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Education

New ILO handbook on Education for the Unions

The Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ILO-ACTRAV) has just published a new handbook which addresses “Educating for Union Strength”. In this interview, the ACTRAV Senior Programme Officer for Asia and the Pacific, Ariel Castro explains the issues...

More opportunities in baking than an MBA in Bangladesh

Educated in Karachi University, last year Jimi Ur Rahman was working as a pharmacist in a multinational company in Pakistan. This year, he is studying baking in Bangladesh and could not be more confident about his future.

Creating Employment Opportunities and Improving Accessibility to Markets Baidoa, Somalia

With the support of the Government of Japan, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and Community Road Empowerment (CORE) continue to promote durable solutions for Somali returnees.

Skills trainings to enhance sustainable livelihoods for refugee returnees in Baidoa

BAIDOA, Somalia: The project on ‘Durable Solutions for Somali refugee returnees through repatriation, assistance and promoting sustainable solutions’ created opportunities and provide necessary skills for self-employment to promote increased...

A New Start: Habiba’s Story

Habiba was among the selected caseloads for the returnees’ project implemented by ILO with funding from the Government of Japan. She underwent the entrepreneurship skills training where she gained knowledge on business management and...

World Day against Child Labour

Fighting Child Labour with quality education

Statement by Mr. Guy Ryder, Director-General International Labour Organization on the occasion of World Day against Child Labour

Kyrgyzstan

Out of child labour and into school: The story of Alimjan

Alimjan’s mother did not see any harm in her son’s work, even though he was still a child. On the contrary, she believed that the sooner he learned how to earn money, the better. Read about how an ILO project helped get a boy out of child labour and...

The World Day against Child Labour 2015: Children to challenge policy makers on quality education

The International Labour Organization (ILO) in Indonesia, in collaboration with Yasayan Kesejahteraan Anak Indonesia, will organize an interactive dialogue between children (school children, dropped out children, child labourers and shelter...

ITC/ILO

Academy on Sustainable Enterprise Developent

The International Training Centre of the ILO are pleased to announce that enrolment is now open for the 8th edition of the Academy on Sustainable Enterprise Development and for the first time it will take place in Lusaka, Zambia at the New...

ILO explores ways to link training and jobs in Bangladesh

A workshop on employment support services was held on July 3, 2014 to discuss different ways of linking skills to jobs in Bangladesh.

Fourth skills governance training workshop for skills development professionals held in Kishoreganj

Capacity strengthening workshops for professionals in the skills development sector continued in Kishoreganj Technical School & College from December 18-21, 2014. The goal of the fourth workshop was to use the monitoring tools developed in previous...

Providing better job opportunities and future for vulnerable children

A group of children aged 15-17 years old were busy frying chips at the Vocational Training Centre (BLK) in Pasuruan District, East Java. Carefully they took out the chips, and dry them before putting them in a nice package. Meanwhile, other children...

Meeting of Tajikistan’s Tripartite Working Group

On April 14, the second meeting of Tajikistan’s Tripartite Working Group created within the framework of the ILO project “Applying the G20 Training Strategy. Partnership of the ILO and the Russian Federation” took place in a conference hall of...

Amir starts work in first year of training through public private partnership

Amir’s parents are farmers, living a small rural village in the Faridpur district of Bangladesh. Traditionally, this would mean that Amir would also become a farmer. He was the first person in his family who had completed secondary education...

First public private partnership in technical education in Bangladesh

Graphic Arts Institute and Shamustshuk Printers signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on May 3 in the presence of the Secretary, Ministry of Education, Mr N I Khan. The MOU is a formal recognition of the first public private partnership to be...

Partnerships

Israel helps ILO promote decent work for Roma youth

Contribution will focus on Central and Eastern Europe

Ensuring quality of Asia-Pacific skills development systems to be discussed

A 3-day workshop on quality assurance for work-related skills is being held for the ILO's member States in Bangkok, Thailand.

Employment promotion

The Changemaker

Asma Ahmad Sheikh has helped people in rural Pakistan get training and set up their own businesses. Her work as a Changemaker led to her winning in a global skills competition.

Two days training for trade unions: Decent Work for migrant workers

A total of 30 participants from major Trade Unions in Pakistan representing all four provinces gathered for a two days training under the theme “Decent Work for Migrant Workers” from 3-4 March 2015, with the objective to enhance the capacity of...

Labour Migration

In their own voices

An ILO-produced film documents the opportunities and obstacles on the path taken by migrant health-care workers from the Philippines.