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It's World Day of safety and health at work!

The World Day for Safety and Health at Work (28 April) serves to raise awareness about occupational safety and health and gives us an opportunity to talk about the causes of work-related injuries, diseases, and fatalities, and measures to prevent...

Social protection

ILO and partners promote social protection for a just transition in China

Prospects to achieve decent work in cocoa supply chain

In a closing address to the 5th World Cocoa Conference, the ILO addressed challenges and opportunities to make the cocoa supply chain more sustainable, based on its decent work approach.

UN Agencies and the Governments’ NCCC Sign MoU to develop a Just Transition Roadmap for Nigeria

The National Council on Climate Change (NCCC), in collaboration with the ILO, UNDP, and UNIDO, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to spearhead the development of a strategic Just Transition Roadmap (JTR) for Nigeria.

ILO and Partners Inaugurates Green Jobs & Green skills Project in Ghana

The ILO and its Partners have commenced the implementation of the Integrated Action on Green Jobs and Skills Project to promote a coordinated approach towards green and digital skills development and promotion in Ghana.

OSH and climate change

Climate change creates a ‘cocktail’ of serious health hazards for 70 per cent of the world’s workers

The health consequences of climate change can include cancer, cardiovascular disease, respiratory illnesses, kidney dysfunction and mental health conditions.

World Bank / IMF Spring Meetings

Greater social justice is the cornerstone of a more sustained recovery, ILO tells World Bank and IMF

In statements to the World Bank and International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings in Washington D.C., the ILO’s Director-General, Gilbert F. Houngbo, underlined "the crucial need for concerted, coordinated action at all levels" in the face of...

Media Advisory

New ILO report to reveal dangerous and long-lasting effects of climate change on workers’ health and safety

ILO welcomes EU’s renewed commitment to a strong and resilient social Europe

At a high-level EU conference, participants signed a Declaration on the Future of the European Pillar of Social Rights, renewing their commitment to the European social model to continue making social and economic progress.

Just transition

People and data gathering key to build more circular economies, says ILO

The shift to a circular economy has the potential to create 7 million jobs globally. At the World Circular Economy Forum, the ILO underlined the need to design policies and actions that accelerate the transformation to a circular economy.

Aviation

Aviation sector has enormous potential to sustainably fuel decent work

At a conference organized by the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU, the ILO highlighted the relevance of international labour standards and tools and how these can help the industry address existing challenges.

ILO promotes Social Solidarity Economy and Green Jobs in Türkiye

Global Accelerator

Philippines joins the Global Accelerator aiming to expand jobs and social protection

To address challenges and channel investments, the Philippines becomes a pathfinder country of the Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions, a joint high impact initiative of the United Nations to create decent work and...

The Way Forward after the Revolution: Decent Work for Women in Egypt and Tunisia

The project “Decent Work for Women” has been financed by Finland for more than 10 years and in 2023, the project concentrated on climate change as a model project of the ILO in North Africa.

Just transition

ILO supports Indonesia to move from fossil fuel to renewable energy

Through a series of training workshops on Just Energy Transition, the ILO builds the capacity of relevant stakeholders on economic transformation and development of human capital for new emerging sectors.

ILO Caribbean Director addresses labour market transformation during regional UN meeting

Event provided opportunity to assess progress and emerging priorities for achieving SDGs.

ILO calls for social justice and decent work at European conference for a just transition

The ILO underlined the urgent need to adopt the right policies and foster multilateral cooperation to address the nexus between climate change, decent work and sustainable development.

ILO' apprenticeship training empowers Youth and women in Yemen

393 Yemeni Youth and women have been graduated with enhanced employability skills in the Hajja and Almahiwt Governorates in an important step towards fostering resilient livelihoods in the country. The initiative is part of a project funded by the...

OECD Skills Summit

Skills and lifelong learning are enablers of human development, says ILO

ILO report

High unemployment rates to worsen despite optimistic economic outlook in Arab States

While many economies in the Arab States region continue their post-pandemic recovery, recovery of the labour market lags behind, requiring concerted efforts to intensify diversification and to create jobs in more resilient sectors, a new ILO report...