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Immersive technology brings new opportunities for work skills in Uganda
ILO and its International Training Centre pilot virtual reality in Uganda to build soft skills, strengthen social dialogue, and prepare youth, workers, employers, and government actors for decent work nationwide in future.
News
ILO empowers refugee and host communities in Ethiopia through digital skills training
216 refugee and host community graduates complete digital skills programmes at the Jigjiga Digital Innovation Hub, opening new pathways to decent work and livelihoods in Ethiopia’s Somali Region.
News
ILO strengthens employment services and labour-market links in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region and Ninewa province
Training series equips Public Employment Services and Career Development Centres to improve job matching and workforce support.
ILO, Ministry of Youth and UNICEF train facilitators to support young job seekers in Iraq
Intensive programme builds national capacity to deliver effective employment support for Iraqi youth.
Financial inclusion
Trust becomes collateral: Inclusive finance empowers refugees and hosts in Ethiopia
In Ethiopia’s Somali region the ILO and Shabelle Bank are dismantling cultural barriers to improve access to finance enabling refugees and host communities to build sustainable livelihoods.
Institutional capacity building
Building cohesion through dialogue: training-of trainers on conflict resolution, mediation and refugee inclusion for the Federation of...
The ILO in partnership with the Centre for Mediation in Africa (CMA) conducted a Training-of-Trainers workshop with the Federation of Kenya Employers (FKE) in Nairobi from 17 to 18 November 2025. The workshop focused on strengthening skills in...
Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators
Interview with Richard Warner, Coordinator and CEO of Nundah Community Enterprises Cooperative in Australia
“Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators” is a series of interviews with co-operators and social and solidarity economy (SSE) actors from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work on the cooperative,...
Video
Making farms safer: Jordan launches guidelines to protect workers
Practical tools will reduce hazard risks and strengthen safety across the country’s agriculture sector.
PROSPECTS Impact
Turning arts into opportunity: How Youth-to-Youth Fund transformed a refugee dance group
A group of 15 young Eritrean refugees in Addis Ababa turned their passion for performing arts into a sustainable livelihood after targeted grant from the International Labour Organization eliminated their highest recurring cost – renting essential...
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Steps that matter: The ILO’s “Khuta” to youth employment in Lebanon
Arabic for “steps,” Khuta is the Job Search Club initiative guiding young people in their search for work amid crises, conflict, and volatility.
ILO PROSPECTS launches learning portal to transform forced displacement response
The ILO PROSPECTS Learning Portal turns years of field experience into practical, interactive resources to help practitioners, policymakers, and partners improve responses to forced displacement worldwide.
PROSPECTS podcast
Talent beyond borders: Why businesses should hire young refugees
Discover how businesses can unlock innovation and resilience by hiring young refugees. In this episode, Ingka Group’s Roman Bojko shares lessons from integrating refugee talent across 26 countries.
Tripartite Advisory Committee advances policy action on informality in Armenia
Armenia’s tripartite constituents convened to prepare for upcoming policy discussions and advance the final phase of the ILO initiative on formalization.
International Year of Cooperatives
Global research conference deep-dives into the role of the social and solidarity economy in socio-ecological transitions
The ILO highlighted how the social and solidarity economy (SSE) can play a critical role in advancing decent work and inclusive development, and shared progress on SSE statistics and country-level innovations at the 10th CIRIEC International...
Refugee inclusion
From policy to practice: Employers explore role in Kenya’s Shirika Plan
Kenya’s private sector is engaging with the Shirika Plan to advance refugee inclusion in the formal economy. Through ILO-supported dialogue and training, employers are strengthening their capacity to promote inclusive workplaces and social cohesion.
ILO supports stakeholders in Lebanon’s agri-food sector to adopt responsible business conduct
ILO-supported training, with funding from Sweden, equips agri-food enterprises and institutions with tools to advance responsible business conduct and boost export readiness
PROSPECTS Impact
From daily labourers to skilled entrepreneurs: How plumbing training transformed lives in Ethiopia
In the dusty streets of Kebribeyah town, a quiet transformation is underway. What began as a three-month plumbing training at the Kebribeyah Vocational Training Satellite Center has changed into a thriving business, so far changing the lives of four...
Regional Tripartite Forum charts framework for cooperation on labour market recovery in Syria and neighbouring countries
Held under the patronage of Syria’s Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour, the Damascus meeting endorses joint commitments to promote inclusive employment, rights-based social protection and regional policy coherence to support Syria’s recovery and...
PROSPECTS Impact
Unemployed graduate builds her own business with ILO's support
With support from the ILO’s Youth-to-Youth Fund (Y2YF), Amal Irshad Abdirahman, a 24-year-old entrepreneur, transformed job rejections into success, turning her homemade beauty products into a thriving business that’s changing lives in Jigjiga,...
PROSPECTS podcast - Refugees at Work
Refugee inclusion in practice: Experiences, outcomes, and impacts
This final episode of the series examines how the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus (HDPN) shapes refugee livelihoods and host community economies. Svein Erik Stav (Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research) and Tewodros Aragie Kebede...
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