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African trade unions advance social dialogue strategies for rural and agricultural workers
More than 50 trade union representatives and labour experts from 20 African countries are exchanging knowledge and developing practical strategies to strengthen the representation of rural and agricultural workers, facilitate access to social...
Social protection
Strengthening farmers’ access to social protection and sustainable livelihoods in Timor-Leste
A joint initiative in Timor-Leste strengthens farmers’ livelihoods and access to social protection while supporting better nutrition for children.
Op-ed
Beyond the unemployment rate: Timor-Leste's real jobs challenge
Tendy Gunawan, ILO Rural Development TVET Officer in Timor-Leste, looks beyond Timor-Leste’s low unemployment rate to reveal the deeper challenge of limited decent and productive job opportunities. This opinion editorial was published by Tatoli,...
Our impact, their voices
Growing skills, growing opportunities: Two trainers transforming cocoa cultivation in Timor-Leste
The ILO's Agroforestry Skills and Employment Resilience Project, funded by the European Union, is strengthening skills in cocoa cultivation, enabling participants to improve farming practices and create new opportunities for their communities.
PROSPECTS Impact
Enterprise bridges needs: how youth innovation is supporting livestock owners in Kassala
Through the ILO PROSPECTS supported i-UPSHIFT programme, a group of young entrepreneurs in Kassala State transformed a local challenge into a business opportunity, improving access to veterinary medicines for livestock farmers while creating...
Government institutions strengthen collaboration to advance agroforestry value chains in Timor-Leste
The ILO, with support from the European Union, supports stronger government collaboration to develop sustainable agroforestry value chains and promote resilient livelihoods in Timor-Leste.
Occupational Safety and Health
Safer coffee work takes root as local capacity grows in Viet Nam’s coffee communities
A partnership creates lasting impact when the knowledge and skills it builds are carried forward by those it has trained.
Op-ed
Is every child working on the street a victim of child labour?
Tendy Gunawan, ILO Rural Development TVET Officer in Timor-Leste, highlights a question that is often asked whenever people see children selling snacks, tissues or other items on the streets of Dili. This opinion editorial was published by Tatoli,...
EU Green Week 2026
Nature-based solutions can drive decent job creation
Nature-based solutions have potential to be a major driver of employment in sectors such as agriculture, forestry, water and infrastructure development. Investment is needed in skills development, decent work and inclusion to ensure that this...
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.
Key actors from Colombia’s main agricultural supply chains conclude diploma programme on living wages and incomes
Representatives of workers’ organisations, companies from the coffee, banana and palm oil sectors, and public institutions participated in RURALIA, an ILO programme aimed at strengthening technical capacities and promoting social dialogue on living...
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.
Sustainable agriculture
Across continents, young dairy farmers from Indonesia and Switzerland find common ground
Swiss and Indonesian farmers exchange lessons on sustainability, resilience and the future of dairy farming.
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...
Occupational Safety and Health
ILO and Viet Nam partners address psychosocial risks at work in national occupational safety and health month
Representatives of the tripartite constituents from the government, employers’ and workers’ organizations, and youth participants gathered in Hanoi to mark the Viet Nam’s National Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Month, with a focus on...
Digitalization
Indonesia–Switzerland dairy exchange showcases digital innovation to boost smallholder productivity
ILO facilitates hands-on learning between cooperatives and Swiss farmers to accelerate digital transformation in the dairy sector.
EU-funded ILO PROSPER Project initiative
PROSPER Project holds community consultation in San Miguel
The EU-funded PROSPER project engaged San Miguel village leaders and community members in a consultation to discuss proposed activities in cacao, tourism, and local economic development, while gathering feedback to shape community-led planning and...
ILO, EU and Sweden programme supports employment and entrepreneurship in Bosnia and Herzegovina
More than 800 people—many facing multiple barriers to decent work—have gained employment or started businesses through a joint initiative.
Safety and health in forestry work in focus on International Day of Forests 2026
In Brazil, the ILO is improving occupational safety and health and strengthening social dialogue in the forestry sector.
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