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Ayan Ahmed: An opportunity to employment through vocational skills training

Ayan Ahmed Hassan is one of the vocational skills training beneficiaries who did tailoring under the “Promoting Durable Solutions and Livelihoods support for IDPs in Galkayo” project.

World Water Day

Monrovia post Ebola: The quest for clean water and youth employment

In the lead up to World Water Day, a new programme to strengthen the capacity of local communities in Liberia to improve sanitation highlights the importance of access to clean water.

Abdikadir Hussein: Tailoring a new life in Baidoa

Abdikadir Hussein Issack, a father of seven, returned from Yemen in 2013. He was born in Baidoa district, and he was blessed with four girls and three boys. During the war in Somalia he and his family migrated to Yemen as refugees.

Rahma Sheikh: From a Refugee to a successful Young Entrepreneur in Baidoa, Somalia

My name is Rahma Sheikh Abdi. I was born 1982 in Baidoa district, where I grew up with my family. I was the first born in a family of 5. I never had the opportunity to get higher education because I had the responsibility of looking after my...

ILO supports Fiji government lead Post Disaster Needs Assessment

ILO (SUVA) The International Labour Organisation (ILO) delivered a training on the Employment, Livelihoods and Social Protection sectors as part of its technical assistance to the government lead Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA).

Bosnia and Herzegovina

EU continues to assist job creation in flood affected areas

A new EU Programme will continue to support economic recovery of Bosnia and Herzegovina's flood affected areas and also support the local economic development and local NGOs.

Disaster preparedness and response

Maximising employment and social protection outcomes in crisis response programmes

Tropical Cyclone Winston

Employment creation through Do-nou Technology

As a means to provide durable solutions to Somali refugee returnees through employment creation, the International Labour Organization (ILO) in partnership with Community Road Empowerment (CORE) has conducted two days training on road rehabilitation...

Rising from disaster to a business woman

In her small shop, Susiyanti Br Sembiring was busy serving hot black coffees to her customers. Located at the shelter for refugees of the Mt. Sinabung, Karo District of North Sumatra, her small shop also provides daily needs, beverages and...

Multilateral cooperation

BRICS Labour Ministers to Discuss Quality Jobs and Inclusive Employment Policies

On 25–26 January 2016, the Russian Federation will host the first ever meeting of ministers of labour and employment of the BRICS countries in Ufa.

Disaster and livelihood response

ILO and DOLE provide emergency employment after Typhoon Melor

The International Labour Organization and the Department of Labor and Employment provided immediate assistance to the local governments and the vulnerable workers affected by Typhoon Melor (Nona) to help the communities quickly rebuild their lives...

Inter-agency partnerships

ILO and UNOPS to increase cooperation in fragile situations

The ILO and the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) covering several areas of cooperation, especially in fragile situations.

Green jobs

New services help Vanuatu recover from Cyclone Pam

As world leaders discuss climate change in Paris, the ILO is helping Vanuatu to rebuild stronger and greener to better prepare for future storms.

COP 21

How Philippines recovered from disaster through decent work

In the wake of Typhoon Haiyan, and as climate change exacerbates weather-related disasters around the globe, the ILO is working with local communities to make them more resilient to future storms. At the forthcoming Paris Climate Conference (COP...

A compass to orient the World of Work

ILO and CCDP present results of their on-going research collaboration

Partnerships

ILO and IFRC to promote decent work opportunities in fragile and post-disaster settings

Agreement covers cooperation on livelihoods, procurement, SMEs, and cooperatives.

ILO and CCDP to mark Geneva Peace Week

Rural development

Timor-Leste: A road gives life to a community

Coffee farmer Pedro Soares de Fatima used to carry a huge coffee sack on his back to get to the nearest market. It was a ten-hour return journey, until an ILO project built high quality rural roads in Timor-Leste.

Institute of International and European Affairs

“After the crisis: Challenges for labour markets, now and in the future”

Remarks by ILO Director-General Guy Ryder at the Institute of International and European Affairs.

Seminar on Climate Change: Issues, challenges and opportunities confronting the peasants and farmer communities of Sindh Province

The ILO through the One-UN Livelihood Restoration Project has improved the resilience of 662 households by providing them training and tools to diversify their livelihoods. While the climate change induced vulnerabilities of the farmer communities...