All projects: Africa

Living Wage Programme - LWP

Living wages in West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) countries

Trade for jobs Uganda

This five-year initiative, implemented by the International Labour Organization and the International Trade Centre with support from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, focuses on expanding trade as a driver of job creation. By...

PROSPECTS Opportunity Fund project

PROSPECTS Digital Opportunity Accelerator

A global initiative to strengthen pathways into the digital economy, enabling refugees and host communities to access, sustain and progress into sustainable jobs and livelihoods.

Safety + Health for All

Promoting workers’ safety and health across African value chains

The project “Promoting workers’ safety and health across African value chains” (2025–2029), funded by France, seeks to enhance occupational safety and health across key African value chains in Madagascar and the Republic of Congo.

The social dimension of the ecological transition – Phase II

Accelerating climate action is reshaping labour markets worldwide, making a just transition essential to ensure decent work and social inclusion. As countries increasingly embed just transition commitments into their national climate plans...

Safety + Health for All

Improving the safety and health of workers in the construction value chain in Madagascar

The project responds to the critical need to improve occupational safety and health, particularly in quarrying activities supplying the construction sector.

Safety + Health for All

Improving occupational safety and health and access to social protection for workers in the agribusiness sector in the Republic of the Congo

The project addresses the pressing need to improve occupational safety and health and expand access to social protection for workers in the soybean and sunflower value chains, particularly informal workers and smallholder farmers.

An ILO-EU Partnership

Strengthening Inter-regional Cooperation for Safe, Regular, and Orderly Labour Migration in Ethiopia

The programme supports Ethiopian institutions to strengthen Ethiopia’s labour migration governance by building institutional capacities to develop and implement rights-based, gender-responsive and coherent policies informed by robust labour market...

Safety + Health for All

Improving the safety and health of workers in value chains in the Republic of the Congo

The project funded by France responds to the critical need to improve occupational safety and health in the forestry value chain.

Employment-Intensive Investment

Strengthening food security and livelihoods through construction and irrigation in 6 regions of Madagascar

The ILO and WFP partner to promote decent employment, food security, and climate resilience in Madagascar, for vulnerable populations and in line with national priorities and the 2030 Agenda.

Advancing social protection

EU for Haya Karima

The ILO, with support from the European Union and in partnership with the Government of Egypt, UNICEF and WHO, is working to strengthen social protection systems and improve access to services for informal workers, vulnerable families and retirees...

Strategic Skills Partnership Initiative (SSPI) for Innovation and Excellence in Vocational Education and Training

An ILO-coordinated initiative empowering policymakers and social partners to advance innovation and excellence in skills development — part of the Towards a Global TVET Agenda (TGTA).

Humanitarian-Development-Peace (HDP) Nexus

Enterprise development for social cohesion and economic resilience

Contributing to peace and resilience in Libya by developing Inclusive Entrepreneurship Ecosystems for women and youth.

South Africa

E-waste for youth employment in Limpopo Province Project

STRENGTHEN3

Leveraging employment impact assessments for the creation of more and better jobs

EIIP Project

Enhancing resilience and social cohesion: roads, soil conservation and inclusive livelihoods in peri-urban area of Bamako, Mali

The 12-month EIIP project strengthened social cohesion and improved access to scarce resources and livelihood opportunities for women and youth of both host community and internally displaced persons.

Green Jobs for Youth to Respond to the Refugee Crisis in Northern Côte d’Ivoire

Empowering women, young people and refugees through climate-smart jobs

Strengthening resilience to climate change for the elimination of child labour in cocoa producing areas in Ghana

Protecting children. Empowering families. Growing sustainability.

Humanitarian-Development-Peace (HDP) Nexus

Decent work for social cohesion and community resilience

Job creation, sustainable resource management, and participatory governance strengthen community cohesion adaptability to shocks in the Savanes region, Togo

Humanitarian-Development-Peace (HDP) Nexus

Promoting decent work for crisis-affected communities in the Sahel

Institutional capacity-building for employment-intensive approaches in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, focusing on conflict prevention and climate resilience.