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International Labour Standards

Nigeria ratified ILO Conventions concerning migrant workers and private employment agencies

Nigeria becomes the 29th country to ratify Convention No. 143, and the 38th to ratify Convention No. 181.

InfoStories

How employment services can support a post-pandemic jobs recovery

If you are out of work looking for a job or an employer looking to fill a job vacancy, who can help? This InfoStory shows how employment services can help people respond to economic crisis.

Employment Services and ALMPs to Support Transitions

Training and employment services for EIIP beneficiaries in Jordan

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How we shape a better future with decent work for all

Strengthening integrated social protection and employment service delivery - training for the Unified Social Service staff in Armenia

On December 9-10 and 11-12, 2022, at the request of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, the International Labour Organization organized two 2-day trainings for more than 50 participants representing 49 Unified...

Social protection and employment services to increase inclusiveness of persons with disabilities – workshop in Kyrgyzstan

On 23-25 November, 2022 Kyrgyzstan’s capital city of Bishkek hosted a workshop to jointly develop a concept of new social protection and employment services to increase the inclusiveness of persons with disabilities.

Jobs and career guidance

First Global Careers Month to highlight importance of investing in career guidance

The Inter-Agency Career Guidance Working Group (IAG CGWG) has launched the first Global Careers Month, which will run from 8 November to 13 December.

Employment services

Public Employment Service Offices (PESO) as key actors in collection, analysis and dissemination of data on supply and demand for skilled...

By Mr Phu Huynh, Technical Specialist on Employment and Decent Work of the ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific at the 22nd National PESO Congress, 25-27 October 2022, Pampanga, Philippines

The development of Suriname's Third Decent Work Country Programme is in motion

A full overview of the performance of the DWCP II was conducted at the start of the DWCP III workshop

Fair Recruitment

The ILO launches a new phase of the Integrated Programme on Fair Recruitment

With the support of the Swiss Development Cooperation and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the third and final phase of the FAIR programme runs from August 2022 to July 2025.

Skills and employment

Big data offers new way to monitor changes in the demand and supply for skills

A new study by the International Labour Organization finds that, with the right tools, data from online jobs platforms can provide important information about current and future demand and supply of skills in the labour market

ILO facilitates bipartite discussions on strengthening social security system

Workers and employers from four provinces shared their perspectives on the direction of future social security schemes in a series of bipartite meetings.

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ILO Launches Ratification Campaign to Broaden Adoption of its Key Employment Services Conventions

Emphasizing the critical importance of public and private employment services to achieve robust labour markets and a human-centered and job-rich recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Labour Organization has launched a targeted...

Enhancing coordination of social protection and employment service delivery: a training in Armenia

Public Officials of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection and Integrated Social Service Centres completed the training organised by the ILO Decent Work Technical Support Team and Country Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia in...

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To Support a Job-Rich Recovery, ILO Launches Drive to Broaden Ratification of Key Employment Services Conventions

The International Labour Organization is launching a campaign aimed at increasing ratifications and implementation by member States of its key Conventions on public and private employment services, which have become increasingly vital to shoring up...

The ILO ProAgro Ethiopia Project organized the first regional Technical Working Group meeting in Sidama Regional State, Ethiopia

Op-Ed

The role of career guidance in a changing world of work

Human-centered career guidance and employment services can support the transition or re-entry of job seekers into employment, meet the needs of enterprises and contribute to economic priorities.

Fair recruitment

The ILO’s Fair Recruitment Initiative (FRI) builds momentum with its new advisory committee

Representatives of the governments of Bangladesh, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, Qatar, Switzerland and Tunisia, the International Organisation of Employers (IOE), the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and the Swiss Development Cooperation...

New service model with ILO support

Turning around a super tanker−reforming the public employment services in Ukraine

The Ukrainian Government recently decided to roll out a new service model for the Public Employment Services across all 500 offices of the country. The new service model tested with support of the ILO in one pilot office devotes more attention to...