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Skills and Lifelong Learning in Africa

Africa strengthens pathways from training to decent work

At Africa Skills Week 2026 in Harare, the International Labour Organization highlighted how stronger training systems can connect learning with decent work, productivity, and inclusive industrial transformation.

In Senegal, green jobs are opening up new opportunities for women and young people

Women and young people in the Saloum Delta in Senegal are transforming local resources into economic opportunities. The “Made in the Saloum Delta” event showcased their expertise and helped improve their access to markets.

EU–ILO Youth Employment Expert Network to advance country-level action in Rwanda, Malawi and the Philippines

A series of national events brings together policymakers, experts, social partners, young people and development partners to translate evidence and experience into concrete youth employment priorities and solutions.

Skills and Lifelong Learning in Africa

How training helps drive growth in Malawi’s horticulture and dairy sectors

In Malawi, an ILO-supported training programme is helping to improve agricultural productivity, strengthen trainers’ skills and create new employment opportunities for young people in the horticulture and dairy sectors.

Employment promotion

Cambodia’s flagship career fair connects thousands of jobseekers with job opportunities

ILO-supported National Career and Labour Productivity Fair helps young Cambodian jobseekers connect with employers, explore career opportunities, access career guidance and find decent employment.

OpEd

How to escape the low-pay, low-productivity jobs trap

Informal employment may absorb surplus labour in developing countries but it can also weaken skills and economic resilience.

Our impact, their voices

Young Indonesians build skills for a Just Energy Transition

A new solar power technician training programme equips young Indonesians with skills for emerging job opportunities and the country’s just energy transition.

ILO and JPMorganChase spotlight skills partnership in China at the WorldSkills Conference 2026

At the WorldSkills Conference 2026, the ILO and its long-standing partner JPMorganChase showcased a fruitful collaboration that is helping to build a greener and more inclusive skills development system in China.

Y-NEET project

New pilot aims to strengthen pathways to employment, education and training for young Palestinians

Young Palestinians and national partners are shaping a new activation model designed to make employment, education and training services more accessible, responsive and better connected for young people not in employment, education or training...

Youth employment

Youth employment takes centre stage in Viet Nam’s future of work

As Viet Nam’s world of work undergoes profound transformation, ensuring young people can access productive and decent work requires looking beyond unemployment figures to job quality, informality and school-to-work transitions.

Decent Work at the heart of East Africa’s future

As Caroline Khamati Mugalla, Director of the ILO Country Office for the United Republic of Tanzania, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda, reflects on the months of June, July and August, she is struck by the scale of ambition across the countries the...

ILO Supports Employment Reforms in Enugu and Plateau States

New employment frameworks in Enugu and Plateau States connect young Nigerians to skills, enterprise support, and job opportunities, while strengthening coordinated pathways towards decent work nationwide.

Trade for Decent Work Project in Mongolia - Phase 2

Young workers strengthen their knowledge of labour rights and decent work in Mongolia

ILO training equips young workers with practical knowledge to promote safer, fairer and more inclusive workplaces.

Turning trade and investment potential into more and better jobs in Lebanon

A project co-funded by the EU and implemented by the ILO puts job creation at the heart of trade and investment in Lebanon.

Labour Market Information Systems

South Africa strengthens its Labour Market Information System from labour market data to evidence for action

Sustained technical cooperation is helping translate stronger labour market information into practical national capacity. This showcases a partnership-driven approach that places evidence, institutional ownership and informed decision-making at the...

ILO brings the world of work to young Scouts at Indonesia’s National Jamboree

Through games and real-life scenarios, the ILO introduced young Scouts from across Indonesia to fundamental principles and rights at work, helping them connect decent work principles with situations they may encounter in their daily lives and future...

Opinion editorial

Will AI take Filipino jobs? The answer depends on what we do now

The Opinion editorial explores how the Philippines can harness artificial intelligence and the clean-energy transition to create decent work and shared prosperity through skills development, strong institutions and closer cooperation among...

News

ILO launches career guidance and counselling campaign for 750 university students and job seekers in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

The initiative equips young people with guidance, access to employment services and knowledge of their rights to navigate the transition from education to decent work.

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,...

Eastern Indian state advances action to eliminate child labour and empower young people

Marking International Youth Day 2026, an ILO-supported consultation strengthens coordinated action on child labour and seeks feedback on Jharkhand's draft State Action Plan.