All news: labour intensive employment + infrastructure

Advancing sustainable livelihoods through Non Profit Organisation models

The EPWP Community of Practice brought together government, NPOs, and partners to explore how NPO-led innovations in waste management and food security can create sustainable exit pathways for programme participants. The session highlighted...

Employment-Intensive Investment Programme (EIIP)

Major labour-based public works programme concludes in Jordan, creating 1.7 million working days

Jordan, the ILO, and Germany through KfW Development Bank celebrate the completion of a nine-year collaboration that has become a national milestone in ownership, institutionalisation, and sustainable job creation.

ILO launches recovery support for earthquake-hit communities in Myanmar

Livelihood recovery activities take place to support affected communities in the Inle Lake area and Mandalay Region of Myanmar.

ILO employment-intensive projects create one million workdays in two years in the Arab States region

Employment-Intensive Investment Programmes revitalize infrastructure and create decent work opportunities for communities amid humanitarian and economic challenges.

RAAMP Nigeria Stakeholders’ Participation in the Engineering Procurement & Contract Management Training for World Bank funded Projects

German-funded ILO project in Lebanon’s Rachaya El Wadi revives historic town centre and creates jobs

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Employment training creates inclusive green jobs in Jordan

Alaa Mhairat tells us how she gained financial independence and found work in an agricultural project to create a green environment for her community in Jordan.

New community spaces create jobs and strengthen social cohesion in Jordan through ILO–Germany partnership

The Hallabat Municipality Park and Playground and Bergish Community and Educational Centre promote decent work, community wellbeing and social inclusion, with funding from Germany through the KfW Development Bank under the ILO Employment Intensive...

Employment promotion

A school reborn in Herat, Afghanistan

No chairs. No tables. No sanitary toilets. No safe drinking water. The ILO’s Employment Intensive Investment Programme (EIIP) has transformed a school in three months.

Empowering inclusion: ILO equips teams to make infrastructure and employment work for everyone

The ILO has given project teams the tools and confidence to design infrastructure and employment initiatives that include everyone—especially those often left behind.

Senegal and ILO partner to promote decent jobs through local infrastructure

The new agreement will boost decent employment opportunities, especially for youth and women, by integrating labour-intensive public works into local development projects.

Creating decent jobs through infrastructure: EIIP’s impact in Francophone West Africa

With ILO support, countries are applying employment-intensive approaches to create decent jobs, strengthen local capacities, and build resilience in communities.

Impact story

Turning prosopis into green jobs in Kenya

In Turkana County, an invasive tree is bringing jobs for local residents. Through Employment Intensive Investment Programme (EIIP), ILO PROSPECTS and Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI), communities are transforming prosopis from ecological...

ILO and the Government of Jordan, Convene High-Level Workshop on National Programme of Public Works

At a workshop in Amman, Government, ILO representatives, and development partners from Germany, the Netherlands and Italy, mapped out steps for a programme that will generate decent jobs for youth, women and refugees while strengthening social...

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Validation workshop underscores employment impacts of RN4 road rehabilitation in Senegal

Building Futures through Employment and Infrastructure

ILO’s work in Somalia tackles unemployment and supports stability

In Somalia, the ILO is building more than roads, it is building futures. Through infrastructure projects, skills training, and labour law reforms, the Organization is tackling youth unemployment, supporting peace, and strengthening partnerships with...

Guinea validates national strategy to promote labour-intensive infrastructure development

Developed with ILO technical support, the initiative aims to scale up labour-based infrastructure works as a driver of decent job creation and inclusive growth.

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...

Crisis response

ILO launches livelihood recovery initiative in earthquake-affected areas in Myanmar

The project aims to rebuild destroyed buildings by hiring local workers, thereby providing decent work for affected communities.