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My.Coop adapted in Rwanda with sugar cane farmers

My.Coop – Managing your agricultural cooperative training package gets another adaptation in Rwanda.

What is ERA Agro-Forestry doing for contractors in Timor Leste?

Capacity Building for Contractors, especially for local small and medium Contractors is a “buzz word” in developmental circles owing to the colossal amounts that are spent on infrastructure, its impact on employment and the realization that true...

Promoting Entrepreneurship in Rural Communities in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) of Nigeria

In the quest to promote entrepreneurship in the FCT and its environs, the Abuja Enterprise Agency (AEA) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) undertake a project site visit to deepen understanding of engagement in the rural communities for...

ILO, Flanders to promote decent work in Malawi’s tea plantations

The project focuses on empowering women and ending violence at work, promoting freedom of association and collective bargaining, as well as improving access to water and sanitation.

Role of cooperatives in rural women empowerment discussed during a side event at CSW62 in NY with ILO participating for COPAC

The Permanent Mission of the Dominican Republic to the United Nations organized a side event at the 62nd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York focusing on the role of cooperatives in rural women empowerment.

Gender equality

Rural women need equality now

ILO Director of Sectoral Policies, Alette van Leur, has called for urgent action to overcome the hurdles rural women face in the world of work. She was speaking during the 62nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women at United Nations...

ILO sponsors training on agricultural cooperative management through My.Coop distance learning programme

Since 2012 the International Training Centre of the ILO has organized a distance learning Training of Trainers programme on My.Coop – Managing your agricultural cooperative training package. The latest edition took place in late 2017, with...

International Women’s Day

Change is necessary for rural women

In a statement to mark International Women’s Day, ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, says that rural women must not be overlooked in policy decisions.

International Women's Day 2018

Results measurement: A key to creating jobs for rural women and youth

The ILO and IFAD supported Taqeem Initiative pilots innovative results measurement strategies for women and youth employment in the MENA region

Milestone attained with take-off of contractor training programme

The ERA Agro-Forestry Project seeks at capacitating 40 contractors, together with central government and municipal officials to construct and supervise rural roads within agro-forestry areas.

Promoting rural women economic empowerment through cooperatives in Upper Egypt

Rural Economy

Tripartite consultative meeting on findings of diagnostic study on Decent Work in Rural Economy in Pakistan

On 20th December 2017, the preliminary findings of the “Diagnostic Study on Decent Work in Rural Economy of Pakistan” were shared with tripartite-plus stakeholders. Serious efforts to create awareness, institutional arrangements and support...

My.Coop – Managing your agricultural cooperative training package adapted and piloted in Lebanon

My.Coop – Managing your agricultural cooperative training package got yet another adaptation when it was adapted to the Lebanese context by the ILO Office in Beirut.

Elective session on cooperatives in rural areas in the Academy on Rural Development

Cooperating out of child labour in Malawi

In Malawi child labour is a persistent challenge. The recent estimates show that more than 2.1 million children, or about 38 per cent of Malawian children, continue to be involved in child labour. Most of these children are employed in the...

Agro-Forestry development is on the move

The ERA Agro-Forestry project organized its Inception Workshop for presentation of the progress achieved during the first 5 months of implementation.

R4D celebrates Women’s Entrepreneurship Day 2017

Four awards were presented during the commemoration of the Women's Entrepreneurship Day 2017 in Timor-Leste for local contractors who have shown leadership in promoting women's socio-economic empowerment in the rural roads programme in Timor-Leste.

Looking at the past and the future of My.Coop

On 13 October, 2017 Agriterra, ITC-ILO and the Cooperatives Unit of the ILO met in Geneva to discuss the findings of a stocktaking study on My.Coop training package for agricultural cooperatives, with a view to enable more cooperatives to benefit...

Improving livelihoods through cooperatives - ILO LEED project in Northern Sri Lanka

R4D-SP Capacity Development Workshop: Building the capacity of rural roads sector of Timor-Leste

The Roads for Development (R4D) Program of Timor-Leste conducted a one-day workshop on 24 August in Dili to discuss the Capacity Development Framework for Phase 2 of the R4D program. More than 100 stakeholders involved in Timor-Leste’s rural roads...