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SIYB Update - July 2014

The July 2014 SIYB Update includes news on SIYB activities carried out in 27 countries (15 in Africa, 6 in Latin America and 6 in Asia) during 2013-14. The update includes information on a variety of new SIYB global products to be published by the...

ILO Meeting to discuss ways to improve skills development in Asia-Pacific

An International Labour Organization (ILO) meeting is expected to roll out new action plans to improve skills development in Asia and the Pacific.

Seminar on "Industry-TVET Institute Relationship" Marked the Successful Completion of “TVET Week 2014”

Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) 2014 observed from 18-24 June 2014, throughout the Bangladesh to raise awareness on skills training and expansion of the TVET.

OIC member-states adopt action plan

The first meeting of the Steering Committee for the Implementation of the Framework Document on Labor, Employment and Social Protection of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) ended in Baku on June 18.

WDACL 2014: ILO-IPEC Shrimp Project in Thailand hosted a group of Thai youth for discussion and study tour on engaging the youth and the...

On the World Day Against Child Labour, 24 Thai children, youth and instructors from several high-schools, academies and universities such as the Zoo Crew dance group and the SuperStar Academy visited the ILO-IPEC Shrimp Project team to discuss child...

WDACL 2014: ILO-IPEC Thailand partners join the global campaign against child labour

All children in Thailand, including those that are migrants, should enjoy their right to education. This is one of the key tenets of the ILO-IPEC’s work in Thailand. The ILO-IPEC partners are joining the ILO’s global campaign against child labour...

Multi-stakeholder forum on labour conditions in the Thailand’s fisheries sector organized, 23 May 2014

The international brands importing shrimp and seafood products from Thailand as well as their suppliers, Trade Unions and local and international NGO’s, and local industry members joined the “Multi-stakeholder Forum on Labour Conditions in the...

Youth Employment Project: visit to Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Region

20-22 May 2014. On 20-22 May 2014 officials of the ILO Moscow Office, Senior Employment Specialist Olga Koulaeva, Senior Employers’ Specialist Jelena Kocmur and Chief Technical Advisor Mikhail Pouchkin, visited the city of Kogalym, Khanty-Mansiysk...

From Margin to Mainstream

A youth employment project in Bangladesh wins ILO good practice contest

A Bangladeshi youth employment project “From Margin to Mainstream” won one of the first prizes in a good practice contest organized by the ILO and featured on MTV. The project helps young people with disabilities step into the labour market and...

Zimbabwe

Moving from marginalization through apprenticeships

An ILO project in Zimbabwe is helping improve the quality of apprenticeships in the informal economy. The programme helps young people, particularly those living with disability, find decent work and escape the vicious circle of marginalization and...

Disability and work

Employing people with disabilities: It’s right and smart

Employing people with disabilities – a huge and largely overlooked market segment – makes a lot of sense for companies. But that requires overcoming a fear of the unknown and looking at abilities rather than disabilities.

ILO and ECOT organize a “Future and Current Business Leaders’ Summit” together in Bangkok on the 20th and 21st of March 2014 to connect...

Given the global reach of today’s supply chains, responsible business practices can have far reaching consequences. Management training systems and management education are crucial to ensuring that our future business leaders are equipped to handle...

Fragile States and post-crisis recovery and reconstruction

ILO signs agreement with g7+ group of fragile States

On 20 March 2014, during a High-Level Meeting on Decent Work in Fragile States, the ILO and the g7+ group signed a Memorandum of Understanding on a partnership for cooperation in job creation, skills development, social protection, SSTC, migration,...

Philippines

TESDA, ILO aid typhoon survivors with training and tools

The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority and the ILO signed a partnership agreement to help thousands of people affected by Haiyan through skills training, decent work and sustainable livelihoods.

Conference on Child Labour brings ILO-IPEC partners and beneficiaries together to assess progress made in addressing child labour in...

On 3 – 4 April 2014, over 200 representatives from Royal Thai Government, private sector, workers organizations and NGOs and their child beneficiaries gathered at a National Policy Forum on protection of Thai and migrant children from child labour...

Children of the Samut Prakan’s Burmese migrant community now have a community based child development facility

An abandoned space next to residential area of Karen Burmese communities was turned into a “Creative Space for Children” and launched late January 2014 by a group of migrant community members and Foundation for Child Development (FCD) with support...

ILO-IPEC in Thailand reinforces its collaboration to address child labour and forced labour with stakeholders in Songkhla Province of...

On February 5, 2014, IPEC Thailand team paid a courtesy call to the Governor of Songkhla Province, Mr. Krissada Bunraj, and met with the Provincial Office of Labour Protection and Welfare as well as representatives from shrimp and seafood industry...

ILO-IPEC in Thailand together with its partners develops TV spots against child labour in seafood industry in Thailand and ramps up general...

The shooting of “Changing Clothes”, a series of TV spots to campaign against the use of child labour and hazardous child labour in shrimp and seafood industry in Thailand, was commenced in mid-January 2014 in Mae Sot of Tak Province.

Training on Improving Safety and Health Protection for Young Workers’ (15-17) held for Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Labour...

A two-day ILO-IPEC training workshop was organized for safety and health labour inspectors and senior staff of the Occupational Safety and Health Bureau (BOSH), under the Department of Labour Protection and Welfare (DLPW). The workshop was organized...

Gender equality

Breaking gender stereotypes in Bangladesh

Nupur Howlader is Bangladesh's only nationally-qualified female welder. An ILO-EU skills training programme has given her the chance to both earn a better living and challenge gender stereotypes.