All publications: economic reconstruction + armed conflict + natural disasters + economic recovery + peace

Skills training on food processing and carpentry

Recovery via employment: Skills training on food processing and carpentry in the Province of Leyte

Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) devastated farming communities in Leyte province, resulting in massive loss of livelihoods. The International Labour Organization (ILO) and local agencies immediately recognized a need to provide alternative sources of...

Rebuilding for health

Rebuilding for health: Renovation of the mortuary at the Eastern Visayas Regional Medical Centre

Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) destroyed the Eastern Visayas Regional Medical Centre’s (EVRMC) facilities. Recognizing that health facilities are a community’s lifeline, the International Labour Organization (ILO), in partnership with the Latter-Day...

Public structures and recycling of debris

Safety first: Demolition of earthquake damaged public structures and recycling of debris in Loon, Bohol

When a 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit the Philippines in October 2013, the Municipality of Loon in Bohol suffered the most in terms of number of totally and partially damaged infrastructure, both public and private. The devastation was exacerbated...

Local resource-based works and skills training

Working out of disaster: Coron local resource-based works and skills training for communities affected by super typhoon Haiyan

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) partnered with the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Regional Office 4B to enhance the livelihood opportunities of people in Barangays Decalachao, Guadalupe and Marcilla in...

Green charcoal briquette production and sales enterprise

Environment-friendly enterprise: Green charcoal briquette production and sales enterprise in Tolosa, Leyte

The enterprise focused on the production of green charcoal briquettes from cellulosic waste such as coconut husk and shell, rice hull and straw, grass, and twigs, all of which are in abundant supply in an agricultural – and post-disaster – setting....

Communal vegetable production and skills training

Homegrown solution: Communal vegetable production and skills training on support infrastructure maintenance in Sto Rosario, Bohol

Working with the ILO, 79 Sto Rosario Farmer's Association members (43 women and 36 men) established and managed a one-hectare communal garden, and planted cash crops with short gestation periods (tomatoes, eggplants and string beans) to secure their...

Training on masonry and welding skills

Training in masonry and welding skills for the internally displaced persons (IDPs): Project completion report

The project was conducted by the Integrated Resource Development for Tri-people (IRDT) aimed to contribute and strengthen employability skills of IDP communities and its host communities and to provide wage employment opportunities through job...

Post-crisis response

Skills training for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in carpentry national certificate II qualifications: Case findings and analysis

On 31 March 2016, the ILMOH Foundation Team conducted the baseline survey with the help of the Camp Peacekeepers of Masepla I and II Transitory Sites. The project was conducted by ILMOH Foundation in partnerships with the International Labour...

From Fragility to Resilience through Decent Work in Africa

Key findings and recommendations for a framework strategy for ILO’s engagement in promoting Decent Work in Fragile States in the Africa Region.

Rebuilding Haiti: Debris Management, Reconstruction and Employment Promotion after the 2010 Earthquake

The devastating earthquake of 12 January 2010 in Haiti affected more than 3 million people. Up to 160,000 people lost their lives in the earthquake, which measured a disastrous 7.0 on the Richter scale, destroying parts of the Haitian capital...

Post disaster needs assessment (PDNA) Brochure

The PDNA is a mechanism for joint assessment and recovery planning following a disaster. Through this mechanism, the parties involved seek to assess the impact of a disaster and define a strategy for recovery, including the estimation of financial...

Livelihood and skills training

Enhancing employability through community-based skills development training among women and youth of IDP transitory sites in Zamboanga City

The Mindanao Integrated Resource Development Incorporated (MIRD) conducted skills training on commercial cooking NC II to 50 participants and carpentry/masonry to 50 IDP participants in Kasanyangan and Tulungatung transitory sites from November 2015...

Employment Promotion in Disaster Response Project

Employment-focused disaster risk management and reconstruction in Asia and the Pacific: A comparative analysis of recent disasters in...

This paper examines how employment issues have and have not been mainstreamed in disaster risk management and recovery efforts, focusing on four case study countries, i.e., India, Japan, Nepal and the Philippines.

The ILO in Solomon Islands

The Solomon Islands and decent work

Livelihood and skills training

Skills training and enterprise development for dressmaking: Certificate of competencies (COC)

The International Labour Organization (ILO), in partnership with the United Youth of the Philippines-Women, Inc. conducted the dressmaking skills training; value formation, leadership skills and life skills education for out-of-school youth; and...

Employment and Decent Work in Fragile Settings: A Compass to Orient the World of Work

The report, which constitutes the final deliverable of a collaborative research project between the ILO and the Graduate Institute's Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding (CCDP), offers analytical orientation to make sense of fragility...

Infographics

Fragile states in Africa

Baseline data

Tulungatung transitory site: Baseline data

Tulungatung transitory site is one of the 11 identified transitory sites in Zamboanga City with a total number of 379 internally displaced person (IDP) families or 2,135 individuals.

Baseline data

Kasanyangan transitory site: Baseline data

Kasanyangan transitory site is one of the 11 identified transitory sites in Zamboanga City with a total number of 290 internally displaced person (IDP) families or 1,781 individuals. These families originally came from Mariki, Riohondo, Sta....

Impact brief: key socio-economic benefits