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Business plan competition empowers young hospitality and tourism entrepreneurs in Timor-Leste

Youth entrepreneurs in Timor-Leste's hospitality and tourism sector have gained new skills to start and improve their businesses.

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Navigating Jordan’s job market: the crucial role of skills development for a successful career path and decent employment

Shaza Al Jondi, ILO PROSPECTS Regional Chief Technical Adviser for Arab States, discusses the challenges and opportunities in the transition to decent jobs in Jordan through skills enhancement.

World Youth Skills Day 2024

EU-ILO empowers youth in Timor-Leste with agroforestry skills

The ILO celebrates World Youth Skills Day on 15 July by recognizing and supporting the empowerment of youth, particularly young women and girls, through its European Union funded Agroforestry Skills Project in Timor-Leste.

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ILO Skills Training: A Key to Unlocking Decent Employment in Lebanon

Overcoming economic challenges through targeted training programmes that enhance employability and open new opportunities for Lebanon’s workforce.

ILO in action

Empowering Colombian Students: The SENATEC Project

Discover how the SENATEC project is equipping Colombian students like Maria Elajandra Rojas with valuable tech skills and clarity for their future. From enhancing technical expertise to guiding university choices, SENATEC is paving the way for...

#WorldYouthSkillsDay

Supporting youths in navigating the path to employment through the Job Search Club initiative in Iraq

JSCs involve activities that help participants understand their skills and the skills demanded in the labour market.

ILO/China Partnership Programme

Cambodia TVET sector addresses growing demand for skilled workers through South-South Cooperation

ILO/China Partnership Programme equips Cambodian technical and vocational education and training (TVET) institutes with cutting-edge knowledge.

Digitalization and financial inclusion

OJK declares two ILO-supported villages as EKI Village for their financial and technology transformation

The ILO’s financial literacy and digitalization programme have made its targeted villages in East Sumba and Aceh Besar Regencies selected as Financial Inclusion Ecosystem Programme (EKI).

The ILO trains a new pool of SIYB master trainers in the Arab States

Participants from different ILO projects from Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq, and the Occupied Palestinian Territory completed the 2 weeks training programme.

Skilled labour migration

ILO and EU sign the Talent Partnership Project Agreement to promote skilled labour mobility between Bangladesh and European Union Member...

Talent Partnership programme aims to develop a mutually beneficial relationship between Bangladesh and EU Member States on skilled labour migration.

ILO PROSPECTS Lebanon supports social enterprise initiatives in Lebanon

ILO delivers training on care cooperatives at ITCILO course

The ILO Cooperative, Social and Solidarity Economy (Coop/SSE) Unit conducted a training session on care cooperatives during the "Caring for Equality: Empowering ILO Constituents in Childcare Policies for Gender Equality in Egypt" course, organized...

Photo Essay – Empowering Lebanon's youth

Empowering women through fashion and hygiene: The Nouara Initiative

Social entrepreneurs in Lebanon successfully grew their businesses through EMDAD, an ILO PROSPECTS-led initiative that offered financial support, personalized coaching, technical training, and networking opportunities, boosting their community and...

Press release

Conclusion of the 2024 Regional High-Level Meeting on Young People’s Learning, Skilling, and Transition to Decent Work

International policymakers and experts gathered in Amman to tackle informality and enhance social insurance for the agricultural workforce across the region.

Photo Essay – Empowering Lebanon's youth

Creating a Literary Haven: The Inspiring Story of Hadi Yahya's Bookstore

Social entrepreneurs in Lebanon successfully grew their businesses through EMDAD, an ILO PROSPECTS-led initiative that offered financial support, personalized coaching, technical training, and networking opportunities, boosting their community and...

Skills assessment

Bridging skills gap key to job creation and economic development in Chittagong-Cox’s Bazar region

The ILO and the Cox's Bazar Chamber of Commerce and Industry undertook a study to better understand the skills demand and supply in the Chattogram-Cox's Bazar economic corridor, which has the potential of becoming a hub for decent jobs.

Around 200 trainees benefit from a job fair to access jobs in Jordan’s garment and textile sector

Impact story

Breaking waves and gender barriers in Sri Lanka maritime sector

A partnership between the International Labour Organization and Sri Lanka’s Mahapola Port and Martime Academy has led to Nayomi Amarasinghe becoming one of the few female seafarers in the country.

Disability and work

Look at me: ILO training opens doors for young people in Thailand to pursue careers

With his hair dyed orange, Thanakorn Suddai said he wanted to become a barber. As a person with a hearing disability, Suddai learned to cut hair thanks to the ILO-supported hairdressing training, which used visual demonstrations and sign language as...

Farming in Lebanon: Aline Tannous Speaks on Hardship and Lack of Healthcare

This video is the last in a short series by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and Centre for Social Sciences Research and Action (CeSSRA) that aims to shed light on the multiple challenges agricultural workers and farmers in Lebanon face...