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Skills development and labour migration

ILO presents EU-Bangladesh Talent Partnership results and skills recognition recommendations

The Talent Partnership project between Bangladesh and EU Member States has trained over 1,000 beneficiaries, with 776 assessed as competent in 12 occupations. At an event in Dublin, the ILO presented project results and recommendations to make...

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ILO strengthens local skills systems for refugees and host communities in Ethiopia

Support to Dabat TVET College is improving access to market-relevant skills training for refugees and host communities in northern Ethiopia, while strengthening local capacity to deliver training over the longer term.

Canada–India dialogue explores skills partnerships for fair labour mobility

ILO engagement with Canadian colleges, Indian industry and skills institutions highlights the role of skills recognition, workforce development and fair recruitment in supporting safe international labour mobility.

East Lampung pioneers integrated migrant worker protection services in Indonesia

With ILO support, East Lampung has become the first regency in Indonesia to integrate a Migrant Worker Resource Centre (MRC) into its Public Service Mall, further strengthening protection for Indonesian migrant workers and their families.

Migration

Employers in Southeast Asia support safer migration and recruitment

Employers across Southeast Asia have called for safer, more predictable labour migration systems as the 19th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour agreed on measures to strengthen recruitment and address online fraud and exploitation. The recommendations...

Press release

ILO, Australia and Switzerland launch partnership for fair and effective labour migration in ASEAN

New five-year programme will strengthen protection, skills and decent work opportunities for migrant workers across the region.

THAMM Plus

Egypt launches new procedures for fair recruitment abroad

The Ministry of Labour, with ILO support and EU funding, has launched standardized procedures to improve employment services and protect Egyptian workers seeking jobs abroad.

STREAM

Oman launches dialogue with diplomatic missions to strengthen migrant workers’ access to social protection

The Social Protection Fund of Oman and the ILO brought diplomatic missions and national institutions together to support the implementation of social protection reforms for migrant workers.

Doha Dialogue 2026

ILO backs action to advance sustainable labour mobility between Africa and Arab States

High-level dialogue brings African and Arab states together to advance cooperation on skills, worker protection and sustainable labour mobility.

STREAM

New monitoring and evaluation framework in Oman advances evidence-based social protection

The framework and its dashboard will support evidence-based decisions, greater accountability and continuous improvement in social protection across the life cycle for both national and non-national workers.

ILO and partners establish official recognition of prior learning system in Jordan, expanding pathways to decent work

The pilot initiative helped Jordanians and Syrian refugees turn skills and experience into recognized qualifications and pathways to future employment, laying the basis for the recognition of prior learning system institutionalization.

Occupational Safety and Health

Learning, applying, passing it on: A man’s commitment to safer coffee farming

Nguyen Trong Tuong was first introduced to the ILO’s WIND approach in 2022. Four years later, he is teaching it himself and still looking for ways to make safer and healthier work part of everyday coffee farming in Viet Nam

Pre-Doha Dialogue on Labour Migration

African tripartite partners agree on a common labour migration approach

African governments, employers and workers have set out shared priorities on fair recruitment, skills, social protection and migrant worker protection ahead of the Second AU-GCC+ Labour Migration Dialogue.

Labour Attachés Build a Common Front for Migrant Worker Protection

Strengthening labour attachés’ and consular officials’ capacity to protect migrant workers, improve access to remedies and enhance coordination across East Africa and GCC migration corridors.

Trade unions strengthen cross-border cooperation to promote decent work for Indian migrant care workers

Workers’ organizations call for active trade union participation in labour migration governance across the India–Germany corridor.

ILO-UNHCR partnership

ILO and UNHCR strengthen partnership to advance decent work for refugees and host communities in Ethiopia

ILO and UNHCR have strengthened their partnership in Ethiopia to expand access to decent work, skills and sustainable livelihoods for refugees and host communities.

Press release

Indonesia updates Care Economy Roadmap to support women’s participation and decent work

With ILO support, Indonesia updates its Care Economy Roadmap to strengthen care services, promote decent work and advance women’s participation in the labour market.

ILO Voices | Refugee inclusion

I am starting over, one repair at a time

After seeking safety in Egypt, Sudanese asylum seeker Alhassan Ali participated in ILO business training. It strengthened his entrepreneurship skills and helped him build a more stable future for his family.

News

ILO launches Employment-Intensive Investment guidelines to support jobs and resilient infrastructure in Iraq

A new framework seeks to embed decent work and employment creation into Iraq’s public investment, laying the foundations for a National Public Works Programme.

Kenya

Private employment agencies in EHoA establish a Regional confederation to advance fair recruitment

The establishment of a regional confederation of private employment agencies from six East and Horn of Africa countries to promote fair recruitment, strengthen cooperation and enhance migrant worker protection.