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South Africa National Green Jobs Dialogue

On 9 April 2014, the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA), as custodians of the Green Fund, hosted the National Green Jobs Dialogue.

ILO sign agreement with the State Administration of Work Safety for implementing SCORE project

SCORE is an ILO technical cooperation programme that provides practical training and in-factory counselling services to improve productivity and working conditions in small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

320th session of the Governing Body

Luc Cortebeeck: “A major step forward was taken at this Governing Body session”

The 320th session of the ILO Governing Body drew to a close on 27 March 2014 in Geneva. In this interview, Workers’ Group Chair Luc Cortebeeck looks at several of the issues discussed during this session. Major topics included the application of...

ILO signs agreement with Consulting and Training Centre of China Enterprise Confederation for implementing SCORE project

The ILO and the China Enterprise Confederation (CEC) have signed an agreement to build capacity for CEC's Consulting and Training Centre to gradually take the lead on ILO's SCORE training and carry it forward independently after 2016.

Merger of pension funds to form a single entity complete in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan-based pension funds have united to form the State-run Single Pension Fund, a Tengrinews.kz journalist reports, citing Ruslan Erdenayev, vice chairman of the Fund’s Managing Board as saying at a round-table discussion.

Multimedia

Workshop to review findings of a national green jobs assessment in Tunisia

Tunisia has thousands of green jobs and - as demand for green products and services increases – there are good prospects for further increase in green jobs creation.

Decent work in fragile States

ILO, Somalia sign agreement to promote decent work

ILO launches enterPRIZE Job Creation Challenge

The second annual Free State enterPRIZE Job Creation Challenge was launched on 18 March 2014 at the Windmill Casino and Entertainment Centre in Bloemfontein. This exciting competition is aimed at job creation through the development of small and...

Partnership for Action on Green Economy

Global green economy partnership calls for new economic paradigm

Fundamental Shift in Investment Needed to Green Jobs, Industry and Trade.

Partnership for Action on Green Economy

New UN-led global partnership to help green 30 national economies by 2020

Donors provide over US $11 million in support of country-level action front runners showcase economic and social benefits of transformation.

Rural development

"Money finds us!" - Enriching the vegetable harvest in Timor-Leste

How an ILO supported project helped a local community to improve their farming practices, develop their market access, create jobs and support the development of small and medium-sized enterprises.

Practical solutions

Second edition of ergonomic checkpoints now also available in Chinese

Fully revised and expanded, this new edition of the highly successful 'Ergonomic checkpoints' is aimed at reducing work-related accidents and diseases and improving safety, health and working conditions. Building on the wealth of experience of...

Welcoming remarks by Mr Aeneas C. Chuma ILO Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Africa on the "5th Global Green Jobs ILO...

Green skills and innovation for inclusive employment growth

Better skills for green jobs are indispensable to accelerate the transition to an inclusive green economy. Ensuring access to training and promoting green innovation through entrepreneurship, especially among youth, must be part of a joint approach...

Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals

Green and decent jobs go hand in hand

Officials from Indonesia, Germany, Brazil and several UN agencies including the ILO have met to discuss the future of jobs in a greener, more sustainable global economy.

Green is more: country assessments point to new job potential

Technical experts and policy makers engage at ILO international research conference on green jobs

Regional green jobs workshop held in Dakar, Senegal

Green Jobs

More and better jobs for inclusive and green growth in Zambia

New ILO-led programme aims to create 5,000 new green jobs by 2017.

Zambia

Launch of the Green Jobs Programme and the Rural Youth Employment and Food Security