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Province of North Sulawesi initiates to establish the Provincial OSH Council

The ILO works hand in hand with the Ministry of Manpower and the National OSH Council (DK3N) to support the establishment of the Provincial OSH Council (DK3P) in North Sulawesi as part of the effort to strengthen Indonesia’s OSH culture and system.

ILO supports industry-led skills development for Indonesia’s maritime economy through the pilot development of Sectoral Skills Committees

Through a programme funded by the UK government, the ILO has been promoting the involvement and engagement of industries through Sectoral Skills Committees to build competent, productive and competitive human capital in Indonesia’ ocean-based...

ILO supports polytechnics through international partnerships to develop an inclusive, competitive and sustainable Indonesian maritime...

Through a programme funded by UK government, the ILO has been partnering with the Indonesian polytechnics, industry and international academic institutions to build competent, productive and competitive human capital in maritime sector.

Message of support at the Mobilizing Networks for Gender Equality, International Day for Women in Maritime 2023

By Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the Mobilizing Networks for Gender Equality, International Day for Women in Maritime 2023, 18 May 2023, Manila, Philippines via Zoom

Workers and employers of palm oil and fish processing sectors join forces to promote labour rights and gender equality

Applying what they have learnt from the ILO’s communications training, workers and employers from palm oil and fish processing sectors have conducted their own internal and public campaigns to promote stronger compliance to labour laws and labour...

Indonesia to establish a national team for joint labour inspection in the fishing sector

The ILO’s 8.7 Accelerator Lab continues to support Indonesia in developing and finalizing a Field Guide on Labour Inspection On-Board Fishing Vessels as a tool that will be used by the national team for joint labour inspection in the sector.

World Day for Safety and Health at Work

Indonesia to develop a five-year national OSH programme to better protect workers’ fundamental right

Indonesia with support from the ILO is now in the process of developing and formulating its OSH national programmes for better, resilient implementation of OSH culture in the country and to better implement OSH as the fundamental right at work.

ILO and Indonesia’s Diponegoro University raise awareness of forced labour in the fishing sector

The ILO's 8.7 Accelerator Lab in Indonesia collaborates with the Faculty of Economics and Business, Dipenogoro University (FEB Undip) to promote the inclusion of labour rights in business school education.

Maritime Labour Convention

Syrian Arab Republic ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006)

Syria is the 103rd Member State of the ILO to have ratified the Convention

Workers and employers to campaign labour rights and gender equality in palm oil and fish processing sectors

The ILO’s Workers Rights Project equips workers’ and employers’ organizations with communications skills to promote wider campaigns on labour rights and gender equality in the palm oil and fish processing sectors.

International Labour Standards

Iraq ratified the ILO conventions on social protection and on Maritime Labour

Iraq becomes the 64th Member State to have ratified ILO Convention on social protection and the 102nd Member State to have ratified the maritime labour convention MLC, 2006.

A new private sector working group to promote decent work and sustainable growth in Indonesia’s fishing industry

Supported by the ILO’s 8.7 Accelerator Lab Multi Partner Fund, employers’ organisations and their members’ fishing companies, form a working group to address existing labour challenges and promote decent work.

Gender-responsive labour inspection to promote workplace free from harassment

The Ministry of Manpower, with support from the ILO’s Improving Workers’ Rights in Indonesian Rural Sectors with a focus on Women Project, mainstreams gender responsive approach to its labour inspection system to prevent violence, harassment and...

COVID-19 and transport workers

Recommendations adopted by heads of UN agencies and sectoral organizations to protect transport workers in future health emergencies

A Joint Action Group, set up to review the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the world’s transport workers and the global supply chain, encourages all actors to apply internationally agreed protocols and standards and take proactive and concrete...

ILO launches the first gender equality and social inclusion handbook for Higher Education Institutions

This handbook is designed to be used in Gender Equality, Disabilities and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) training for staff and students in all types of vocational education and training institutions across Indonesia.

Indonesia continues to strengthen its efforts to ensure workplace safety and health

The ILO supports the efforts taken by the Ministry of Manpower to strengthen its national policies and programmes on occupational safety and health (OSH) through the publication of the 2022 National OSH Profile.

Maritime sector

Joint ILO-IMO meeting adopts guidelines on seafarer abandonment

New measures to improve conditions for seafarers, including those who have been abandoned, have been adopted at a meeting involving governments and maritime workers and employers’ organizations.

Labour standards compliance is key to build a sustainable supply chain in the fishing sector

The ILO’s two-day capacity building programme aims to improve labour laws compliance, gender equality and working conditions in the fishing industry.

Workers’ and employers’ organizations joint the fight against gender harassment, violence and discrimination in palm oil and fisheries...

The ILO joins forces with workers’ and employers’ organizations to free Indonesian palm oil and fisheries sectors from gender harassment, violence and discrimination.

Indonesian women seafarers: Fighting against the tide of harassment and discrimination

After joining the ILO training of trainer on harassment, violence and HIV/AIDS vulnerability in the maritime sector, an Indonesian woman seafarer actively promotes the rights to be free from harassment and discrimination at sea.