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EU, ILO and TradeInvest Timor-Leste join forces supporting private sector development through export trade and business training for...

The European Union (EU), the International Labour Organization (ILO), and TradeInvest Timor-Leste have joined forces to support the growth and development of the private sector in Timor-Leste.

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EU-ILO Agroforestry Skills project empowers Timor-Leste organisations to deliver essential financial education for families

The EU-ILO Agroforestry Skills for Employment and Resilience Project, funded by the European Union, successfully conducted a comprehensive Training of Trainers (ToT) on Financial Education, designed to equip participants on critical money management...

ILO in action in the Philippines

Helping workers' organizations protect the vulnerable and promote compliance

A woman trade union leader from the Philippines rose through the ranks. An ILO project with the US Department of Labour equips and empowers her to promote workers’ rights, labour laws, occupational safety and health, and gender equality,...

Skills development

ILO supports establishment of Shared Service Facilities Centre (SSFC) to boost economic diversification and community empowerment of tea...

World Youth Skills Day 2024

EU-ILO empowers youth in Timor-Leste with agroforestry skills

The ILO celebrates World Youth Skills Day on 15 July by recognizing and supporting the empowerment of youth, particularly young women and girls, through its European Union funded Agroforestry Skills Project in Timor-Leste.

New Processing Plant Brings Hope to Banana Farmers in Zimbabwe

The banana processing plant under construction in Hauna in the Mutasa District of Mutare, aims to help banana farmers in the region to access markets, transportation, and reduce post harvest losses, including tackling gender-based violence.

ILO moves to boost safety and health in forestry work

Despite progress in recent decades, forests remain hazardous workplaces. New guidance from the ILO aims to better protect those women and men working in the sector.

Decarbonisation is a new priority for Viet Nam's wood processing industry

Vietnamese wood processing enterprises are increasingly recognising the importance of sustainable practices. With support from the ILO Productivity Ecosystems for Decent Work Viet Nam team, efforts are underway to enhance awareness and promote...

Sustainable tourism and wood-processing earmarked by ILO as growth sectors in Suriname’s indigenous and marron communities

ILO Caribbean conducts meetings to determine pathways to decent work.

Safety dialogue empowers small-scale banana farmers

Small banana growers engage in dialogue, devise practical approaches to safety and health and foster collaboration among stakeholders in celebration of the World Day for Safety and Health at Work.

DA, DOLE lead aquaculture project advisory on decent work and responsible business conduct

The Philippine government through the DA and DOLE will co-chair the newly established Project Advisory/Steering Committee on Aquaculture to promote decent work and responsible business in aquaculture supply chains.

Decent work and responsible business conduct in aquaculture: Pioneering partnership

The ILO convenes key constituents and stakeholders to foster cooperation towards decent work and responsible business in aquaculture supply chains with support from the Government of Japan.

Women workers call to implement ILO Convention 190

The ILO Rural Sectors Project started the celebration of Women’s Month through a forum focused on the prevention of gender-based violence and harassment in the world of work, anchoring on the Philippine Government’s ratification of the Violence and...

Local communities in Attapeu Province learn about the cooperative model in Lao People's Democratic Republic

The ILO organized training workshops for district officers, vocational teachers and students and cooperative members in Attapeu province, Lao PDR utilizing its Think.COOP and Start.COOP packages.

EU-ILO join forces to strengthen Agroforestry Value Chains in Timor-Leste

The European Union, in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO), facilitated a multi-stakeholder workshop on agroforestry value chains in Timor-Leste, under the EU’s Agroforestry Skills for Employment and Resilience Project.

Launched, the new Agroforestry Skills project to improve youth integration in the Timor-Leste’s labour market

The ILO and its social partners, with support from the European Union, promote skills development for youth and women in Agroforestry sector in Timor-Leste.

New employment opportunities for laid-off workers on digital entrepreneurship

ILO digital entrepreneurship training, jointly conducted with Evermos, a social commerce reseller platform, not only provides new digital skills, but also opens a new, inclusive employment opportunity.

Raising awareness on the cooperative model among coffee farmers in Lao PDR

Facilitators were trained on the cooperative model including its principles, values, structure, function and related legislation and policies to then train 400 coffee producers in villages of Dak Cheung district in Lao PDR.

Vision Zero Fund (VZF)

International Labour Organization promotes safety and health in coffee supply chain

The #CoffeePeople campaign, launched on International Coffee Day, urges collaboration between governments, employers, workers' organizations, and the private sector to ensure a safe and healthy work environment for the millions of coffee workers...

First training of trainers’ workshop on Think.Coop and Start.Coop for the aquaculture sector held in Lima

The ILO and UNIDO organized a regional training of trainers’ workshop on the adaptation of ILO’s Think.Coop and Start.Coop tools to the aquaculture sector in the ILO Office in Lima, Peru, on 21-25 August, 2023.