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Fiji Government, ILO launch employment opportunity For Nailega villagers

The Fiji Government and International Labour Organization Office for Pacific Island Countries has launched a mini pilot project on community based emergency employment.

Improving capacities for employment, livelihoods and social protection assessments during disasters

The ILO delivered a first time training in Fiji on Employment, Livelihoods & Social Protection (ELSP) assessment as part of its technical assistance to the government led Post Disaster Needs Assessment.

Ayan Ahmed: An opportunity to employment through vocational skills training

Ayan Ahmed Hassan is one of the vocational skills training beneficiaries who did tailoring under the “Promoting Durable Solutions and Livelihoods support for IDPs in Galkayo” project.

Strengthening the entrepreneurship and business skills among unemployed persons in Dushanbe

From 28 March to 6 April, 2016 Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB) training of trainers (ToT) was organized for vocational teachers of the Adult Education Center under the Agency of Labour and Employment, the Ministry of Labour, Migration and...

Know About Business – Training in Bishkek

In the framework of the ILO “Applying G20 Training Strategy” Project, an inten¬sive 9-day Training of Key Facilitators (TKF) was held in Bishkek from 23 March to 1 April 2016 on Know about Business (KAB) – the subject taught in all primary...

Massive – Open – Online: A new form of learning and connecting for trade unionists

Our impact, their voice

The scourge of rural Madagascar: Child labour in domestic work

An ILO study in rural areas of Madagascar sheds light on the main causes leading to child labour

ILO conducts soft skills training for apprenticeship graduates in Tanzania 18-22 March, Arusha

Improved interpersonal and leadership skills key to apprentices’ employability

World Water Day

Monrovia post Ebola: The quest for clean water and youth employment

In the lead up to World Water Day, a new programme to strengthen the capacity of local communities in Liberia to improve sanitation highlights the importance of access to clean water.

Abdikadir Hussein: Tailoring a new life in Baidoa

Abdikadir Hussein Issack, a father of seven, returned from Yemen in 2013. He was born in Baidoa district, and he was blessed with four girls and three boys. During the war in Somalia he and his family migrated to Yemen as refugees.

Rahma Sheikh: From a Refugee to a successful Young Entrepreneur in Baidoa, Somalia

My name is Rahma Sheikh Abdi. I was born 1982 in Baidoa district, where I grew up with my family. I was the first born in a family of 5. I never had the opportunity to get higher education because I had the responsibility of looking after my...

International Women’s Day - Increasing Women’s Access to Skills and Jobs

Better access to vocational training for young women in Bangladesh is helping them gain social and economic independence.

Employment creation through Do-nou Technology

As a means to provide durable solutions to Somali refugee returnees through employment creation, the International Labour Organization (ILO) in partnership with Community Road Empowerment (CORE) has conducted two days training on road rehabilitation...

Tajikistan: ILO Methodology Helps Assess the Needs of Labour Market

On 26 February, the Labour and Employment Agency under the Ministry of Labour, Migration and Employment of the Republic of Tajikistan, supported by the International Labour Organization’s Project “Applying the G20 Training Strategy,” present the key...

The European Union, ILO and UNOPS join hands with NAITA to provide 124 skilled workers with a formal NVQ certification in building the...

The NVQ Certification Awarding Ceremony for 124 youth of Vavuniya District was grandly held on 25th February 2016 in Vavuniya.

Disability and skills training

Mushrooms mean opportunities for disabled persons in Bangladesh

Farming mushrooms is offering a valuable income stream for disabled people in Bangladesh, helping give them more confidence and control over their future.

Providing starting points for future entrepreneurs

Distribution of toolkits to 50 entrepreneurs, to help them start up their own small enterprises. On 3rd February 2016 by The Assistant Commissioner of Dadu Mr. Ghulam Shabbir Rind.

Awareness raising seminar on Sindh Industrial Relations Act

On 28th January 2016 a total of 70 representatives of the harris/ peasants and the landless farmers from the Dadu district of Sindh were trained on their right to form trade unions and collectively bargain with their employers/ landlords. This is in...

The role of migration in the health care sector

On 28 January, the European Commission held its first European Dialogue on Skills and Migration. Christiane Kuptsch, Senior Specialist in Migration Policy at the ILO, took part in a panel discussion on the health sector.

Agreement of Cooperation among 13 Labour-Based Training Institutions in Africa