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ILO, UNESCO and UN-HABITAT launch consultations on a “Regional facility for urban crisis recovery and reconstruction in the Arab States”

Seafarers' welfare

ISWAN Award winner: "The Maritime Labour Convention is essential to prevent abuses"

Jasper del Rosario is one of the winners of this year’s ISWAN 2018 Awards recognizing the work of those offering outstanding welfare services to seafarers. Before receiving his prize at the ILO headquarters, he talked to ILO News about his actions...

Disaster response

ILO provides training on Business Continuity Planning (BCP) in Tonga

A joint initiative of the ILO, the Ministry of Commerce, Trade, Consumer, Innovation and Labour and the Tonga Chamber of Commerce & Industry (TCCI).

Press Release

Observing World Day for Safety and Health at Work in the Pacific - 28th April 2018

Youth safety and health at work: Early education equals early protection

Media Advisory: ILO works with ACCU to build resilience in Anguilla after disaster

Disaster response

ILO provides Community-Based Emergency Employment (CBEE) in Tonga

The ILO Office for Pacific Island Countries and the Ministry of Commerce, Consumer, Trade, Innovation, and Labour (MCCTIL) has launched a community based emergency employment programme in Tonga.

Switzerland and ILO sign new agreement on peace and development through employment

The two entities will cooperate in the implementation of a project that promotes employment creation for peace and development in conflict situations

Our impact, their voices

Ecuador: In search of a new future after the earthquake

An ILO project has been helping rebuild and strengthen livelihoods in the wake of the massive earthquake that hit Ecuador in April 2016.

MONEF validated a self-assessment tool kit to boost business compliance with fundamental principles and rights at work

The ILO is supporting the efforts of the Mongolian Employers’ Federation (MONEF) within the framework of the EU-funded project “Sustaining GSP-Plus Status by Strengthened National Capacities to Improve ILS Compliance and Reporting – Mongolia (GSP+...

International Day for Disaster Reduction

ILO: Disaster Risk Reduction key to saving lives, livelihoods and businesses

ILO encourages employment-centered response in line with its Recommendation 205.

Our impact, their voices

Learning to run a small business in conflict and poverty-wracked Yemen

The conflict in Yemen has robbed millions of people of their livelihoods, particularly in rural areas. A joint ILO-UNDP programme helps vulnerable youth set up their own business.

Improving livelihoods through cooperatives - ILO LEED project in Northern Sri Lanka

Our impact, their voices

Former combatants from DR Congo are rebuilding their lives thanks to entrepreneurial training

An ILO programme offers entrepreneurial training to demobilized Congolese combatants, who were often forcibly recruited by armed groups.

Our impact, Their voices

Towards peacebuilding and sustainable livelihoods in Zamboanga, Philippines

Armed conflict and the Zamboanga siege in 2013 left thousands of homes damaged and burned to the ground. The International Labour Organization (ILO) has been involved in helping families displaced by the conflict. With funding from the United...

Disaster preparedness

Protecting Jobs, Enterprises and Livelihoods in the Pacific

The ILO Bureau for Employers Activities (ACTEMP) is currently developing a ‘toolkit’ to support Small and Medium Enterprises (SME’s) in disaster preparedness, and an employers’ resource pack for employers’ organisation to support their members...

Employers activities

Message at the High Level Meeting on the Role of Businesses in Building a Resilient Future for Enterprises in Mindanao in the Face of...

By Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the High Level Meeting on the Role of Businesses in Building a Resilient Future for Enterprises in Mindanao in the Face of Disasters and Conflicts, Davao City, Philippines, 10...

Brochures

Protecting jobs, enterprises and livelihoods

The Bureau for Employers' Activities (ACT/EMP) is conducting research and developing tools to enable the private sector and employers and business membership organizations (EBMOs) build resilience during disaster and conflict and positively...

ILO Response to the Ecuador earthquake

Following the earthquake of 7.8 magnitude that hit Ecuador in April 2016, causing significant damage and affecting several important sectors of the economy, the Government of Ecuador asked the ILO to contribute to the reconstruction efforts in...

106th International Labour Conference

ILO ready to face world of work challenges resulting from crisis, labour migration and green transition

Conference shows that the ILO is ready and able to update its standards, making them robust and relevant.

Our impact, their stories

Building peace through economic development in the southern Philippines

An ILO project in the southern Philippines shows how the spirit of the possible new ILO standard can be put into practice by lifting conflict-hit communities out of poverty through local economic development.