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Safety + Health for All

OSH Week 2025 in Uzbekistan spotlights innovation, digitalization and a culture of prevention

A nationwide push for smarter, safer work environments driven by creating preventive culture through innovation, solidarity and remembrance.

Global Accelerator

Uzbekistan unveils major actions to curb informal economy and strengthen social protection

Launch of the Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions and the Multistakeholder Global Accelerator Joint Programme in Uzbekistan

Tripartism and social dialogue

National industry dialogue fosters greater collaboration across Thailand’s evolving automotive manufacturing supply chain

Amid global shifts and growing uncertainty, the International Labour Organization (ILO) supports a National Industry Dialogue for a Responsible and Sustainable Supply Chain in Thailand to boost auto industry linkages and collaboration.

Thailand builds safer and healthier workplaces in the age of digitalization

On World Day for Safety and Health at Work, Thailand reaffirms its commitment to create well-balanced working environments where technology enhances workers' safety and health.

Occupational Safety and Health

From struggles to safety: Transforming tea garden work in Nepal

From facing daily risks to embracing safer practices, tea garden workers in Nepal are redefining how quality tea is grown- with safety, health, and dignity through ILO Nepal's Occupational Safety and Health training.

World Bank / IMF Annual Meetings

ILO Director-General statement to the IMF International Monetary and Financial Committee and to the joint World Bank-IMF Development...

ILO Director-General calls for an integrated approach to jobs, rights, and growth

Decent work must be an explicit target of economic policy, Gilbert F. Houngbo tells IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings.

BRICS Brazil

The ILO calls on BRICS to strengthen efforts on social justice as groundbreaking LEMM declaration on AI and Just Transition is adopted

BRICS Labour Ministers adopted their Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting Declaration during their annual meeting in Brazil.

Just Transition

Building a greener future: Cambodia paves the way for Just Transition in construction

Supported by the ILO/Korea Partnership Programme, a national workshop highlights the urgency of Just Transition and collaborative action for the sustainable construction sector.

Press release

Enhancing service quality at the national employment services centres through digital finance skills

A deeper understanding of digital finance and wage payments equips public employment services officers with the ability to offer more effective support to their clients, especially small businesses and self-employed workers.

Press Release

Brasília Hosts the 4th BRICS Employment Working Group Meeting Focused on Artificial Intelligence and Just Transition

By focusing on the impact of Artificial Intelligence and Just Transition, the 4th BRICS Employment Working Group meeting in Brasília convened to ensure a fair, inclusive, and sustainable future of work in BRICS member states through South-South and...

Press release

Accreditation system developed for Indonesian Migrant Workers Placement Companies

The Ministry of Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers, in partnership with the International Labour Organization and International Organization for Migration cooperate to enhance labour migration governance through fair and ethical recruitment...

ILO launches new Local Employment Partnership project in Kyiv region, focusing on job creation for vulnerable groups

The project is the latest in a series of voluntary partnerships aimed at boosting job opportunities in Ukraine.

Knowledge exchange

Dialogues on displacement - Perspectives from ILO Practioners

Action Programme on Crisis (AP-Crisis), MIGRANT and PROSPECTS joint initiative to support institutional knowledge exchange and learning in contexts of forced displacement.

ILO/China Partnership Programme on skills

Cambodia’s vocational education system enhanced through ILO/China Partnership Programme on Skills Development

The initiative bolsters Cambodia’s vocational education system and enhances employability in Cambodia.

Republic of Korea scales up support to the International Labour Organization

Additional US$2.8 million funding will accelerate progress toward decent work and social justice worldwide.

Employment intensification

Asia and the Arab States collaborate to intensify job creation through infrastructure development

Sharing knowledge, best practices and expertise in job creation holds the key to effectively addressing a multitude of challenges the global South faces in view of widespread unemployment, natural disasters, climate change and conflicts.

Global Accelerator

Asia-Pacific Global Accelerator Policy Forum calls for major scale-up of strategies and financing to deliver skills, decent jobs and...

Government, employer and worker representatives from six pathfinder countries gather in Cambodia to shape priorities to drive skills development, employment growth and universal social protection.

Three federations pledge to sustain grievance applications in garment sector

Three trade union federations working with the ILO on grievance applications commit to maintaining their implementation to promote better labour relations in the garment sector.

ILO Participatory Gender Audit for trade union concludes recommended actions

The ILO’s Strengthening Industrial Relations in Indonesia (SIRI) project supports the enhancement of gender equality and equity within the National Trade Union (SPN) by proposing five key recommendations.