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A woman’s journey in leather craftsmanship
 A woman siting at a table and presenting a leather bag

Start and Improve Your Business - Success Stories 2024

A woman’s journey in leather craftsmanship

Violet Mhute, owner of Soko Genuine Leather in Zimbabwe, shifted from exporting hides to manufacturing leather goods. With Expand Your Business (EYB) training, she scaled her business beyond Zimbabwe and now seeks to empower other women.

From unemployment to natural juices entrepreneurship
Almir Brković – Bosnia and Herzegovina

Start and Improve Your Business - Success Stories 2024

From unemployment to natural juices entrepreneurship

Almir Brković from Tuzla founded Treasury of Health RB, producing natural juices and jams. With Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB) training, he transformed his idea into a successful business, combining entrepreneurship with a commitment to...

Pineapple farming brings new opportunities in the Jordan Valley
A man stands in a pineapple crop field

Start and Improve Your Business - Success Stories 2024

Pineapple farming brings new opportunities in the Jordan Valley

Amer Basem Ahmad Faqha, an agricultural engineer from Tubas, cultivates pineapples in the Jordan Valley. With ILO’s Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB) training, he improved irrigation, reduced costs, and expanded his farm, creating a cooperative...

Empowered by the ILO: Haya Said Sheikh's sweet success with Quick Sesame
A woman showcasing traditional sweet products

Start and Improve Your Business - Success Stories 2024

Empowered by the ILO: Haya Said Sheikh's sweet success with Quick Sesame

Haya Said Sheikh, through her business Quick Sesame, has successfully introduced healthy, sugar-free versions of traditional Palestinian sweets. With the support of the ILO's Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB) entrepreneurship training...

A Venezuelan bakery business thrives in Colombia
A woman showcasing her baked products at a fair

Start and Improve Your Business - Success Stories 2024

A Venezuelan bakery business thrives in Colombia

Venezuelan migrant Roisi Gabriela Indriago runs De un Bocado, a bakery in Bucaramanga. With Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB) training, she improved pricing, inventory, and marketing, growing sales and expanding her reach through social media...

From IT graduation to green entrepreneurship
Leila Saleh Djidda

Start and Improve Your Business - Success Stories 2024

From IT graduation to green entrepreneurship

After losing her IT job, Leilah Saleh Djidda turned to sustainable farming. With Start and Improve your Business (SIYB) training, she launched AL AZZIM BIO, an organic farming initiative using water hyacinth as biofertilizer to cut costs, improve...

A business to empower women in northern Nigeria
Rahila Abdu

Start and Improve Your Business - Success Stories 2024

A business to empower women in northern Nigeria

Through Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB) training, Rahila Abdu gained the skills to launch Household Essentials, a business that empowers women by providing training in liquid soap, body cream, and insecticide production. Overcoming financial...

Bangladesh forms inter-ministerial gender and skills taskforce to spearhead gender mainstreaming in employment
High level government officials holding messages to prevent gender based violence at the educational institutes and workplaces

Gender equality

Bangladesh forms inter-ministerial gender and skills taskforce to spearhead gender mainstreaming in employment

ILO, Manpower Ministry’s Training Centre and Matsushita Gobel Institute strengthen the capacities of human resources in the electronics...
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Skills development in Indonesia

ILO, Manpower Ministry’s Training Centre and Matsushita Gobel Institute strengthen the capacities of human resources in the electronics...

The ILO join forces with relevant partners to strengthen public-private partnership in providing quality trainings and improve workers’ competency according to the needs of the Indonesian electronics industry.

Indonesia enhances workforce development with key industry partnerships to boost skills in electronics sector
Minister of Manpower officially launches the collaborations with relevant partners.

Skills development

Indonesia enhances workforce development with key industry partnerships to boost skills in electronics sector

The ILO supports efforts taken by Indonesia in improving the competency of human capital in its electronics sector.

Vocational skills boost economic integration of Ethiopia's refugee and host youth
group of youth

PROSPECTS Impact

Vocational skills boost economic integration of Ethiopia's refugee and host youth

Seventy-five youth from refugee and host communities in Ethiopia graduate from the Jigjiga Polytechnic College through an ILO-supported vocational program, empowering them for employment and self-reliance.

Training on TVET institution management and improvement to promote agroforestry products in Timor-Leste
The training on institutionand management for TVET in Timor-Leste

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Training on TVET institution management and improvement to promote agroforestry products in Timor-Leste

The International Training Centre of the ILO (ITCILO), under the European Union-funded Agroforestry Skills for Employment and Resilience Project, recently held a transformative five-day workshop on Technical and Vocational Education and Training...

Philippines assesses lifelong learning for continuous education
trainees open an aircraft and learn how to repair

Lifelong learning

Philippines assesses lifelong learning for continuous education

Experts and partners convene and use the ILO toolkit to evaluate and improve lifelong learning programmes in the Philippines, resulting in strategic recommendations for enhancement.

ILO and FYCCI launch advanced solar energy training programme to empower technicians and strengthen Yemen's renewable energy sector
Yemeni youths training on solar panels installation

Advanced training programme in solar energy

ILO and FYCCI launch advanced solar energy training programme to empower technicians and strengthen Yemen's renewable energy sector

This programme, with funding from the EU and Sweden, represents a significant step toward building local expertise in renewable energy solutions.

Nurturing confidence and life skills through cooking
Yeukai Maposa, the founder of Super Kiddo Kitchen in Zimbabwe, stands in her kitchen looking straight at the camera.

BG4YE Project

Nurturing confidence and life skills through cooking

Since 2020, Yeukai Maposa has been teaching children aged six to twelve how to cook and bake. What began with 20 children in her kitchen has now grown to 80 students, and she has turned her passion for cooking and teaching into a business called...

Stepping-up: On the road to building a footwear empire
Fungai Zvikaramba in his shoe factory

BG4YE Project

Stepping-up: On the road to building a footwear empire

"In 2013, we were just a small group of SMEs, united by our passion for leather manufacturing. Back then, we were only able to produce a few pairs of shoes at a time—one or two pairs, if we were lucky. But now, things are different. We have grown...

Suriname preparing TVET system to better adapt to evolving labour market needs

Suriname preparing TVET system to better adapt to evolving labour market needs

Expected outcomes align with skills development priority of DWCP 2023-2026.

Cooperatives offer path to development in Lao People's Democratic Republic
Our.COOP training participants at a TVET school in Attapeu, Lao People's Democratic Republic

Cooperatives development

Cooperatives offer path to development in Lao People's Democratic Republic

ILO with the support of the Japanese government is playing a crucial role in empowering communities in the southern region of the Lao People's Democratic Republic through cooperative models.

ILO supports establishment of Shared Service Facilities Centre (SSFC) to boost economic diversification and community empowerment of tea...
Guests are observing activities of the Shared Service Facilities Centre

Skills development

ILO supports establishment of Shared Service Facilities Centre (SSFC) to boost economic diversification and community empowerment of tea...

EU-ILO empowers youth in Timor-Leste with agroforestry skills
Female workers in plantation in Timor-Leste.

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.