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Coping with COVID-19 – Lesson from the Ethiopian garment and textile industry

With the purpose of sharing factories practices to prevent COVID-19 and improve workers’ well being, the ILO programme on advancing decent work and inclusive industrialisation (SIRAYE) hosted the second webinar series with over 20 factories across...

COVID-19 and ILO projects and programmes

The ILO response to COVID-19

The world of work is being profoundly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to the threat to public health, the economic and social disruption threatens the long-term livelihoods and wellbeing of millions. The ILO and its constituents –...

News

Assessing market opportunities in East Darfur and West Kordofan

In March 2020, the ILO visited West Kordofan and East Darfur to assess opportunities for local economic development.

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COVID-19: Supporting enterprises, jobs and incomes

Ensuring business continuity of SMEs as the backbone of Indonesian economy

Indonesian key labour actors discussed steps and programmes to assist small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) ensuring their business continuity based on the key findings of the ILO’s latest enterprise survey. SMEs are the backbone for Indonesian...

World Oceans Day

ILO: Release more than 150,000 seafarers trapped on board ships due to COVID-19

Seafarers should be treated as ‘key workers’ so they can safely return home, says the International Labour Organization.

Virtual Oceans Dialogue of the World Economic Forum

Include the ocean economy in the response to COVID-19

More international cooperation is needed to help the seafaring sector, said ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, at the Virtual Oceans Dialogue of the World Economic Forum.

UNICEF, ILO, UNDP work together with the Government of Uzbekistan on strengthening social protection system

The Joint Programme of the Government and the UN Agencies on strengthening social protection system in Uzbekistan held its first meeting in Tashkent. The meeting focused on the roadmap for preparation of the national social protection strategy 2030.

Social protection

Trade union officers receive training in social health protection and other health-related social security benefits

Actions are taken to tackle access barriers to healthcare and strengthen workers’ awareness on health-related social security benefits, with assistance from the ILO’s Luxembourg-funded project, Support to the Extension of Social Health Protection in...

Extending social security coverage to workers in informal economy - webinar

On 04 June 2020 the ILO DWT/CO Moscow held a Subregional Webinar “Extending social security coverage to workers in informal economy”. This was the second webinar in a series of webinars devoted to social protection response to COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace

Southeast Asian Forum for Fishers strengthen efforts to better protect migrant fishers

To strengthen the protection of migrant fishers in the Southeast Asia, SEA Forum for Fishers emphasized the need for streamlined coordination at both national and regional levels during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19 pandemic

ILO launches new 10-step tool to achieve a safe and healthy return to the workplace

"The workplace will no longer be the same." The new guide seeks to facilitate the application of safety and health measures in times of COVID-19, and is aimed at companies, workers and their representatives, as well as other stakeholders involved in...

COVID-19 pandemic

Media Advisory: Fourth ILO Caribbean virtual roundtable to discuss termination of employment, aftermath and related legal issues in times...

The virtual roundtable will seek to advance regional dialogue on how workers, employers and governments can effectively cope with termination of employment due to the reduction in economic activity caused by the crisis.

National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights

ILO facilitated the dialogue among stakeholders to submit 2nd Common Request to the government for development of the National Action Plan...

On 2 June 2020, the stakeholders comprising the Working Group on the Japan's National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights (NAP) submitted the second common request to the government as a new recommendation to the NAP, following last year's...

Webinar on the Role of institutions, including PES, in protecting jobs and delivering services to vulnerable groups

ILO Moscow continues the series of five webinars “From the immediate crisis response to COVID pandemic towards economic recovery with decent work in focus”.

Workers Resource Centre goes digital amid Covid-19

Cambodia and UN step up efforts to promote Decent Employment for Youth

A joint programme will help school-to-work transition of young women and men in Cambodia.

Trade Union Movement

Recovering from the COVID-19 crisis: What policies are needed?

For workers, what risks and opportunities has the COVID-19 crisis brought about? Catelene Passchier, Chair of the Workers’ Group of the ILO Governing Body shares her views on the policies needed to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic. She also calls...

Social Protection

Importance of actuarial work for policy and reform decision making

An institution requires the input of actuaries to ensure appropriate analysis can be undertaken and ensure that policy making, financing and reform decisions are evidence based. This briefing note covers why actuarial valuations are required and why...

International labour standards

Viet Nam’s lawmakers to pass free trade deal with EU

The National Assembly will also vote for the ratification of ILO’s fundamental Convention 105 on forced labour during the current sitting.