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Social protection
ILO-Thailand collaboration helps strengthen Thailand’s social security system
Five-year project that has resulted in stronger investment management and governance practices comes to an end.
Financial inclusion for SMEs
Indonesian regional development and rural banks strengthen their financial support to SMEs
The ILO supports Indonesian regional development banks (BPD) and rural banks (BPR) in several provinces to provide SMEs a greater access to financial services.
Just transition
ILO strengthens capacity of public employment officers to smooth the energy transition from coals to renewable energy
Public employment service officers play a key role in providing timely and necessary services to employers and workers impacted by the energy transition.
Labour Migration
How to improve remedy for migrant workers from Cambodia to Japan?
Workshop paves the way for development of a joint work plan to improve remedy systems for migrant workers from South-East Asia to Japan.
Voices from ILO PROSPECTS
Transforming informal skills into formal opportunities: Theresa's journey of self-empowerment in Kenya
A self-taught entrepreneur highlights the importance of skill certification in Kenya's informal sector, empowering millions to eradicate poverty.
Business and human rights
Businesses as a key driver to the implementation of Responsible Business Conduct in Indonesia
Two ILO’s Japan-funded regional projects team up with relevant ministries and partners in Indonesia to strengthen and improve Indonesia’s National Strategy on Business and Human Rights.
Business and human rights
ILO and Apindo team-up to promote responsible business and skills development in Batam’s electronics sector
Known as a free trade zone, Batam improves its responsible business conduct and skills development with support from the ILO and the Indonesian Employers’ Association (Apindo).
Statement
Summit of the Future: Managing global interdependence
Local enterprises improve their capacity to boost Timor-Leste's export trade in agroforestry products
The two-day training session has empowered local enterprises aiming to enter the global market.
Promoting decent work
Ethiopian youth organizations equipped to tackle unemployment with ILO's Youth-to-Youth Fund
The ILO and Edukans Foundation trained ten Ethiopian youth-led organizations to implement employment projects, creating over 1,000 jobs. Supported by the ILO Youth-to-Youth Fund, the training focused on project management, financial management, and...
EU-ILO Agroforestry Skills Project enhances business trainers' expertise with refresher Start and Improve Your Business Course
The EU funded Agroforestry Skills for Employment and Resilience Project, in partnership with IADE and supported by UNDP, successfully completed a refresher Training of Trainers (ToT) programme on Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB) for the...
ILO supports technical exchanges between Türkiye and the Netherlands on eliminating child labour in seasonal agriculture
Key stakeholders met in The Hague and discussed the formalization of the agricultural labour force and strategies to eliminate child labour in the sector.
Business and human rights
Indonesia’s electronics sector to pilot responsible business conduct initiative
The ILO and the Indonesian Employers’ Association (Apindo) explores a joint initiative to piloting the implementation of responsible business conduct at the enterprise level.
ILO supports the establishment a joint inspection team in the fisheries sector of North Kalimantan
The ILO’s 8.7 Accelerator Lab programme has expanded its support to the fisheries sector of North Kalimantan Province to ensure the protection of fishers against forced labour and human trafficking at sea.
Press release
EU, ILO and TradeInvest Timor-Leste join forces supporting private sector development through export trade and business training for...
The European Union (EU), the International Labour Organization (ILO), and TradeInvest Timor-Leste have joined forces to support the growth and development of the private sector in Timor-Leste.
Digitalization and financial inclusion
Indonesian small enterprises transition to responsible digital wage payments
With the help of a responsible wage digitization training programme by the ILO and Apindo, Farid Hidayah and over 100 other small enterprise owners in Central and West Java are learning to navigate this transition, aiming to improve efficiency,...
Social protection
Coffee and tea farmers benefit from improved access to labour rights as SOLAR project concludes
Three-year project that has resulted in expanding social security and labour rights for coffee and tea farmers in southern Lao People's Democratic Republic comes to an end.
PROSPECTS Impact
From self-taught to certified: Kenya's Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) awards over 600 certificates
Kenya’s Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) program formally certifies skills acquired by informal economy workers, providing new career opportunities and empowering workers with recognized qualifications for better job prospects.
Video
Enhancing OSH standards: Training farmers and agricultural workers in Lebanon's agricultural sector
Learn about ILO PROSPECTS initiative that aims to raise awareness of OSH in agriculture among farmers and agricultural workers to create decent working conditions and reduce risks in Lebanon.
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.
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