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The European Union and National Authorising Officer visit Lariguto-Builale road linking agro-forestry communities of Timor-Leste

The European Union (EU) supports ERA Agro-Forestry Project which provides sustainable livelihoods and access to markets to Timor-Leste’s rural agro-forestry communities through road access.

ILO COOP 100 Interview

Hans Lind, Interim Country Representative for Colombia and Senior Advisor on Cooperative Development at We Effect

Established in March 1920, the ILO’s Cooperatives Unit marks its Centenary in 2020. On this occasion, the ILO COOP 100 Interview series features past and present ILO colleagues and key partners who were closely engaged in the ILO's work on...

ILO COOP participates in a webinar as part of an online training on My.COOP – Managing your agricultural cooperative

The 2020 edition of the online My.COOP training of trainers (ToT) workshop is taking place from 1 June to 7 August, with the participation of 25 people from Africa, Asia and Europe.

ILO COOP 100 Interview

Mr Alexandre Soho, ILO Senior Technical Officer on agriculture and rural economy in the Fundamentals Branch of the ILO

Established in March 1920, the ILO’s Cooperatives Unit marks its Centenary in 2020. On this occasion, the ILO COOP 100 Interview series features past and present ILO colleagues and key partners who were closely engaged in the ILO's work on...

COVID-19: Protect children from child labour, now more than ever!

Most ILO programmes implemented in African countries, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, are now taking accelerated action on protecting the health, jobs and incomes of workers. These interventions include a focus on more comprehensive social...

EU and ILO hand over two compaction rollers to Timorese contractors and give guidance to workers on protection against new COVID-19

The handover ceremony took place at the Don Bosco Training Centre in the presence of the European Union Ambassador Andrew Jacobs, a Representative of the National Authorising Officer, a Representative from the Directorate of Roads, Bridges and Flood...

ILO and JICA Co-organize Online Study Session on Child Labour and Business

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) jointly organised an online study Session on Child Labour and Business on how to strengthen the collaboration in the area of child labour in order to...

Beneficiary story

Moldovan entrepreneur supported by ILO finds the way to respond to COVID-19 in his community

COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace

Almost 25 million jobs could be lost worldwide as a result of COVID-19, says ILO

An initial assessment of the impact of COVID-19 on the global world of work says the effects will be far-reaching, pushing millions of people into unemployment, underemployment and working poverty, and proposes measures for a decisive, co-ordinated...

Rural employment

ILO Local Employment Partnership creates new jobs for youth in Southern Moldova

The Local Employment Partnership (LEP) implemented by ILO reached out to 600 young NEETs (youth neither in employment, education or training) in the Cahul region. 282 of them already registered as unemployed to benefit from active labour market...

Beneficiary story

Local Employment Partnership in Moldova offers people not only jobs but also self-esteem

Timor-Leste continue to train local contractors for road rehabilitation

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

US delegation visits ILO projects addressing child labour in cocoa-farming communities in Côte d'Ivoire

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, September 3, 2019 – A delegation of staff members from the United States House of Representatives visited a cocoa-growing community, which benefited from four International Labour Office (ILO) projects aimed at eliminating...

Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

GDA Pure Nature: Empowering rural women thorough a cheese making cooperative in Tunisia

“Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators” is a series of interviews with co-operators from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE)....

Training of trainers on Think.Coop and Start.Coop in Comoros

Rural job creation

Local partnerships are best equipped to address local needs: ILO kicks off its first Local Employment Partnership project in Moldova

The ILO initiative was launched on 18 April, 2019 in the Cahul district in partnership with the Ministry of Health, Labor and Social Protection, employers’ and workers’ organizations and with the participation of 20 public and private partners.

Launch of Peace Building Fund Project in Gbarnga, Bong County- Liberia

ILO in partnership with FAO and WFP with the Government of Liberia launch the peace building fund project to address two interlinked and interrelated causes of conflicts- Insufficient participation of youth in local dispute resolution; and Lack of...

ILO Supports SME Development for Women in Nigeria with Training of Trainers Workshop on Improving Exhibition Skills

ILO organises a Training of Trainers workshop on “Improve Your Exhibition Skills” (IYES) to build the capacity of Business Development Services providers supporting female and rural entrepreneurs to successfully organize and participate in trade...

Local employment partnerships

ILO provided assistance for the creation of 550 new jobs in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The job creation project funded by EU and implemented by ILO facilitated the establishment of 19 local employment partnerships in BiH which trained more than 1,600 unemployed persons. A third of them have already been placed into new jobs and the...

Strengthening cooperatives in Jordan to improve livelihoods and advance decent work for Jordanian workers and Syrian refugees

Drawing on the earlier work and pilot interventions, the ILO will further strengthen cooperatives in Jordan within the framework of a new Dutch-funded project on advancing decent work for Jordanian workers and Syrian refugees in the agriculture...