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Bangladesh National Qualification Framework

The journey towards establishing a harmonized quality assured qualification system

Labour Overview

ILO: Latin America and the Caribbean experience slight increase in unemployment, which could get worse in 2020

A modest rise in unemployment at 8.1 per cent marks a labour outlook that is not positive, and could deteriorate this year if economic growth remains weak, says a new report from the ILO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean. More than...

Youth employment

Meet our iTrack-Skills: Artificial Intelligence for tracing TVET students

How many TVET graduates found a stable job? Are they working in a job they are qualified for? How many graduates are unemployed or inactive? How relevant and effective was the training?

World Employment and Social Outlook – Trends 2020

Insufficient paid work affects almost half a billion people, new ILO report shows

A lack of decent work combined with rising unemployment and persisting inequality is making it increasingly difficult for people to build better lives through their work, according to the latest edition of the ILO’s global report on employment and...

Interview

The future of skills includes attributes such as leadership quality, critical thinking, innovation and lifelong learning

Daily Star has featured Technical Education on their Special supplement on education. Current situation of the skills gap in Bangladesh, the prevailing challenges and solutions, and ILO’s Skills Development initiatives discussed by an analytical...

Lebanon launches the results of the Labour Force and Households Living Conditions Survey for 2018 - 2019

The Central Administration of Statistics launches the main results of the Labour Force and Households’ Living Conditions Survey, which was carried out with the technical support from the ILO and funding from the EU.

ILO 100 on skills development

Closing the gap in skills development through the acceleration of digital and e-learning programmes

The advancement of digitalization and technology has eliminated time and space boundaries, providing an opportunity for people living in rural areas to have a greater access to good quality training at an affordable cost through distance and...

ILO and Apindo team up to develop skills of the future

Rapid industrial change due to digitalization and automation is inevitable. While digitalization and automation have eliminated many technical jobs, they have created new jobs that require a new set of soft skills beyond technical. Companies need to...

Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth

The Decent Jobs for Youth Knowledge Facility: Learning, sharing, and engaging

Partners of the UN Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth launch knowledge facility, including the ILO toolbox and data finder on youth employment.

ILO holds Job Fair for persons with disabilities

ILO/ LEED+ or the Local Empowerment through Economic Development and Reconciliation Project launched in September 2018 in Sri Lanka. Building on more than eight years of work by ILO and multiple stakeholders, the programme promotes resilient,...

TICAD 7

ILO attends TICAD 7 and the Special Conference on Peace and Stability in the Sahel Region

Summary of ILO's participation in the Tokyo International Conference for African Development (TICAD) 7 Plenary Meeting in Yokohama, Japan.

Policy advice

Is youth employment improving in the Western Balkans? 5 key trends to guide decision-makers in 2020

As the year slowly draws to a close, it also invites a pause for reflection to take stock and look ahead. With electoral tests facing several governments in the Western Balkans in 2020 (North Macedonia and Serbia being cases in point), many policy...

The ILO “Employment Academy II” a timely support to the Russian reform of the employment centres

The second ILO Employment Academy organized on 20-22 November 2019 in Moscow in partnership with the Federal Service for Labour and Employment (Rostrud) discussed the achievements and challenges faced during the first year of implementation of the...

ILO COOP sends a message of support for a Local Workshop of Young European Cooperators’ Network

Youth employment

Empowering Indonesian youth and refugee youth through social enterprises

As part of the ongoing livelihood skills for Indonesian youth and refugee youth, the ILO and UNHCR introduced the benefits of community-based social enterprises, supported by four social entrepreneurs.

International Labour Organization (ILO) LO Pledges Support for Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies

The Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies (MINILS) addresses Human Rights issues within employment relations through their 2019 Public Lecture and National Dialogue, on the theme “Casting Human Rights in Employment Relations Mould:...

Applying the G20 Training Strategy in Kyrgyzstan (Phase 2)

Kyrgyz Republic developed internationally comparable occupational standards for Gas Industry, Milk Processing industry and Tourism and...

ILO 100 on skills development

Indonesia’s tax deduction programme to attract more industries involved in apprenticeship

Indonesia continues to promote greater involvement of industries in the apprenticeship programme to ensure improvements of its human resources. One of the means is through a tax incentives of 200 percent.

Applying the G20 Training Strategy in Kyrgyzstan (Phase 2)

Results of piloting the Methodology for analysis of demand for the skilled labour force discussed in Bishkek

Russian Regions Discuss Strategic Action Plans for Youth Employment

On 24-25 October, the Republic of Komi hosted a meeting of six Russian regions to discuss action plans for youth employment promotion.