor-Leste: When a short road makes a huge difference
In a country where 75 per cent of the population live in rural areas and 40 per cent are below the poverty line, improving a short stretch of road can mean more jobs and a better quality of life for rural workers and their families.
From Chile
Indigenous communities take their place in the HIV battle
The ILO and indigenous communities in Chile team up to battle discrimination and implement HIV guidelines in the transport sector.
Tripartite forum
ILO meeting calls for sustainable civil aviation industry
The Global Dialogue Forum on the Effects of the Global Economic Crisis on the Civil Aviation Industry, 20-22 February 2013, discussed how to promote sustainability and decent work in the civil aviation industry.
ILO meeting calls for sustainable civil aviation industry
On 20-22 February 2013, the ILO organized a “Global Dialogue Forum on the Effects of the Global Economic Crisis on the Civil Aviation Industry”. Participants at the forum discussed how to promote sustainability and decent work in the civil aviation...
Underage drivers rule the road by night
“It’s not that hard once you’ve got it moving,” says Andi Ilham as he powers a lurching Metro Mini at high speed down a Jakarta street late at night.
Future national football player who “plays” on streets
He once attended a football school in Senayan, but little Ilham eventually “fell” into the streets and now drives for Metromini.
Child ‘substitute drivers’
Child drivers? “I don’t know about that,” said the Minister of Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection, Linda Amalia. “At night, children should study or rest at home.”
From Pakistan
All aboard the women’s rights bus
For working women in Pakistan, the bus ride to work can be particularly uncomfortable. The country’s National Highways and Motorway Police (NH&MP) has been trying to change that, with a bit of help from the ILO.
News
ILO and Australian government strengthen technical cooperation with US$31 million Timor-Leste project
The ILO and the Governments of Australia and Timor-Leste have announced a new US$31 million project to significantly improve road transport in Timor-Leste.
Training held for Maritime Inspectors PHL gears up for MLC, 2006 enforcement
Adopted in February 2006 by the ILO, MLC, 2006 served as a response to the global nature of workers’ employment in the maritime industry to comprehensively address the working and living conditions of seafarers and to set out standards for decent...
Keynote address on Overview of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, status on implementation and emerging Issues
By Dr Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, Director, International Labour Standards Department, ILO, Geneva at the Asia-Pacific Regional Dialogue on the Maritime Labour Convention, 3-6 May 2011, Cairns, Australia
TVET Reform & Skills Development- The Road to the Future
A two-day National Conference on skill development was held on 20 - 21 April 2010. The Honorable Minister of Industries Mr. Dilip Barua was the Chief Guest on 21st of April and Mr. Md. Nurul Haque, Secretary in charge, Ministry of Labour and...
Crisis and the automotive sector
ILO meets with high-level experts to discuss the crisis and the future of the automotive industry
Against the backdrop of the global economic and social crisis, senior experts on the automotive sector from Europe, Asia and the Americas met here on 20-21 May with top officials of the International Labour Organization (ILO) to discuss the state of...
World AIDS Day 2008
Driving for change: action on HIV/AIDS in the road transport sector
In a number of countries, HIV prevalence is higher among road transport workers than in the general population. To respond to the challenge of HIV/AIDS in the sector, workers’ and employers’ representatives from around the world will meet in Geneva...
Bahamas ratifies major new ILO Maritime Labour Convention
The Government of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas today handed over its instrument of ratification of the historic Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 of the International Labour Organization (ILO).