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Digitalization

Indonesia–Switzerland dairy exchange showcases digital innovation to boost smallholder productivity

ILO facilitates hands-on learning between cooperatives and Swiss farmers to accelerate digital transformation in the dairy sector.

Press Release

Investing in care: New partnership to expand jobs, support families, and advance gender equality in Nepal through care cooperatives

A new partnership between the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the National Cooperative Federation of Nepal (NCF) is set to strengthen care services, create decent jobs, and unlock greater economic opportunities for women across Nepal.

Press release

ILO and Responsible Minerals Initiative partner to address child labour in mineral supply chains

Agreement will align efforts to support stronger private-sector action on prevention, due diligence and remediation.

Lifelong learning must become a strategic policy priority

A new ILO report warns that without stronger, more inclusive lifelong learning systems, the digital, green and demographic transformations risk deepening inequality.

Driving the Just Transition through the GreenPulse for Youth Initiative

In spring 2026, the ILO and Tsinghua University in China launched the 'GreenPulse for Youth' initiative. By integrating a green skills component into the student social practice programme, this initiative empowered 168 young people to act as...

ILO and KSTL support informal workers through outreach and training in Timor-Leste

Community outreach and training in Aileu Municipality helped informal workers organize, access social protection and build more secure livelihoods in Timor-Leste.

Global Accelerator

Uzbekistan explores care provision through cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy

An ILO workshop in Uzbekistan examined how cooperatives and other social economy entities can provide inclusive and community-based care services.

ILO Voices | Small and medium enterprise (SME) development

I put my workers at the centre of my business

Gjergj Leqejza is General Manager of a textile business in Albania. Through the ILO’s SCORE Programme, the business improved productivity and increased wages for its workers.

Social and solidarity economy highlighted at high-level conference on Global Roadmap for a New Economy

At a high-level conference on Global Roadmap for a New Economy, participants discussed policy approaches to eradicating poverty and advancing well-being. The social and solidarity economy was highlighted as a pathway for decent work, social justice...

Governance remains stagnant, with decline more common than progress, ILO report says

Three decades of data show limited progress and frequent setbacks, with implications for investment, institutions and employers’ organizations.

Sustainable development

Haiti: Participatory planning lays the foundations for peace and livelihoods in Artibonite

Communities in Haiti’s Artibonite department come together for a three-day participatory planning process to shape a new ILO and WFP initiative, supported by the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund, which links livelihoods, decent work and...

Press release

ILO and Banda Aceh City Government collaborate to strengthen MSMEs and support the Perfume City Programme

A collaborative effort to strengthen the patchouli value chain as part of realizing Banda Aceh as a Perfume City by expanding MSMEs’ access to finance, markets and digitalization.

Just transition

Identifying priority actions for a just transition in Viet Nam's paper and pulp sector

Stakeholders from government, industry and trade unions gathered in Hanoi to identify priority actions for a just transition in Viet Nam's paper and pulp sector, addressing green finance gaps, skills mismatches and worker protections.

PROSPECTS Impact

Climate solutions drive dairy livelihoods for refugee and host communities in Ethiopia

A partnership led by the ILO is helping refugee and host communities in Ethiopia’s Somali Region increase incomes and build resilience through climate-smart dairy solutions.

Saudi Arabia strengthens national capacities in cooperative development

Saudi Arabia is strengthening its national capacities to promote cooperatives by building a pool of certified cooperative trainers to expand access to locally delivered training and advisory services across the country.

Digital wages

Mozambique moves forward on digital wage payments as ILO and Vodacom M-Pesa join forces

Mozambique is advancing digital wage payments through a new ILO and Vodacom M-Pesa partnership to promote financial inclusion and protect vulnerable workers.

Video

Lebanon: Reviving the Horsh Beirut park and promoting inclusive public spaces

Last autumn, biking sessions in Horsh Beirut promoted sustainable mobility, inclusive public spaces, and community engagement

A woman entrepreneur drives green growth and job creation in Indonesia

In Indonesia, with support from the ILO, one woman entrepreneur is turning tradition into a growing business that creates jobs and promotes sustainable practices.

Trade and digitalization

AI training opens doors for women entrepreneurs in the Philippines

In the Philippines, women entrepreneurs in a remote Benguet community harness the use of artificial intelligence to strengthen their small businesses and expand opportunities.

Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

Measuring the social and solidarity economy: Insights from Costa Rica’s experience

Mario Durán Fernández, National Director of Social and Solidarity Economy at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, shares insights on challenges and key aspects in advancing reliable and comparable statistics on the social and solidarity...