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South Africa and Zambia launch new training initiative to create decent jobs in green building/construction sector
In collaboration with the ILO, government and representatives from South Africa and Zambia kick-started a regional green business management training programme. The programme aims at enhancing competitiveness and promoting sustainable business and...
A green plumber for a greener economy
The transition towards a greener economy is expected to affect about half of the global labour force or roughly 1.5 billion people. This means changes in terms of job types and workers’ skills – a topic that is high on the Rio+20 agenda.
Breaking the glass ceiling: The story of two Nias women as the supervisor sites in the construction sector
It never crossed the minds of these two young women of Nias Island, Kiki and Lisna, that they could work as site supervisors in road construction works as construction workers have traditionally been though of as “male territory”. But thanks to the...
ILO participates in Trinidad and Tobago's Construction Symposium