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ILO WAEMU youth country briefs
Youth employment
ILO and WAEMU strengthen cooperation on youth employment
The ILO and WAEMU held high-level discussions in Ouagadougou to advance a joint programme aimed at promoting decent employment for young people in the WAEMU region over the period 2026–2030.
ILO Working Paper 152
Compliance with Labour Regulations in West African Countries : A Multi-Dimensional and Dynamic Analysis
This paper examines compliance with labour regulations across West Africa, revealing widespread and persistent gaps between legal protections and workers’ actual conditions. It highlights the need to strengthen enforcement and promote decent work to...
DWCP Guinea Bissau (2025-2029)
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...
ILC.113/CAN/PV.13 Guinea-Bissau-C.26
Draft PV - PV.13 Guinea-Bissau C.26 - 9 June 2025 / Projet de PV - PV.13 Guinée-Bissau C.26 - 9 juin 2025 / Proyecto de actas literales -...
Committee members may submit corrections to their own statements appearing in this draft PV to the secretariat by e-mail to [email protected] by Wednesday 11 June at 10.00 am. Delegates are invited to consult Annex 3 of document D.1 on procedure for...
Commonwealth Sustainable Energy Forum
Just Transition in Small Island Developing States is key to economic resilience
The ILO is promoting just energy transitions in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) as a key strategy to boost workforce and economic resilience, as highlighted at the Commonwealth Sustainable Energy Forum in May 2025.
News
Academy on Decent Work for Social Justice promotes the decent work agenda in Portuguese-speaking countries
The Academy on Decent Work for Social Justice for Portuguese-Speaking Countries took place in Lisbon from 10 to 14 February 2025, organized by the International Training Centre of the ILO (ITC-ILO), the Institute for Employment and Vocational...
ILO opens new Country Office in Angola
The ILO has inaugurated a new Country Office in Luanda, Angola, to strengthen support for the decent work agenda across Portuguese-speaking African countries, marking a significant step in enhancing regional collaboration and development.
Guinea-Bissau ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention
Guinea Bissau is the 108th Member State of the ILO to have ratified the Convention.
Health sector investment impacts on employment and economic growth: A panel ARDL analysis in the West African Economic and Monetary Union...
ILC.111/CAN//PV.28/Guinea Bissau-C.26
CAN 2023 - Discussion of individual case: Guinea Bissau C.26
Committee on the Application of Standards - ILC, 111th session, 2023
ILC.111/CAN/PV.23 - Guinea Bissau C.26
Draft PV – PV.23 – Guinea Bissau C.26 - 14 June 2023 Projet de PV – PV.23 – Guinée-Bissau C.26 - 14 juin 2023 Proyecto de actas literales...
South-South and Triangular Cooperation
CPLP-ILO Cooperation
The partnership between the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP) is anchored in social justice, particularly Decent Work, and promotes tripartite dialogue along with South- South and...
ILO and Portugal sign cooperation agreement on Social Protection
On Tuesday 14 June in the framework of a High-Level Conference organized by the ILO Office in Lisbon and the Ministry of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security of Portugal, the International Labour Organization has signed a cooperation agreement...
AU, ILO and UNICEF mark the World Day against Child Labour in Africa
The African Union, ILO and UNICEF organized a virtual Continental event to mark the World Day against Child Labour. The event brought together key actors, to discuss strategies to address child labour, taking a holistic and systemic approach based...
#EndChildLabour2021
World Day Against Child Labour in Africa: Opening remarks by Ms Cynthia Samuel-Olonjuwon, ILO Assistant Director-General, Regional Director...
#EndChildLabour2021
Media Advisory- Event to mark the World Day Against Child Labour in Africa
Join us for a regional virtual event to commemorate the World Day against Child Labour.
Ten Year Action Plan on the Eradication of Child Labour, Forced Labour, Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery In Africa (2020-2030): Agenda...
The Action Plan seeks to contribute to and support the acceleration of progress towards the achievement of the Agenda 2063 – SDG 8.7 target. This involves ending child labour by 2025 and forced labour, human trafficking and modern slavery by 2030....
COVID-19: Protect children from child labour, now more than ever!
Most ILO programmes implemented in African countries, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, are now taking accelerated action on protecting the health, jobs and incomes of workers. These interventions include a focus on more comprehensive social...