All publications: Vanuatu
Report
Seasonal worker schemes in the Pacific through the lens of international human rights and labour standards: A summary report
The summary report reviews Australia's Seasonal Worker Programme (SWP) and New Zealand's Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) scheme through the lens of international human rights and labour standards. The findings and recommendations outlined in the...
Domestic work
Making decent work a reality for domestic workers: Progress and prospects in Asia and the Pacific, ten years after the adoption of the...
In 2011, the international community adopted the ILO’s Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189), which recognized for the first time that domestic work is work and that domestic workers should enjoy the same labour protections as all other...
Collecting and using wage and productivity data: A guide for Pacific employer and business membership organizations
This guide, produced by the Bureau for Employers’ Activities, examines the prospects for collecting and effectively using data on wages and productivity. It reviews the definitions of these concepts and examines case studies from other employer and...
Pacific labour market information
Pacific labour market review 2020
This report presents a baseline assessment of the labour market situation in the Pacific Island Countries. The report was completed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, within the framework of the ILO project on “Strengthening Labour Market Information...
The ILO Centenary
ILO 45 years in the Pacific 1974-2019
To celebrate the ILO Centenary in 2019, the ILO Office for Pacific Island Countries looks back and reflects on the ILO presence in the Pacific and its work with tripartite and other social partners. This publication is a selective and reflective...
Fact sheet
Employment and environmental sustainability in the Pacific islands
The Employment and Environmental Sustainability Fact Sheets series provides key indicators of employment and environmental sustainability performance. They include: (i) employment in environmental sectors; (ii) skill levels; (iii) vulnerability of...
Fact sheet
Employment and environmental sustainability in Vanuatu
The Employment and Environmental Sustainability Fact sheet for Vanuatu is part of a series providing a baseline for key indicators of employment and environmental sustainability performance in 36 countries across Asia and the Pacific. These...
Working paper
Labour mobility in Pacific island countries
At the ILO’s High Level Tripartite Forum on Climate Change and Decent Work in the Pacific Islands Countries in PNG on 24-26 July 2019, the current state, challenges and future strategies for Labour Mobility in the Pacific will be discussed. This...
Factsheet
Fact Sheet: Enhancing protection and empowerment of migrants and communities affected by climate change and disasters in the Pacific region
This factsheet is a programme brief on the project “Enhancing protection and empowerment of migrants and communities affected by climate change and disasters in the Pacific region” and is also known as the Pacific Climate Change, Migration and Human...
Information Note
Strengthening capacities of employers'and workers' organizations on promotion of youth employment in disaster and conflict settings
Future of work
Future of work for climate resilience in the Pacific islands
This policy brief highlights how the Pacific Islands are at a crossroads where better jobs can be developed in response to climate change. It also outlines how the Pacific region could transform itself through job creation related to areas of...
Future of work
Digitalization and decent work: Implications for Pacific island countries
This report identifies emerging trends of digitalization globally and their associated impact on businesses, workforce, particular older workers, women, and young workers. It also presents findings of interviews and surveys conducted with over 60...
ILO/Japan Cooperation - Factsheet 2017
Japan is a founding member State of the ILO, and a valued partner in promoting the Decent Work Agenda. Japan has ratified 49 Conventions, including 6 Fundamental, 3 Governance and 40 Technical Conventions. Japan holds one of the ten permanent...
Labour market
Improving labour market outcomes in the Pacific: Policy challenges and priorities
This report provides policy guidelines for improving labour market outcomes.
Future of work
A study on the future of work in the Pacific
In the Pacific, the High-Level Dialogue on Future of Work is being held in Fiji in May 2017, with the participation of the heads of ILO’s tripartite constituents from eleven member states in the Pacific. This report intends to provide the...
Concept Note - Pacific Summit and Policy Dialogue on Youth Entrepreneurship
Unemployment is the most critical challenge that young people globally confront today. The challenge is particularly acute in the pacific region where jobs in the organised sector are few and far between, while those in the informal sector are often...
Youth employment policy summary - Vanuatu
Youth employment policy summary Vanuatu.
Decent work
Providing decent employment for Pacific fishers
This publication highlights promoting employment opportunities for Pacific Islanders on foreign fishing vessels and protecting fishers on board, envisaging the ratification of Fishing Convention (C188) by the Pacific Island Countries.
Employers have strong, independent and representative organization (Outcome 9 - 2016) - Final evaluation (Final Evaluation Summary)
Project: GLO/14/59/NOR, GLO/14/73/SID, and RAS/14/58/NOR - Evaluation Consultant: David Irwin
Eliminating sexual harassment in workplaces in the Pacific - Policy Brief
The purpose of this brief is to set out what sexual harassment in the workplace is and identify some good practices in the Pacific for tackling this important issue. This Brief also provides practical suggestions to governments and employers’ and...