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Sustaining livelihoods

New skills and jobs for Gaza fishers

An ILO training initiative gives a group of unemployed men from fishing families in the Gaza Strip a chance to learn new skills and increase their chances of employment in Gaza’s sea fishing sector, which is beset by severe restrictions on movement...

ILO and International Bank of Somalia Provide Financial Services to Women Business Owners

As part of the Women’s Economic Empowerment Project in Somalia, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Bank of Somalia (IBS) agreed to facilitate access to financial services to women business owners who are members of...

Building Capacity for Somali Business Associations

Formal apprenticeship programme for skills development in Tanzania

The ILO provided technical support to national partners to develop and implement a two year apprenticeship training programme aimed at upgrading skills and improving service delivery in the hotel sector.

DIFE labour inspectors successfully complete online OSH course

Inspectors from the Department of Inspections for Factories and Establishments have successfully completed a distance learning course on Occupational Safety and Health organized by ILO.

Maternity protection and the Gender Dimensions of Social Security training

ILO organized a national training on Maternity Protection issues. Held in Dushanbe, Tajikistan from 10th December to 11th December 2015, the event aimed at fostering knowledge among government, employers and trade unions representatives and...

ILO and Cipriani College of Labour and Co-operative Studies update collaboration

The agreement was signed on 1 December 2015, by Claudia Coenjaerts, Director of the ILO Decent Work Team and Office for the Caribbean and Dr Denise-Margaret Thompson, Director, Cipriani College of Labour and Co-operative Studies (CCLCS).

ILO Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Reform Project comes to a close

The contribution of the International Labour Organization’s Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Reform Project to establishing a stronger skills development system in Bangladesh was recognized at a closing ceremony for the...

Capacity building training with the labour inspection on child labour

On November 25 – 27, a three-day capacity-building training was organized, in which 20 regional labour inspections from Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, Sughd region and several republican- subordinated regions of Tajikistan took part.

Let’s play! ILO “Business Game” hones budding Palestinian entrepreneurs’ business knowledge and skills

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Sharek Youth Forum brought the ILO’s Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB) Game to the Palestinian city of Ramallah.

Five SCORE companies received 2015 Parama Karya Award from President Joko Widodo

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) awarded the 2015 Parama Karya to five SCORE participating small and medium-sized enterprises: UD Kreasi Lutvi from North Sumatra, UD Pelangi Indonesia from East Java, PT Mega Global Food Industry from East Java, PT...

Dushanbe hosts training for trainers on ILO’s SYIB Programme

On 16-24 November 2015 the Tajikistan’s capital hosted a training for trainers (ToT) on the ILO’s programme "Start and Improve Your Business "(SIYB).

Centre of Excellence for Bangladesh Apparel Industry receives accreditation

CO-DHAKA (News) - The ILO-supported Centre of Excellence for Bangladesh Apparel Industry has received accreditation from the Bangladesh Technical Education Board.

Community development

Decent Work, not Hard Work

Semau Island is one of the areas in Kupang district, East Nusa Tenggara, known for its chronic food insecurity based on the government’s food security and vulnerability assessment released in 2010. To assist the island overcoming its food...

Key Indicators of the Labour Market 2015

Workers are becoming more educated, although not always finding suitable jobs

The new edition of the ILO online reference tool analyses the link between education and access to the labour market.

Apprenticeship Programme to Boost Skills in Furniture Sector

A programme that will see up to 1,400 apprentices trained was inaugurated 12 November 2015 with the aim of developing skilled manpower in the Bangladesh furniture sector.

Swedish Deputy Minister visits CEBAI

Swedish Deputy Minister for Employment, Ms Irene Wennemo visited the Centre for Excellence for the Bangladesh Apparel Industries (CEBAI) 16 November 2015.

Women's livelihoods

Women weave a better future

The ILO has set up weaving centres in one of Pakistan’s poorest provinces to boost the quality of the products, and improve skills and income of the weavers.

ILO methodology will help assess the needs of labour market in Tajikistan

Tajikistan’s Labour and Employment Agency and the Ministry of Labour, Migration and Employment, with the support from the International Labour Organization’s project “Applying the G20 Training Strategy,” organized a round table conference to present...

ILO supports small business development in the Bahamas

Training to ensure skills development to start and expand business