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Encouraging entrepreneurs

ILO launches business plan competition to boost entrepreneurship in Ethiopia’s Somali region

The competition offers financial support and specialized training to promising business ideas, aiming to stimulate entrepreneurship and sustainable economic growth among refugees and their hosts in the Somali region.

Rural employment promotion

New project aims to boost incomes and livelihoods for 25,000 in rural areas of Lao People's Democratic Republic

Rural Employment Promotion (REP) project will help unlock the potential of those living and working in rural areas.

Promoting decent jobs and social justice for youth during two-week Academy in Turin

More than 100 participants from around the globe came together in Turin for the first in-person Youth Employment Academy since the COVID-19 pandemic.

ILO supports the establishment of Provincial OSH Council and Sectoral Tripartite Forum in Riau

The ILO Workers’ Rights Project continues to support the establishment of Provincial OSH Council and Sectoral Tripartite Forum in some provinces in Indonesia promote compliance of labour standards.

ILO, IFAD and CARE Coalition

New partnership to promote decent work across food systems

The new alliance between ILO, IFAD and CARE will promote decent work and productive employment, with the aim of tackling poverty and inequality in the sector while also promoting sustainable business.

Ground report

Satellite vocational training center brings hope to displaced and local communities in Ethiopia

ILO and its partners are tackling the challenges of limited income generation in Ethiopia's arid eastern region by constructing a satellite vocational training center, providing new job opportunities and essential skills, benefiting both host and...

Forest work must be made safer and healthier, says new FAO-ILO-UNECE report

Agri-food sector can be driver of decent work and sustainable enterprise development

At a conference in Brussels, the ILO said that decent work in the agri-food sector is essential to build sustainable food systems, which ensure food security without compromising the economic, social and environmental foundations for present and for...

ILO discusses child labour in agrifood value chains

At an event which marked the Word Day Against Child Labour, ILO-Brussels Director, Lieve Verboven stressed the importance of sharing best practices and concrete interventions in order to tackle child labour.

Province of North Sulawesi initiates to establish the Provincial OSH Council

The ILO works hand in hand with the Ministry of Manpower and the National OSH Council (DK3N) to support the establishment of the Provincial OSH Council (DK3P) in North Sulawesi as part of the effort to strengthen Indonesia’s OSH culture and system.

InfoStories

Social justice for rural populations means prosperity for the planet

Rural areas’ potential is often overlooked, but with the right policies in place, they can be attractive places to work and live, and can have a significant role in creating decent jobs.

Community-based Rural Tourism Programme: A new methodology to boost productive employment and decent work in Bolivia

ILO carries out in Bolivia the first pilot Training of Trainers programme to strengthen capacities and promote the development of rural community-based tourism enterprises and the generation of new and better jobs in rural areas.

Workers and employers of palm oil and fish processing sectors join forces to promote labour rights and gender equality

Applying what they have learnt from the ILO’s communications training, workers and employers from palm oil and fish processing sectors have conducted their own internal and public campaigns to promote stronger compliance to labour laws and labour...

Joint ILO – IFAD event

ILO calls for strengthened partnerships to promote decent work for youth in rural Africa

The ILO and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) gathered Governments’, workers’ and employers representatives from Africa and key stakeholders to discuss how integrated agribusiness hubs can support decent jobs for young...

World Day for Safety and Health at Work

Indonesia to develop a five-year national OSH programme to better protect workers’ fundamental right

Indonesia with support from the ILO is now in the process of developing and formulating its OSH national programmes for better, resilient implementation of OSH culture in the country and to better implement OSH as the fundamental right at work.

Workers and employers to campaign labour rights and gender equality in palm oil and fish processing sectors

The ILO’s Workers Rights Project equips workers’ and employers’ organizations with communications skills to promote wider campaigns on labour rights and gender equality in the palm oil and fish processing sectors.

Employment creation

ILO and SECO launch collaboration to accelerate employment creation in Moldova

The ILO and the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) combined efforts for employment promotion, skills development, and formalization to create new jobs especially for rural communities and vulnerable populations including youth and...

Gender-responsive labour inspection to promote workplace free from harassment

The Ministry of Manpower, with support from the ILO’s Improving Workers’ Rights in Indonesian Rural Sectors with a focus on Women Project, mainstreams gender responsive approach to its labour inspection system to prevent violence, harassment and...

Good Practices: Knowledge Sharing for Partnerships on the Elimination of Child Labour in Supply Chains

ACCEL Africa documented 14 good practices in the fight against child labour, which emerged from the ACCEL Africa project implementation in 6 countries: Cote d’Ivoire, Egypt, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria and Uganda. Hayat Osseiran, International Consultant,...

Timor-Leste launches its 2021 Labour Force Survey Report

The General Directorate of Statistics (GDS) of the Ministry of Finance, the Secretariat of State for Vocational Training and Employment (SEFOPE), together with the International Labour Organization (ILO) is launching the 2021 Timor-Leste Labour...