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Kick-off Workshop on Rural Roads Master Plan for Timor-Leste

H. E. The Minister of Public Works Sr. Gastão Francisco de Sousa and H.E. the Ambassador of Australia, Mr. Peter Doyle, will officially open the Kick-off Workshop for the development of a Rural Roads Master Plan for Timor-Leste on 4th June 2014 at...

Assessing Post Disaster Needs

After the rain: ILO assists Serbia to assess recovery needs after massive floods

In May 2014 unprecedented rainfall over a three-day period caused massive flooding and landslides, and forced more than 30,000 from their homes. In response to the disaster, the Government of Serbia undertook a Recovery Needs Assessment (RNA),...

Inauguration of the Mahata-Kusi road

H. E. the President Taun Matan Ruak and H.E. the Ambassador of Australia, Mr. Peter Doyle, will officially inaugurate on 22nd May 2014 at 2 pm the Mahata-Kusi road in Mahata Sub-District, Oecusse. The road has been rehabilitated by the Ministry of...

Gearing up for the ASEAN Economic Community 2015: 35th National Conference of Employers

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director of the ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the 35th National Conference of Employers of the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP), Pasay City, Philippines, 15 May 2014

Garment industry in Bangladesh

ILO Deputy DG welcomes advance payments to Rana Plaza survivors and victims' families

Initial disbursements of TK 50,000 (US$ 645) made to survivors and families of those who died in the Rana Plaza building collapse in April 2013.

Kuwait contributes US$500,000 to support ILO activities in the occupied Palestinian territory

The State of Kuwait grants the ILO half a million US dollars bringing the State’s total contributions dedicated to promoting decent work and social justice in the occupied Palestinian territory and the Arab States to US$3 million since 2009.

ILO publications

Crisis and creativity: New ideas in macroeconomic and labour market policy

An urgent re-think of development and labour market policies is needed, according to two new books published by the International Labour Organization (ILO).

ILO and the G7+

Laying the Economic Foundations for Peace-building and State-building

The ILO works with the g7+ group to promote Decent Work in 20 conflict-affected countries.

Fragile States and post-crisis recovery and reconstruction

ILO signs agreement with g7+ group of fragile States

On 20 March 2014, during a High-Level Meeting on Decent Work in Fragile States, the ILO and the g7+ group signed a Memorandum of Understanding on a partnership for cooperation in job creation, skills development, social protection, SSTC, migration,...

Remarks by the Director-General at the High-Level Panel on Decent Work in Fragile States “If you want Peace, cultivate Social Justice”

Livelihood recovery

Japanese Government donates US$3 million to help Typhoon Haiyan victims

The Japanese Government is to fund a US$3,000,000 project to help the victims of Typhoon Haiyan rebuild their livelihoods.

Disaster response

Power restoration in Mindanao worst typhoon-hit areas

The Philippine government has committed to restore electricity in all Typhoon Bopha (Pablo) affected areas within 45 days. The ILO supports this by applying a labour intensive approach and engaging workers for power restoration of five affected...

The daily struggle of a Haiyan widow

Jobs are the top priority for many of those whose livelihoods were shattered by Super Typhoon Haiyan. The situation is particularly challenging for women who lost their husbands and became head of household overnight.

Philippines

TESDA, ILO aid typhoon survivors with training and tools

The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority and the ILO signed a partnership agreement to help thousands of people affected by Haiyan through skills training, decent work and sustainable livelihoods.

From Jordan

Building livelihood resilience amidst a refugee crisis

The ILO’s efforts to build the employment and livelihoods of Jordanian communities hosting Syrian refugees have begun to bear fruit.

Rural development

"Money finds us!" - Enriching the vegetable harvest in Timor-Leste

How an ILO supported project helped a local community to improve their farming practices, develop their market access, create jobs and support the development of small and medium-sized enterprises.

Disaster response

ILO pursues its medium-term rebuilding strategy in Davao Oriental

Workers who lost their livelihoods to Typhoon Bopha (Pablo) are now part of rebuilding efforts in Mindanao. The ILO has accelerated its medium-term interventions on sustainable livelihoods with the support of the Australian Government’s Department...

ILO Director-General: 'We are faced with a deep social crisis, a crisis too of social justice'

As the world marks the Day of Social Justice, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder urges 'policy-makers to converge on the ambition of a real global socio-economic recovery – a recovery for all – and a Post-2015 Development Agenda that helps lift all out...

ILO response to natural disaster

Lessons from Japan's tsunami response to aid Philippines Typhoon Haiyan victims

A high-level ILO delegation from the Philippines agreed during a visit to Japan that creating decent work opportunities will be the key to the long-term success of the response to Typhoon Haiyan.

Philippines

100 days on, Haiyan survivors need more jobs to recover

Millions of workers have been affected by Typhoon Haiyan’s devastation, many of whom were in a vulnerable situation in the first place. The ILO has been responding by providing emergency employment programmes to help restore sustainable livelihoods....