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Labour Ministry launches school retention and child labour prevention programme

Over 300 school children benefit from free transportation

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Questions and answers on the skills for green jobs challenge

Developing new skills or upgrading existing ones is the key to unlocking the potential of green jobs. The Green Jobs Initiative of the ILO, the UN Environmental Programme, the International Organisation of Employers (IOE) and the International Trade...

New ILO study says greener economies will require development of new green job skills

The employment potential of the transition to greener economies cannot be realized without the development of a wide range of relevant new skills for green jobs, according to a new global study by the ILO of 21 countries representing some 60 per...

ILO to share its lessons learnt on youth employment in Maluku

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is organizing a two-day Seminar on Impact and Lessons Learnt on Youth Employment in Maluku from 25 – 26 October at Swiss Bell Hotel, Ambon, Maluku, based on its experience executing the Education and...

ILO - HIPMI to launch study on business environment for young entrepreneursin Indonesia

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Indonesian Association of Young Entrepreneurs (HIPMI) will launch a study on business environment for young entrepreneurs on 10 October in Jakarta.

ILO to share its lessons learnt on school to work transition

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is organizing a two-day Technical Seminar on Impact and Lessons Learnt on School to Work Transition, from 4 – 5 October at Crowne Plaza Hotel, Jakarta, based on its experience executing the Education and...

Sindh TEVTA starts Entrepreneurship Education in TEVT Institutes with ILO Support

Skilled young women and men of Sindh will be further equipped with entrepreneurial skills to start their own small businesses. Technical Education & Vocational Training (TEVT) Institutes of Sindh will start imparting entrepreneurship courses...

Training held for Maritime Inspectors PHL gears up for MLC, 2006 enforcement

Adopted in February 2006 by the ILO, MLC, 2006 served as a response to the global nature of workers’ employment in the maritime industry to comprehensively address the working and living conditions of seafarers and to set out standards for decent...

Teaching entrepreneurship to high school students

Teachers and supervisors from public high schools were trained on teaching entrepreneurship to their students. The Millennium Development Goal Fund (MDG F) Joint Programme on Youth, Employment and Migration through the International Labour...

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HIV/AIDS training in Russia: “To know means to live”

The 100th Session of the International Labour Conference also marks one year since the adoption of ILO Recommendation No. 200 – the first international human rights instrument to focus specifically on the issue of HIV/AIDS in the world of work. The...

ILO and BP sign a Public Private Partnership agreement in Indonesia

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and BP have signed a Public Private Partnership (PPP) agreement to promote employability and entrepreneurship among Papuan youth in Bintuni Bay Area, West Papua, an emerging oil and gas cluster in...

From zero to hero – a story of Yayuk

Not many expected, at first, that Endang Sri Wahyuni, 43 years old, from PPSW Pasoendan, a NGO dealing with women’s empowerment, would be nominated as one of the best trainers of the ILO’s Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB). Although remaining...

ILO signs US$1,300,000 partnership with Korean Government

The ILO and the Government of the Republic of Korea have announced their intention to sign an agreement that will enable two new projects to get underway.

ILO training keeps Fiji green and clean

April 28th is observed globally as World Day for Safety and Health at Work. Waste collectors in Fiji have reason to celebrate this day, because, thanks to a new ILO programme combining ‘green’ environmental support measures with occupational safety...

Training better supervisors means better business for Cambodia’s factories

Studies have shown that autocratic managerial styles and aggressive techniques do not result in productive workers. What motivates workers is a working environment where those who supervise them work with them; give them clear instructions, full...

UN Youth Champion to interact with young domestic workers

UN Youth Champion, Monique Coleman is on world tour to promote the UN’s global observance of the International Year of Youth. She will meet with young domestic workers, at the ILO Country office, New Delhi on 8 April 2011.

Training better supervisors means better business for Cambodia’s factories

By Maeve Galvin, Communication and Advocacy Officer and Ying Bun, Better Factories, ILO Cambodia. Good supervisors help workers become more efficient and productive, bad ones affect morale and competitiveness. But when ordinary workers are promoted...

8 countries to discuss improving education, training for persons with disabilities

BANGKOK (ILO News) - Representatives from eight Asian countries will attend a Bangkok conference focusing on opening up educational and training opportunities to persons with disabilities.

Empowering ex-child labourers with vocational training

The International Labour Organization (ILO) through its International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) is organizing an inauguration for ex-child labourers graduating from vocational training on sewing on Saturday, 12 March 2011,...

ILO handbook for labour inspectors on forced labour and human trafficking published in Azerbaijani language