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ILO supports capacity building of trade union leaders in West Africa for Policy Formulation

In an effort to improve participation of workers’ organisations in West Africa in the National Employment policy making process, ILO’s Bureau for Workers' Activities organised a capacity building workshop for effective engagement with policy makers.

ILO STRENGTHEN Project Stakeholders in Ghana call for improved Infrastructure in Agro Processing and Infrastructure.

To strengthen the employment dimension in policies and programmes related to international trade, the ILO Strengthen Project organized a working group meeting to commission and discuss project studies on Housing and Cocoa processing

Social Protection

Ghana: Thinking outside the box gives public insurance scheme a huge boost

The ILO’s Impact Insurance Facility has helped Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme save money and improve customer service.

The Trade and Value Chains in Employment-Rich Activities (TRAVERA): Survey of Selected Roots and Tubers (Yam, Cassava and Sweet Potato)...

Better adapting migration policies to labour market needs would help Ghana’s economy, says new ILO -OECD Development Centre report

Caring Gold Mining Project: Commemorates World Day Against Child Labour (WDACL), 2018 in Ghana

The ILO through its ILO Caring Gold Mining Project, supports World Day against Child Labour (WDACL)-2018 activities in Ghana under the theme “Resist Child Labour! Improve the Safety and Health of Young Workers towards achieving SDG Goal8”.

Towards the urgent elimination of hazardous child labour

“Children are more vulnerable to risk than adults. Urgent action is needed to ensure no child under the age of 18 is in hazardous child labour,” says ILO Director-General Guy Ryder on the occasion of World Day against Child Labour.

SCORE Ghana Program: Factsheet

Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE) is an ILO programme that improves productivity and working conditions in SMEs. The fact-sheet presents overview of impact in Ghana.

Ghana - Country baselines under the ILO Declaration (2000-2017)

ECLM Project

How Immigrants Contribute to Ghana's Economy

A joint report by the OECD Development Centre and the International Labour Organisation (ILO), How Immigrants contribute to Ghana's economy, demonstrates the economic contribution of these immigrants and makes recommendations regarding the...

ILO supports the revision of the half-century old cooperative bill in Ghana

The ILO is supporting the revision of the cooperative bill established in 1968 in Ghana.

The ILO Constituents in Ghana Call for Mainstreaming of the principle of “a Just Transition towards Environmental Sustainability…” into...

The effects of climate change call for implementation of measures that would mitigate its impact on societies. In an effort to achieve the “Just Transition towards environmentally sustainable economies and societies for all”, the ILO Country office...

Piloting ApexFinCoop - a training programme for financial cooperatives' apex organizations in Ghana

As principle-driven and member-owned businesses, financial cooperatives are among the key institutions to advance financial inclusion particularly in rural areas and for those who face challenges in accessing these services through other types of...

ILO World Social Protection Report 2017-2019 : 82 per cent of Africans are left without social protection

New ILO report shows that massive efforts are still needed to ensure that the right to social security becomes a reality for all. The World Social Protection Report launched in Abuja December 12, 2017.

SCORE Ghana: A case study from Multi-Pac

Ghana Factsheet: SCORE Programme Phase III

ILO Launches SCORE Phase III in Ghana

The Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE) programme of the ILO enters its third phase of implementation expected to run till 2021 in Ghana.

SCORE Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises: PHASE II FINAL REPORT 2017

Maternity protection and workers with family responsibilities in the formal and informal economy of Ghana. Practices, gaps and measures for...

Cynthia Samuel-Olonjuwon of Nigeria Appointed ILO Assistant Director General and Regional Director for Africa

Ms. Cynthia Samuel-Olonjuwon, the new ILO Regional Director for Africa, took part in the High Level Conference on “a renewed partnership with Africa” in Brussels as part of the European Parliament’s Africa Week. She also addressed the European...