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First Philippine Green Jobs Conference: Promoting green jobs and decent work towards inclusive growth

The Philippine Government together with employers, workers, youth leaders, social entrepreneurs, environment advocates, and the civil society responded to the call of promoting green jobs and providing decent and productive work in the First...

Vavuniya North Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society to support more than 2,000 paddy farmers

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society (MPCS) of Vavuniya North have joined forces to re-tool a major rice milling operation damaged during the years of Sri Lanka’s civil conflict.

Young Timorese beautician is a cut above the rest

Eugenia de Jesus Cardoso now runs a successful beauty salon in her hometown, in Maliana, her hometown in Timore-Leste. She gained the business and specialist skills she needed during a training programme run by the Timore-Leste Government and the...

Green Jobs Kick-Off Workshop in the Arab States: The Lebanon Case Study

Representatives from international organizations, ministries, business, labour and environmental groups will gather at the UN House, Beirut, on July 28-29 for a two-day workshop organized by the ILO, UNDP and ESCWA. The workshop, which is the first...

Press statement at the First Philippine Green Jobs Conference Joint Media and Website Launch

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines, Manila, Philippines

Table of Contents: Skills for Green Jobs

Planning a green economy in Kenya

The first inter-ministerial workshop on Green Economy was held on Friday, 24 June 2011 in Nairobi, Kenya. This meeting, organized jointly by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Kenyan Ministry of Environment, aimed at initiating...

Statement by Juan Somavia, Director-General of the International Labour Office, On the occasion of International Day of Cooperatives - 2...

Message by ILO Director-General on the occasion of International Day of Cooperatives

Table of Contents: Assessing Green Jobs Potential in Developing Countries: A Practitioner’s Guide

Child labour

Meeting in response to the World Day Against Child Labour

The International Labour Organization together with the Administration for Protection and Care of Children under Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs organized a meeting to commemorate the World Day Against Child Labour aiming at raising...

Message by Juan Somavia, Director-General of the ILO, on the occasion of World Environment Day 2011

ILO signs US$1,300,000 partnership with Korean Government

The ILO and the Government of the Republic of Korea have announced their intention to sign an agreement that will enable two new projects to get underway.

Turin: Green Jobs Learning Forum

Opening message at the Launch of Child Labour Knowledge Sharing System (CLKSS)

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines, Makati City, Philippines

Opening address at the Greening the Labour and Employment Agenda 2011-2016 and the Philippine Jobs Pact

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines

Indonesia hosting an exchange of experiences of seven countries on how to boost productivity and competitiveness of small medium-enterprises

Employing more than 95 per cent of the world’s working population, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the main source of employment in developing countries, including Indonesia, but many of these have been severely affected by the global...

Green Jobs set to improve youth employability in six of Syria's 100 poorest villages

Youth from some of Syria’s poorest regions are learning to harness solar energy to improve their living standards in an environmentally sustainable way.

Gender equality

Sharing successful strategies for women’s entrepreneurship development: Learning from good practices

The National Workshop on Successful Strategies for Women’s Entrepreneurship Development is an opportunity for project’s partner organizations - Viet Nam Cooperative Alliance (VCA) and Viet Nam Women Union at national and local levels – as well as...

Speech by Director of ILO Country Office for Viet Nam: WEDGE National Knowledge Sharing Workshop on Successful Strategies for Women’s...

Speech by Director of ILO Country Office for Viet Nam: WEDGE National Knowledge Sharing Workshop on Successful Strategies for Women’s Entrepreneurship Development