All publications: Papua New Guinea
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 Papua New Guinea
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 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...
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...
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...
Decent Work Country Programme
Papua New Guinea Decent Work Country Programme 2018-2022
The Decent Work Country Programme 2018-2022 for Papua New Guinea serves as a framework to support the Government of PNG to achieve its National Development Strategy “Vision 2050”, its’ National Strategy for Responsible Sustainable Development, its’...
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...
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...
Sample sexual harassment policy
This sample sexual harassment policy is intended for use by private and public employers in the Pacific to help them develop their own sexual harassment policies. It is based on international good practices and includes all the components which make...
The ILO and UNDAF in Papua New Guinea
The ILO’s work in countries is delivered in accordance with Decent Work Country Programmes (DWCPs). DWCPs have two basic objectives. They promote decent work as a key component of national development strategies. At the same time they organise ILO...
Pacific World Day Against Child Labour 2015 Report
Reports on work on child labour activities in the Pacific Island Countries.
Report of the Training of Trainers Workshop on Start Your Business to Support People with Disabilities
Report of theTraining of Trainers Programme aimed at capacitating organizations in the Pacific to support people with disabilities, 27 April to 1 May 2015, Nadi, Fiji.
International labour migration statistics - A guide for policymakers and statistics organizations in the Pacific
The purpose of this guide is to assist Pacific Island countries in determining priorities and improving the production, compilation and analysis of international labour migration statistics.
Report of the Sub-regional Child Labour and Trafficking Forum 2015
Report of the Sub-regional Forum on Combating Child Labour and Trafficking, Nadi, Fiji, 13- 16 April 2015
National Action Plan to eliminate Child Labour in Papua New Guinea
The PNG NAP provides a comprehensive framework from which policies and actions can be further discussed and developed to ensure that children are not trapped in child labour, especially its worstforms, and benefit from access to quality education...