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World Employment and Social Outlook 2021

Rapid growth of digital economy calls for coherent policy response

The growth of digital labour platforms is presenting opportunities and challenges for workers and businesses and a need for international policy dialogue.

ILO joins informal EPSCO meeting on Priorities for a stronger social Europe

Speaking to the EU Ministers for Employment and Social Policy, the ILO Director-General underlined the need to invest in people, in the institutions of work, and in the jobs of the future. He welcomed the process towards an Action plan to implement...

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How Indonesian youth respond to COVID-19 pandemic

The ILO conducted two complementing surveys to learn about the impact of COVID-19 pandemic to Indonesian youth. The results revealed how youth deal with this ongoing crisis.

EU and ILO reinforce cooperation for just recovery from crisis and promote decent work

The International Labour Organization and the European Union have reinforced their cooperation to shape the future of work and promote decent work. This will help the EU and the ILO in their responses to the devastating impact of the coronavirus...

Core Skill Development Training Workshop successfully held online

On 25th January, the ILO project ‘Quality Apprenticeship and Lifelong Learning in China’ successfully organized Core Skill Development Training Workshop online. Over 120 participants from 71 pilot enterprises, TVET institutions and public agencies...

COVID-19: ILO Monitor – 7th edition

ILO: Uncertain and uneven recovery expected following unprecedented labour market crisis

The latest analysis of the labour market impact of COVID-19 by the ILO, records massive damage to working time and income, with prospects for a recovery in 2021 slow, uneven and uncertain unless early improvements are supported by human-centred...

ILO Voices | Employment creation

Bees – A remedy for business success

Viorica Anghel transformed her life when she signed up for a beekeeper’s course run by the ILO in Moldova. She now runs her own business and uses the honey for medicinal purposes to treat her son.

ILO Voices | Skills for Youth

From prison to a better life

In Madagascar, Sergio was arrested and jailed when he was 16 for stealing vanilla. Thanks to vocational training he’s learned to be a bricklayer and no longer engages in petty crime.

Project Piloting Launch and Training Workshop on Quality Apprenticeship successfully held

In times of uncertainty and a fast changing world of work, promoting quality apprenticeship to improve skills and employability of youth will enhance their confidence and resilience into the future of work. During 10 to 11 December, in partnership...

APESO 2020

81 million jobs lost as COVID-19 creates turmoil in Asia-Pacific labour markets

Pandemic leads to huge reduction in working hours, reverses job growth and pushes millions into working poverty.

COVID-19

Miss Viet Nam calls for joint efforts to promote decent work for youth

The COVID-19 economic crisis has hit young people hard, particularly women and those in the informal sector.

ILO COOP participates in the distance learning course on “Youth entrepreneurship: programs and measures for promotion youth...

The session on “Experiences and development of social and solidarity economy (SSE) entrepreneurship” was held virtually on 18 November 2020 to discuss the principles of the SSE and how they can be used as a tool to support decent work and foster...

Uganda holds its Alliance 8.7 National Strategic Planning Workshop

Accel Africa Supports Integration of Child Labour Survey into the National Household Survey EMOP

The new survey will measure for the first time in Mali the prevalence and extent of child labor based on the new resolution on child labor statistics aimed at harmonizing international statistical standards for the identification (and...

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Building the engine of economic recovery

International Labour Organization teams up with Indonesia’s Manado State Polytechnic to prepare the next-generation workforce of the tourism industry for the future

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Paving their ways to online business: Story of two entrepreneurs with disabilities

Two entrepreneurs with disabilities participated in ILO online shopping business administration and training became more confident in transitioning to online business. These are their stories.

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Building hopes and making dreams come true in the midst of pandemic

As COVID-19 reshapes the world of work, ILO is helping vulnerable people in Indonesia to stay competitive and improve their livelihoods.

The ILO Brief - Labour Inspection Governance in Bangladesh

Labour inspection is the prime responsibility of DIFE, alongside approval of factory layout plans, licensing, inspection of working conditions, OSH, and labour welfare. This brief delineates the key functions of DIFE, the reforms currently underway...

ILO/ECLAC joint report

Slow COVID-19 labour market recovery expected in Latin America and the Caribbean

The pandemic has led to the biggest contraction in the region in the last 100 years, with 47 million jobs lost across the region in the second quarter of 2020.

ECLAC and ILO warn that the labour market in Latin America and the Caribbean will recover slowly after the COVID-19 pandemic

In a new joint publication, these two United Nations organizations stress that to emerge from the crisis, active macro policies are needed along with sectoral policies that would promote sustainable development with employment.