All resources: Ethiopia

Regional Workshop Validates MRC Operations Manual

The Regional Operations Manual for Migrant Resource Centres (MRCs) brings together representatives from across the region to harmonise operational standards, strengthen service delivery, and enhance coordination among MRCs. The meeting provided a...

Fair wage and social dialogue

ILO backs trade unions to strengthen capacity on wage policy in Ethiopia

The International Labour Organization (ILO) supports Ethiopian trade unions in strengthening their technical and institutional capacity to engage in wage policy development.

Multi-Stakeholder Workshops Translate Labour Migration Governance into Advocacy and Storytelling across Three Countries

Across three cities in ten days, policymakers, migrant workers, trade unions and civil society came together to turn BRMM's technical achievements into advocacy and storytelling, capturing the human realities of labour migration before the programme...

Adapting on the edge: Accelerating climate resilience through market systems development in fragility and displacement context

Promoting care at work

ILO and partners inaugurate model workplace childcare facility in Ethiopia

The ILO inaugurates a model workplace childcare facility at CEREALIA in Addis Ababa, promoting gender equality, decent work, and productivity in Ethiopia.

ILO Working Paper 151

Do productivity gains translate into adequate wages? Firm-level evidence from Ethiopia (LIMMS, 2018–2020)

This study provides a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between firm productivity, wages, and employment dynamics in Ethiopia’s manufacturing sector between 2018 and 2020. Using firm-level data from the Large and Medium Manufacturing and...

Improving Labour Migration and Mobility

Ministerial Communiqué for the 3rd IGAD Ministerial Conference on Labour, Employment and Labour Migration

A tool for cooperation, mobility, and prosperity

Ministers of East and Horn of Africa unite for better labour migration governance and decent work

Ministers from across the IGAD region have adopted a landmark communiqué in Nairobi, committing to stronger labour migration governance, fair recruitment, and expanded social protection. The decision marks a renewed regional push toward safe and...

Skills development

Africa Skills Week 2025 launches new strategy and partnerships for skills development

Africa Skills Week 2025 brought together continental partners to launch a new Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) strategy, expand public–private partnerships, and kick off a major work-based learning initiative. The event...

Corridor Studies: Labour Migration in the Horn and East Africa: Uganda to Saudi Arabia, Kenya to Somalia, and Ethiopia to South Sudan...

This report is a collection of Corridor Studies focused on examining the governance and dynamics of three specific labour migration pathways in the East and Horn of Africa (EHoA): Uganda to Saudi Arabia, Kenya to Somalia, and Ethiopia to South...

Skills development

Philippe N’dri Calls for Greater Investment in Skills Development Across Africa

In this interview, Dr Philippe N’dri, President of RAFPRO, highlights why stronger investment in skills development and coordinated financing across Africa is essential for boosting enterprise productivity, strengthening national training systems,...

Mapping Skill-Based Labour Migration Partnerships between Countries of Origin and Destination

This report, "Mapping Skill-Based Labour Migration Partnerships Between Countries of Origin and Destination," is a detailed study focused on expanding safe and regular migration pathways for medium and high-skilled workers from countries in the East...

PROSPECTS Impact

From daily labourers to skilled entrepreneurs: How plumbing training transformed lives in Ethiopia

In the dusty streets of Kebribeyah town, a quiet transformation is underway. What began as a three-month plumbing training at the Kebribeyah Vocational Training Satellite Center has changed into a thriving business, so far changing the lives of four...

Enhancing National Capacity in Labour and Migration Data Production in Somalia and South Sudan

Technical teams from Somalia and South Sudan spent a week in Addis Ababa getting hands-on with the building blocks of their respective Labour Force and Migration Surveys, from sampling design and digital data collection to validation workflows,...

ILO Publication

Guidelines and roadmap for establishing and operating Sectoral Skills Bodies at the national and regional levels in Ethiopia

This publication defines the framework for establishing and operationalizing National and Regional Sectoral Skills Bodies (SSBs) in Ethiopia. It details their mandates, governance structures, roles, and responsibilities, along with guidelines for...

Factsheet

ILO PROSPECTS in Ethiopia - at a glance

This country factsheet provides an overview of the key interventions and results of PROSPECT programme implementation in Ethiopia.

ILO Publication

On-Job-Training Manual for the poultry sector

This publication presents a comprehensive overview of Ethiopia’s efforts to transform its poultry sector as part of a broader national strategy to enhance food security, economic inclusion, and climate resilience. It highlights the government’s goal...

Turning Web Skills into TheSomero.com

A young Ugandan returnee used his time in Saudi Arabia to build unexpected digital skills, and with support from the ILO BRMM programme training,changed these skills into a growing e-learning business now serving students across Kampala.

PROSPECTS Impact

Unemployed graduate builds her own business with ILO's support

With support from the ILO’s Youth-to-Youth Fund (Y2YF), Amal Irshad Abdirahman, a 24-year-old entrepreneur, transformed job rejections into success, turning her homemade beauty products into a thriving business that’s changing lives in Jigjiga,...

Senior Trainers' skills enhanced on Revised Caregiving and Domestic Work Standards

Strengthening the capacity of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) trainers to deliver updated skills relevant to overseas employment.