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ILO, EU support Zambia’s skills development with ICT equipment
ILO and the European Union have handed over ICT equipment worth about K1 million to Zambia’s Ministries of Technology and Science, and Labour and Social Security to strengthen skills development, coordination and labour market planning.
International Labour Review Blog
Are green jobs better jobs? Lessons from the French labour market
This blog post, drawn from research published in the International Labour Review, explores the quality of green jobs in France, finding important variation across and within skill levels and occupational groups that has implications for labour and...
News
Refugee youth call for stronger investment in skills and decent work at ECOSOC Youth Forum 2026
ILO, UNICEF, UNHCR and the Global Refugee Youth Network co-organized a side-event highlighting youth-led initiatives driving change in their communities and urgent calls to expand socio-economic opportunities for forcibly displaced young people.
PROSPECTS Impact
ILO empowers Sudanese partners to advance employment-intensive infrastructure development
The ILO brought together Sudanese institutions, contractors and infrastructure specialists in Addis Ababa to strengthen employment-intensive approaches that promote job creation, local recovery and resilient infrastructure development in Sudan.
Our impact, their voices
New teaching skills help a young teacher transform her classroom in Timor-Leste
Through hands-on training and new teaching methods, one young educator is helping students learn with greater confidence and understanding.
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Rebuilding Gaza through decent work
Thousands of Palestinians are repairing roads, restoring water and power systems, and rebuilding communities through ILO-supported emergency employment programmes. Decent work contributes to sustainable development and plays a critical role in...
ILO/China Partnership Programme
Lao teachers learn tailoring and bakery skills from Chinese counterparts
ILO/China initiative strengthens women’s skills development and promotes gender equality in Lao People’s Democratic Republic.
Rebuilding lives and livelihoods in the aftermath of Myanmar’s earthquake
ILO-supported initiatives have created work, restored infrastructure, strengthened skills, and empowered communities to lead a more inclusive and sustainable recovery.
2nd BRICS Employment Working Group meeting advances South-South cooperation
Working Group meeting advances South-South cooperation in social protection, women’s employment, skills and digitalization
Armenia strengthens employment services through nationwide training
Employment specialists across Armenia build skills in supporting jobseekers, engaging employers and improving job placement with ILO support.
PROSPECTS Impact
From skills to income: youth in Ethiopia turn training and grants into businesses
Supported by the ILO’s Youth-to-Youth Fund, refugee and host community youth in Ethiopia are using business training and seed funding to launch enterprises and generate income.
Lifelong learning must become a strategic policy priority
A new ILO report warns that without stronger, more inclusive lifelong learning systems, the digital, green and demographic transformations risk deepening inequality.
Our impact, their voices
Timorese women turn coconut waste into business opportunities
From discarded husks to marketable products, women in Timor-Leste are building greener livelihoods and new sources of income.
New financial education manual equips young entrepreneurs with practical tools for better money management
The ILO has launched a new financial education manual to help young entrepreneurs in Rwanda’s digital economy strengthen their money management skills. Through practical exercises and real-life examples, it builds knowledge in budgeting, savings,...
Quality apprenticeship webinar
From data to decent work: a new push for apprenticeships in the Caribbean
ILO-facilitated webinar brings Caribbean and Latin American experts together to share evidence-based approaches to designing quality apprenticeship systems that respond to real labour market needs.
Our impact, their voices
Bringing knowledge to the fields: How mobile training is transforming vanilla farming in Timor-Leste
Farmers in remote communities are gaining skills, confidence, and new opportunities through mobile training delivered directly to their villages.
Ethiopia Showcases Job Centres as Cornerstone of Skills-Led Economic Revolution
On 21 April 2026, high-level EU and Swedish officials visited Ethiopia's Bole Woreda 12 Job Centre to witness the country's employment and labour migration reforms. The visit demonstrated how Ethiopia's coordinated approach to labour market...
Youth employment
Finding a place in tech: A young woman’s story of learning, participation, and inclusion in Viet Nam
A story of Nguyen Phuong Thao, a young Vietnamese woman who turned self-doubt into confidence and became an advocate for gender equity in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and green jobs.
Press release
ILO and Banda Aceh City Government collaborate to strengthen MSMEs and support the Perfume City Programme
A collaborative effort to strengthen the patchouli value chain as part of realizing Banda Aceh as a Perfume City by expanding MSMEs’ access to finance, markets and digitalization.
ILO project strengthens resilience and social cohesion through inclusive livelihoods and jobs in Mali
The initiative, funded by Japan, demonstrates how employment‑intensive approaches can promote decent work and build resilience among displaced and host communities.
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