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ILO launches Employment-Intensive Investment guidelines to support jobs and resilient infrastructure in Iraq

A new framework seeks to embed decent work and employment creation into Iraq’s public investment, laying the foundations for a National Public Works Programme.

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Ethiopia launches Employment Impact Assessment to strengthen job outcomes of public infrastructure investment

The initiative will show how public infrastructure spending can generate more and better jobs and promote more inclusive labour market outcomes.

Employment-intensive Infrastructure investments create jobs and improve public services across Lebanon

ILO projects, funded by the German Government through KfW Development Bank, are improving local infrastructure while creating short-term employment opportunities and promoting decent work.

Cameroon lays foundation for recognizing skills gained through labour-based public works

Cameroon has taken an important step towards establishing a system to recognize skills gained through labour-based infrastructure programmes, paving the way for future certification and improved employment opportunities.

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Employment-intensive fish farming creates green jobs in Uganda

With ILO support, a fish farming group in Isingiro District is demonstrating how employment-intensive nature-based solutions can create jobs, strengthen community cooperation and protect wetland ecosystems.

Turning e-waste into opportunity: Zambia's journey towards green jobs for young people

Advancing skills and climate-resilient roads in rural Zambia

A pilot road project in Mikango, Chongwe, is creating jobs, building skills and promoting climate-resilient construction. Using labour-based methods, 22 participants gained hands-on training while improving rural road access and supporting...

In Cameroon, road rehabilitation is opening pathways to work and services

Through the ILO Employment-Intensive Investment Programme, young women and men are gaining paid work and practical skills while helping improve a key community road in Cameroon's North-West Region.

Rural development

Canals, roads and jobs rebuilt in Les Cayes, Haiti

ILO project advances decent jobs and rural infrastructure recovery in southern Haiti, repairing canals and rural tracks to help communities recover and build resilience.

PROSPECTS Impact

ILO supports youth innovators in Sudan to create jobs and solutions for local challenges

Through the i-UPSHIFT programme, the International Labour Organization brought together 160 young entrepreneurs from refugee and host communities supporting them to showcase innovative solutions and promote inclusive economic opportunities.

Creating jobs and technology transfer in Africa by strengthening Japan-ILO partnership

Through its Employment-Intensive Investment Programme, the ILO is tackling protracted crisis, enhancing resilience, addressing poverty and inequality by creating decent work for all.

ILO Voices | Entrepreneurship

How I built my tea stall business in Somalia

In Somalia, Hawa Ali Mohamed runs a tea stall in a marketplace that was rehabilitated through an ILO project. As the sole breadwinner, she now has a stable place to work and can support her children.

PROSPECTS Impact

ILO empowers Sudanese partners to advance employment-intensive infrastructure development

The ILO brought together Sudanese institutions, contractors and infrastructure specialists in Addis Ababa to strengthen employment-intensive approaches that promote job creation, local recovery and resilient infrastructure development in Sudan.

Employment-intensive investment

ILO strengthens social cohesion and rural development in Togo

In Sangol, within Togo’s Savanes region, the International Labour Organization’s crisis response project demonstrates how labour-intensive approaches can create jobs, strengthen social cohesion and support sustainable local infrastructure...

Rebuilding lives and livelihoods in the aftermath of Myanmar’s earthquake

ILO-supported initiatives have created work, restored infrastructure, strengthened skills, and empowered communities to lead a more inclusive and sustainable recovery.

Employment-Intensive Investment

RAAMP Implementation Support Mission highlights decent jobs and resilient rural infrastructure in Nigeria

The ILO and partners reviewed progress of Nigeria’s RAAMP, reaffirming its contribution to livelihoods, inclusion and sustainable rural development.

International Labour Day event highlights Somalia’s commitment to decent work and inclusive job creation

The event provided a platform to discuss social dialogue, skills development and employment-intensive investment approaches as key drivers of sustainable livelihoods, local economic development and inclusive labour markets in Somalia.

Employment-intensive investment

Rural roads project to create millions of workdays in Nigeria

The International Labour Organization and Nigeria’s Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project have signed an agreement to expand employment-intensive rural road maintenance systems expected to generate more than four million workdays while...

Syria advances national recovery through public works programme design and strengthening labour market data systems

Consultative workshop in Damascus brings together national institutions and social partners to shape employment-led recovery and evidence-based policymaking.

ILO project strengthens resilience and social cohesion through inclusive livelihoods and jobs in Mali

The initiative, funded by Japan, demonstrates how employment‑intensive approaches can promote decent work and build resilience among displaced and host communities.