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18th ILO Regional Seminar for Labour-Based Practitioners

Closing speech by the Chief of the Development and Investment Branch, ILO Geneva

Theme: "Towards sustainable and inclusive local development: local resource-based approaches and decent job creation".

18th ILO Regional Seminar for Labour-Based Practitioners

Opening remarks by ILO Regional Director for Africa

Theme: "Towards sustainable and inclusive local development: local resource-based approaches and decent job creation".

18th African Regional Seminar for Labour-Based Practitioners

Ministerial Declaration

Theme: "Towards sustainable and inclusive local development: local resource-based approaches and decent job creation".

Our impact, their voices

Paving the way to inclusive rural development in Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste needs to promote sustainable, inclusive employment and growth in its rural areas, where 70 per cent of the population live, if it is to achieve its development targets. To help, an ILO infrastructure project is finding work for women and...

Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD7)

Guy Ryder: A human-centred approach can create decent jobs for youth in Africa

Speaking at the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD7), ILO Director-General Guy Ryder outlined how a human-centred agenda can help boost productivity and create decent jobs for youth in Africa.

Germany Continues Support to Cash for Work Programmes in Jordan

The German Government has been supporting the KfW/ILO project “Employment through Labour Intensive Infrastructure“ in Jordan since 2016.

Infrastructure and productivity in Jordan

Supporting farmers in water-scarce Jordan through ILO’s labour-intensive approach

An ILO project in Jordan supports hundreds of local farmers with the construction of rainwater cisterns to help improve infrastructure and agricultural productivity.

Inauguration of Maliana – Saburai rural road in Bobonaro Municipality

TThe Ministry of Public Works (MPW), inaugurated one of its rehabilitated core rural roads, the Maliana – Saburai road in Bobonaro Municipality.

Global ILO Knowledge-Sharing Workshop brings partner countries together for “Strengthening the Impact on Employment of Sectoral and Trade...

ILO Employment Policy Department Director's Welcoming Speech at the STRENGTHEN Global Knowledge-Sharing Workshop

The following are highlights of the speech delivered by ILO Employment Policy Department Director Sangheon Lee during the Global Knowledge-Sharing Workshop.

Training Workshop on Soil and Water Conservation for Road Construction Engineers, Technicians, Environmental and Social Experts in...

Targeted at mainstreaming soil erosion prevention and control in the Delivery of road infrastructure

Japan to support youth employment opportunities for refugees and host community in Mauritania

The project aims at promoting economic self-sufficiency of refugees and peaceful coexistence with host communities through the development of employability schemes and decent jobs in infrastructure construction works.

ILO 100 on the International Women's Day

ILO continue to engage more women in its project activities in Timor-Leste

The 2019 International Women’s Day celebration in Timor-Leste coincided with the ILO's celebration of its 100th anniversary of advancing social justice and promoting decent work.

ILO response to Syrian refugee crisis

ILO and Germany pen agreement to bolster decent work for Syrian refugees and host communities

The ILO and Germany’s Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development have signed a comprehensive memorandum of understanding which seeks to support job creation in response to the refugee crisis and forced displacement in Jordan, Lebanon, and...

Peace and development

A new ILO-Japan project to ensure water, jobs and peace in Mindanao, Philippines

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Government of Japan have signed a new partnership to provide jobs and promote peace through improved water supply and sanitation services in post-conflict areas in the Philippines.

Peace and development

Message at the ILO-Japan Signing Ceremony for the Project on the Improvement of Water Supply Equipment Management Capacity for the...

By Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the ILO-Japan Signing Ceremony for the Project on the Improvement of Water Supply Equipment Management Capacity for the Establishment of Peace in Mindanao, Ortigas,...

ERA Agro-Forestry Project Launches its Second Training

The training is part of the European Union funded programme “Enhancing Rural Access Agro-Forestry Project ERA”.

ILO response to Syrian refugee crisis

Employment promotion and decent work for Jordanians and Syrian refugees in Jordan’s agricultural sector

Norwegian delegation visits sites of ILO initiatives that help workers access jobs in the sector of agriculture and forestry as part of the agency’s response to the refugee crisis in Jordan.

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Working together in Lebanon

Women and men, Syrian refugees and host communities work alongside each other building an irrigation channel as part of an ILO project in Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley.

Highlights of new study assessing the impact of increasing domestic processing of cocoa in Ghana on employment and job creation presented...

The new study was conducted by the STRENGTHEN project, a joint ILO-European Union global initiative.