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ILO supports Sierra Leone’s labour transformation, unveiling historic job tracking platform

Sierra Leone, with the support of the ILO, has taken a bold step in reshaping its labour landscape with the successful hosting of National Labour Conference and the launch of the Sierra Leone Labour Market Information System (SL-LMIS), with Sierra...

ILO joins national dialogue on new Palestinian labour strategy

Ethiopia Advances Free Legal Aid Proclamation

Ethiopia advances the development of a national Free Legal Aid Proclamation aimed at strengthening access to justice for vulnerable groups, including migrant workers and returnees.

ILO-supported programme is changing lives in Jordan through social protection

Donor delegations hear worker and employer accounts of how the ILO-supported Estidama++ programme is expanding social protection across the country

The Ministry of Labour and the ILO Spotlight Decent Work and Corporate Sustainability at the Qatar CSR Summit 2025

Joint workshop delivers tools and dialogue to embed decent work and sustainability into core business strategies.

In times of global uncertainty, Indonesia prioritizes productivity and decent work

The ILO assists Indonesia in fostering harmonious industrial relations by enhancing labour-management cooperation to address the challenges of an uncertain global landscape.

Multi-Stakeholder workshop advances decent work and financial inclusion in Ghana

The International Labour Organization (ILO) has convened a two-day multi-stakeholder workshop in Accra, Ghana, aimed at harnessing inclusive financial solutions to reduce decent work deficits and promote economic inclusion for vulnerable workers....

Djibouti Strengthens Labour Market Data Capacity

INSTAD and the ILO conducted a five-day training from 4–8 May 2025 to strengthen Djibouti’s capacity to produce reliable labour market statistics. Participants worked with data from the first quarter Labour Force Survey, generated key indicators...

ILO strengthens partnerships for decent work in the British Virgin Islands

ILO Caribbean Office team visited the BVI to strengthen partnerships and promote decent work and social protection. The team held high-level meetings with Government leaders and institutions to support fair employment, stronger labour systems, and...

Partnership

ILO and Eni reinforce joint commitment to workers' health and well-being in agri-business

Endorsing the intervention model and discussing future plans to improve workers' health, safety and social protection in the agri-business sector, the ILO and Eni reaffirmed their strong partnership during a steering committee meeting in Rome.

Palestinian cooperative leaders conclude study tour to Italy to advance inclusive economic development

The initiative aimed to strengthen the cooperative ecosystem in Palestine by learning from Italy’s long-standing experience in cooperative development and support post-conflict recovery

World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2025

Brewing a safer tomorrow by expanding social protection for Indonesian coffee farmers

The ILO Vision Zero Fund and Nestlé Indonesia jointly promote a greater access to social security benefits for coffee farmers in Tanggamus district, Lampung.

South Sudan Prepares for its first-ever Labour Force and Migration Survey with Successful ToT Workshop

A two-day Training of Trainers (ToT) workshop in Juba on mapping and household listing procedures to update the sampling frame for South Sudan’s first-ever Labour Force and Migration Survey (LF&MS), scheduled for implementation later this year.

The ILO Director for Europe Meets with the Spanish Government, Employers and Trade Unions

On 7 May in Madrid, Beate Andrees, Deputy Director-General of the ILO and Director for Europe and Central Asia, held a series of meetings with the ILO’s Spanish constituents.

Labour migration

Decent work for Cambodian migrants in the fish and seafood supply chain to be strengthened by European Union-funded initiative

New phase of the Ship to Shore Rights South-East Asia programme to improve protection of labour rights for migrant fishing, seafood processing and aquaculture workers.

Social protection

ILO supports the first EUROMOD training in China

The International Labour Organization (ILO) successfully organized a technical training on EUROMOD tax-benefit microsimulation model for government officials and academic researchers in China from 28 to 30 April 2025 within the context of the...

Just transition

Bangladesh Just Transition Academy calls for promoting shared commitment among parties to support sustainable, equitable and inclusive...

The two-day Bangladesh Just Transition Academy closes with a call for promoting shared commitment among government, employers and workers to support sustainable, equitable economic transformation aligned with the Paris Agreement, national climate...

ILO and CMA bolster Labour Justice through specialized arbitration training in Morogoro

The ILO and CMA conducted specialized arbitration training in Morogoro to strengthen labour justice by equipping mediators and arbitrators with advanced skills for fair and efficient dispute resolution.

International labour standards

National Dialogue reaffirms government’s commitment to ratify ILO Convention No. 190

The Ministry of Women and Children Affairs of Bangladesh government expressed its full support to ratify ILO Convention no. 190, the Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019.

Labour market

Philippines launches 10-year labour market plan for decent work

In a bold move to reshape its labour market and the future of work, the Philippines has launched a national masterplan for job creation, labour market transformation, and inclusive workforce development over the next decade.