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Skills for the future

ILO, Russia renew cooperation on skills and G20 Training Strategy

The project will strengthen regional and global knowledge-sharing on skills development as an effective means to support productivity, competitiveness and growth.

Bangladesh Business and Disability Network to help boost disability inclusion

A new business network will support the practical needs of employers who are employing people with disabilities or are willing to make their workplaces more disability inclusive.

Implementing the ILO G20 Training Strategy

How rural communities are being empowered and deciding on quality jobs and skills needed in their areas

ILO’s Chief Technical Advisor in Mozambique, Ana Cristina Paulo, talks about the "Skills for Employment and Productivity in Low Income Countries” project being implemented by the ILO, with support from KOICA of South Korea project, now approaching...

TEVETA approves OSH curriculum for increased workers’ safety and health

TEVETA is an institution that has the mandate to develop national curricula for any occupation, skill, technology or trade in Zambia.

Our impact, their stories

“I didn’t have a life, but now I feel strong”

An ILO-US-funded project brings financial independence to Egyptian women who used to stay at home and were dependent on their families.

Our impact, their voice

After the volcano: From displaced person to business woman

An Indonesian woman displaced after a volcanic eruption opened a successful business after ILO training on financial education and entrepreneurship.

Stories from the field

Keeping them home: How improving public employment services helps people find jobs and stay with their families

In Nepal, the Labour Market Information and Employment Services (LIfE) project, funded by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), helps to improve access to basic information and services that can help job seekers, in particular youth,...

International Youth Day

Cooking up a brighter future in Bangladesh

A young woman in Bangladesh benefits from ILO skills training, highlighting the leading role of youth in poverty eradication and achieving sustainable development.

Our impact, their voice

Young apprentices escape forced labour in Mato Grosso

The “Ação Integrada” (“Integrated Action”) project guarantees access to vocational training for people working in slavery-like conditions, to offer the opportunity for decent life.

Study Visit of a Kyrgyzstan Delegation to Armenia

As part of the ILO's “Applying the G20 Training Strategy” Project, a delegation from Kyrgyzstan visited Armenia on 2-5 May 2016 to attend a training seminar on “Mapping Vocational Education and Training (VET) Policies and Practices to Boost...

Our impact, their voice

Myanmar unleashes home-grown entrepreneurs

An ILO training programme makes the founding step to help new and existing small businesses join the dramatic economic and social change sweeping the country.

Syrian Refugees and Labour Market

Syrian refugees received vocational training certificates within the framework of ILO's projects

46 graduates received Welding and CNC programming training certificates as part of ILO’s projects for Syrian refugees and host communities jointly carried out with District Governorate of Harran, the South-eastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Regional...

Our impact, their voice

Vocational training changed my life

The vocational training path has led to success for one Bangladeshi woman. Suma had been under the impression that only students weak in their studies chose vocational training. Luckily for her, a teacher with more awareness of job opportunities...

Sustaining livelihoods

New skills and jobs for Gaza fishers

An ILO training initiative gives a group of unemployed men from fishing families in the Gaza Strip a chance to learn new skills and increase their chances of employment in Gaza’s sea fishing sector, which is beset by severe restrictions on movement...

DIFE labour inspectors successfully complete online OSH course

Inspectors from the Department of Inspections for Factories and Establishments have successfully completed a distance learning course on Occupational Safety and Health organized by ILO.

ILO Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Reform Project comes to a close

The contribution of the International Labour Organization’s Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Reform Project to establishing a stronger skills development system in Bangladesh was recognized at a closing ceremony for the...

Education 2030

Working together for quality education and social justice

ILO Statement to the Education 2030 High-Level Meeting, UNESCO, Paris

Regional Employment Forum:

Promoting Job Rich and Sustainable Growth in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine

TBILISI. October 28, 2015 – The regional conference on jobs and employment had a prominent start in Tbilisi, Georgia, on 28 October 2015. The two-day forum which will look into the ways to boost employment in the region ensuring inclusive and ...

ILO methodology will help assess the needs of labour market in Tajikistan

Tajikistan’s Labour and Employment Agency and the Ministry of Labour, Migration and Employment, with the support from the International Labour Organization’s project “Applying the G20 Training Strategy,” organized a round table conference to present...

Sharing experience of apprenticeships

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is holding a regional workshop to discuss quality apprenticeships and work experience to help young people in their transition from school to decent employment.