All resources: Kenya

South-South and Triangular Cooperation

GSSD 2013 - Sustainable Development and Decent Work Solution Forum: Presentation 4. Cobitech, Kenya, Promoting green entrepreneurship among...

The Youth Entrepreneurship Facility (YEF) is a partnership between the Africa Commission, the Youth Employment Network (YEN) and the ILO. Implemented over the period 2010-2014 in Kenya, Uganda, and United Republic of Tanzania, the partnership is...

Independent evaluation of the ILO's strategy to promote sustainable enterprises and decent work - Volume II

This volume is complementary to Volume 1 containing the full evaluation: Volume II contains annexes 3,4 and 5 covering case studies on Indonesia, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia.

Women's entrepreneurship development and economic empowerment - Irish Aid Partnership Programme 2011/2013 (WED-EE) (Midterm Evaluation...

Project RAF/12/50/IRL - Evaluation consultant: Carlos Rodriguez-Ariza

ILO Research paper No. 8

Understanding the drivers of the youth labour market in Kenya

This paper examines the macroeconomic and individual elements affecting youth unemployment and inactivity in Kenya with a view to discussing the elements that are important for the youth labour market challenges.

Green entrepreneurs showcase their businesses at a regional knowledge sharing workshop in Kenya

The ILO Youth Entrepreneurship Facility (YEF) programme, which aims to create job opportunities for young people in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, organized a three-day regional knowledge sharing workshop for key project partners, stakeholders and...

New ILO Child Labour Report calls for strong focus on Sub-Saharan Africa

A new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) states that the global number of child labourers has declined by one third since 2000, from 246 million to 168 million. But Sub-Saharan Africa continues to be the region with the highest...

Tackling Child Labour through Education in Kenya

The Federation of Kenyan Employers (FKE) - in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the European Union (EU) – implemented a programme on “Tackling Child Labour through Education” where adopting a school was one of the...

Promoting green entrepreneurship among young women and men in Kenya

The Youth Entrepreneurship Facility (YEF) is a partnership between the Africa Commission, the Youth Employment Network and the ILO. Through training and business plan competition it promotes green entrepreneurship among young women and men in Kenya,...

The law-growth nexus: Labour law and the enabling business environment for SME in Kenya, South Africa and Zambia (Phase 2) (Final...

Project RAF/10/09/NAD - Evaluation consultant: Mei Zegers

Tackling child labour through education (TACKLE) (Final External Evaluation Summary)

Project: INT/05/24/EEC Evaluation Consultants: Mr. Seán J. Burke, Dr. Bernardita Cárdenas, Gaspar Estevao, Joycelyn T. Williams, Ruth Jankee, Dr. John Mugo, Désiré Razafindrazaka, Bengaly Abraham, Tracy-Ann Shields, Kombah Pessima, Samia Nihar, Joan...

Kenya Decent Work Country Programme 2013 - 2016

Through the DWCP for Kenya, the ILO will focus its interventions in a few areas, which have been carefully identified with the ILO and the Government, and the workers and employers organizations.

Impact Insurance Research Paper #31: The impact of microinsurance on asset accumulation and human capital investments

Can insurance transfer risk in a way that reduces the need for households to rely on costly coping strategies that undermine their future productivity? That is the central question that Research Paper #31 aims to answer based on evidence from an...

Microinsurance Business Strategies for East African Markets

Cenfri in collaboration with the ILO's Microinsurance Innovation Facility and the African Insurance Organization hosted an innovative training program aiming to provide participants with the tools and resources to form the foundation for a business...

Green entrepreneurship on the rise in Kenya

Launched in November 2012 through the ILO-YEF partnership, this annual Business Plan Competition in Kenya attracted 183 entries spread across 4 categories. The overall winner, Michael Odhiambo, came from the green and ecological category. Michael is...

Youth entrepreneurship

From slum living to company director

One woman’s success story shows how green entrepreneurship could be an answer to both youth unemployment and environmental degradation in Africa.

Kenya: Projects

Kenya: Policy

Kenya: Legislation

Policy guide

Strengthening the role of employment injury schemes to help prevent occupational accidents and diseases

The aim of this guide is to provide policy recommendations for future direction in the area of employment injury schemes. The guide is targeted at national authorities dealing with occupational safety and health (OSH).

Plan safe, plan healthy: Guidelines for developing national programmes on occupational safety and health

This guide will serve as a useful source of information for those involved in preparing national programmes on occupational safety and health (OSH) and, consequently, will deliver an improvement in working conditions and a reduction in work-related...