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Youth Employment

From education to decent jobs: Why career development support matters for Viet Nam’s youth?

Young people in Viet Nam face growing challenges in finding decent work. Strengthening career guidance and inclusive support is key to helping youth navigate transitions and seize opportunities in the green and digital economy.

Y20

Youth team reflections from the Youth 20 Summit

Social Dialogue and Labour Justice

ILO celebrated for strengthening Social Dialogue and Labour Justice in Tanzania

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (ILO News) – The High Court of Tanzania, Labour Division, has presented a prestigious award to the International Labour Organization (ILO), recognizing its exceptional contribution to strengthening labour justice and...

Joint ILO - UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction statement

Jobs and livelihoods central to resilience in Africa

The ILO and UNDRR made their call during a high-level side event at the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9) on 21 August 2025, to urge stronger action on job creation, skills development and local capacity building as...

Op-ed

Disaster Risk Reduction in Africa Begins with Jobs

To mark the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9), André Bogui, Assistant Director-General at the International Labour Organization, explains why investing in decent jobs is one of the most effective ways to reduce...

Enterprise development

ILO highlights coconut industry advances at Caraga trade fair

At the Caraga Coconut Festival in Siargao Island in the Philippines, the ILO spotlighted new market opportunities for coconut farmers, building on its disaster recovery, value chain, enterprise development, social protection and formalization...

Employment Intensive Investment Programme

ILO environmental and tourism infrastructure project inaugurated in Jordan

Germany funds employment-intensive initiative creating jobs and strengthening local resilience

Global Accelerator

Philippines gains ground for decent work, social protection roadmap

National consultation held in August in Manila builds on previous regional dialogues with the transportation, construction and informal sectors to move closer towards finalizing the Global Accelerator roadmap of the Philippines for decent jobs and...

Media advisory

ILO to highlight jobs and resilience at TICAD9

At the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9), taking place in Yokohama, Japan from 20–22 August 2025, the International Labour Organization will be calling for greater investment in jobs and livelihoods to tackle the...

employment services

Building stronger employment services to empower Rwanda’s Youth

Kigali Rwanda (ILO News) - The International Labour Organization (ILO), in close collaboration with the Ministry of Public Service and Labour (MIFOTRA), has taken an important step in strengthening Rwanda’s employment services to better respond to...

International youth day

Measuring what matters: NEET vs youth unemployment

Today, hundreds of millions of young people worldwide are NEET: Not in Employment, Education or Training. Drawing on the latest ILO data, Niall O’Higgins, senior employment research specialist, explains how the NEET rate offers a more accurate...

Employment Intensive Infrastructure Programme

Revitalizing cultural heritage through decent work in Lebanon

Funded by the German government through KfW Development Bank, ILO's initiative boosts local employment while preserving cultural identity and enhancing public spaces in the town of Rachaya El Wadi.

Tourism

Tourism ludo: Turning boardgame into pathways for jobs and discovery

With support from the ILO’s ProGRESS project, funded by the Government of Canada, Bangladesh Tourism Board (BTB) is strengthening Bangladesh’s tourism sector by promoting destinations, supporting policy initiatives, and building the skills of those...

Green jobs

Turning adversity into opportunity thanks to biochar

In northern Côte d'Ivoire, Diallo Koundja and his family, asylum seekers from Burkina Faso, are regaining hope and dignity thanks to an ILO project on biochar.

Accelerating SDG 8: The ILO calls for bold policy shifts at UN High-Level Political Forum

The ILO champions accelerated action to fast-track decent work at key UN event, after review reveals SDG 8 – Decent Work and economic growth – remains significantly off-track.

Employment promotion

Returning migrant workers and youth connected to approximately 3,000 decent jobs in Battambang province

Provincial employment forum offers around 3,000 open vacancies and provides guidance to jobseekers and migrant returnees.

Strengthening local governance: Deddeh Municipality upgraded to improve public services

Through German-funded support under the ILO’s Employment-Intensive Infrastructure Programme, the rehabilitation of Deddeh’s municipal building has generated decent employment for local workers, enhanced accessibility, and is expected to improve...

International Year of Cooperatives

Chile certifies 14 new trainers on ILO Think.COOP and Start.COOP methodologies for aquaculture

The ILO played a key technical role, ensuring methodological consistency, providing ongoing assistance and coordinating efforts with national actors to consolidate a network of trainers specialising in aquaculture cooperatives.

ILO enhances capacities of Lebanese municipalities through employment-intensive infrastructure training

Municipalities gain skills in EIIP methodologies to sustain infrastructure and strengthen community resilience and local economic recovery

Cooperatives

ILO and partners present roadmap to strengthen rural cooperatives and advance formalization of the rural economy in Chile