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ILO expands Digital Labour Platform Policy Tracker to include collective bargaining agreements

New component offers overview of agreements across countries and sectors as part of ILO’s ongoing efforts to monitor global policy and regulatory developments on digital labour platforms.

Thailand’s construction sector embraces green and digital transformation by upskilling youth

Skills study identifying critical digital and green skills needed for the Thai construction sector.

ILO and Singapore convened Global Dialogue on Digital Platform Work

The event aimed to help establish international statistical frameworks for digital platform employment (DPE) to help devise inclusive policies.

PROSPECTS podcast - Refugees at Work

Refugee inclusion in practice: Experiences, outcomes, and impacts

This final episode of the series examines how the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus (HDPN) shapes refugee livelihoods and host community economies. Svein Erik Stav (Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research) and Tewodros Aragie Kebede...

PROSPECTS podcast - Refugees at Work

Refugee agency, livelihoods and inclusion

In the fifth episode Professor Alexander Betts (Oxford University) and Bisimwa Mulemangabo (Oxford Refugee-Led Research Hub) discuss refugee livelihoods, access to decent work, and the importance of recognizing refugee agency in shaping sustainable...

PROSPECTS podcast - Refugees at Work

How the ILO is redefining refugee livelihoods and advancing host community development

Nick Grisewood, Global Programme Manager for the ILO PROSPECTS Programme, joins the fourth podcast episode to discuss how the ILO has become a central actor in refugee responses and why access to decent work, skills and social protection is key for...

PROSPECTS podcast - Refugees at Work

Innovating refugee response: How the Netherlands built the PROSPECTS Partnership

In this episode, Ana Uzelac, Senior Policy Officer at the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, discusses the origins and evolution of the PROSPECTS partnership. She highlights how innovative donor approaches can strengthen the...

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Young, displaced & determined: Refugee voices on rights to and at work

This special episode of the PROSPECTS podcast series features young refugee leaders sharing their perspectives on the right to work and the barriers they face to economic inclusion. Hasan Almatroud from Jordan and Shadya Abduljabbar from Ethiopia...

PROSPECTS podcast - Refugees at Work

The history of the ILO’s refugee engagement

In the second episode, we trace the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) historical engagement with refugee issues — from the post–World War I Russian refugee crisis to today’s debates on migration, labour, and displacement. Researcher and...

PROSPECTS podcast - Refugees at Work

Transforming the international refugee regime and framing the Humanitarian Development and Peace Nexus

In the opening episode of "Refugees at work – What are their prospects?", we speak with Professor Roger Zetter, a leading voice in refugee studies, to explore global trends in displacement, the challenges refugees face in accessing labour markets,...

Women entrepreneurs grow businesses and opportunities through digital skilling program

Empowering women entrepreneurs with digital and AI skills, the Women in Digital Business (WIDB) initiative is transforming lives and communities—unlocking economic opportunities, fostering resilience and driving inclusive growth.

Institute for Labour and Employment Studies conference on “labour rights and productivity in the digital revolution

From San Andrés island, lives are being transformed through technology and an ILO backed project

This is the case of Keyn Manuel Martínez, who guides his eleventh grade students along the path of technical education, creatively tackling the challenges of language, exclusion, and the geographical distance between the archipelago and the...

With the support of the ILO, Javier Quintero Rojas is enthusiastically shaping a generation transformed by technology

From the mountains of Bucaramanga, with roots in the warm and quiet land of Gamarra, Javier Quintero has made teaching his life project and technology a tool to transform the present of hundreds of young people. His commitment to technical...

The ILO and SENATIC continue paving the way to the future: this is the story of Dayarlin, a young woman transforming her life through...

From the hills of Bucaramanga, in Comuna 14, a young Venezuelan learner shows that a passion for technology can be the driving force to build dreams and forge a professional life with independence and purpose. Dayarlin is one of the many voices that...

With the support of the ILO, Arleidis Pushaina overcomes barriers to study technology and serve her Wayúu community

From the Lomamatos ranchería in the municipality of Hatonuevo (La Guajira), Arleidis Pushaina Pushaina is moving forward with determination as a trainee in the SENATIC programme.

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ILO launches Global Policy Tracker on Digital Labour Platforms

A new ILO resource to support evidence-based policymaking and social dialogue on platform work.

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Young voices champion safer and healthier workplaces at Expo 2025

Youth Congress spotlights student-led innovations for workplace safety, health and well-being, with winning ideas set for real-world implementation.

AI and Work

The future of work: How will junior programmers be affected?

Many current computer science students and junior programmers approach the current debate about the impact of AI on the job market with a mixture of disbelief and uncertainty. While some are heralding a massive replacement of computer scientists in...

World Youth Skills Day

No time to wait: Bangladesh must upskill its youth today

This Op-Ed by Pedro Jr Bellen, Officer-In-Charge in ILO Bangladesh was published by The Business Standard, one of the leading English newspapers in Bangladesh on 15 July 2025 to mark the World Youth Skills Day.