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Uganda Launches DWCP III and Labour Market Information System

Uganda launched its Third Decent Work Country Programme and a new Labour Market Information System, reinforcing national efforts to promote decent work, improve labour governance, and expand access to reliable labour market data.

East African Community Advance towards Regional Competency Standards for Domestic Workers

The 2nd Regional Meeting of Experts on Competency Standards for Domestic Workers

Tanzania Hosts Regional Meetings Advancing EAC Social Protection and Skills Recognition Frameworks

Tanzania hosted two critical regional meetings that advanced the East African Community’s (EAC) agenda on labour mobility, social protection, and skills development.

Ethiopia Validates Social Protection Data Using ILO’s Social Security Inquiry Tool

Advancing national efforts to coordinate and monitor social protection systems through improved data accuracy and institutional ownership.

Tanzania Moves Forward with the Ratification of Key ILO Conventions

The ILO and the Trade Union Congress of Tanzania (TUCTA) organized a tripartite technical meeting from February 12 to 14, 2025, in Dodoma, Tanzania. The meeting focused on establishing a technical team to drive the ratification process for ILO...

ILO Strengthens Employer Engagement in Labour Migration Governance in Uganda

A virtual workshop to validate a report on “An assessment on the role of employers in improving labour migration governance in Uganda”.

Media Professionals in Africa Equipped for Improved Reporting on Labour Migration

Promoting accurate, balanced, and gender-sensitive coverage of labour migration in Africa while strengthening regional collaboration.

Institutional capacity building

A step towards strengthening employer representation in Somalia

After years of war, unrest, and protracted crisis, the ILO Bureau for Employers’ Activities (ACT/EMP) supports the Somali Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) in its next major milestone: the development and validation of its Strategic Plan...

Ethiopia Strengthens Diplomatic Capacity on Labour Migration

The ILO BRMM and JLMP Programmes, in partnership with the Institute of Foreign Affairs, trained 25 Ethiopian diplomats on international labour migration and legal frameworks from 22–23 April 2025. The workshop strengthened diplomats’ capacity to...

Tanzania Validates Revised PDO Manual and Domestic Worker Curriculum

Tanzania has strengthened its labour migration governance by validating a revised pre-departure orientation manual and competency-based domestic worker curriculum. Supported by the ILO, the initiative follows a national gap analysis and recent...

African Labour Attachés in the Gulf Strengthen Capacity to Protect Migrant Workers

African Labour Attachés from across the Gulf received training in Doha to strengthen their capacity to protect migrant workers, promote fair recruitment, and support workers, especially women, in accessing rights and remedies.

East and Horn of Africa Strengthen Labour Migration Governance Through Social Dialogue

Enhancing the Role of Social Dialogue in Improving Labour Migration Governance, the Third High-Level Labour Migration Governance in the East and Horn of Africa

Impact story

Sweet success: How ILO training supported an enterprise to grow

Yollanda Mambeu's pastry shop, Yoyo’s Yummy Cakes and Baking Supplies, has become a household name in Mutare, Zimbabwe. Since opening her first shop in the high-density suburb of Dangamvura after COVID, her business has seen phenomenal growth

Impact story

Transforming Somalia: Infrastructure and job initiatives empower displaced people and local communities

Through employment-intensive infrastructure projects, thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees, and host community members are gaining access to improved roads, better job opportunities, and a brighter future.

Labour Migration in East and Horn of Africa

Strengthening labour migration statistics in East & Horn of Africa (EHoA)

The regional training and peer-to-peer knowledge-sharing event addressed significant gaps in labour migration statistics across EHoA and strengthen institutional capacities for data collection, analysis, and dissemination.

Labour Migration in East and Horn of Africa

Building Robust Labour Market Systems and Supporting Returned Migrants in Uganda

National Strategy on Skills Development for Labour Migration launched in Kenya

Labour Migration in East and Horn of Africa

Enhancing the quality of TVET’s Programs in Ethiopia to better respond to Migrants need

The ILO BRMM monitoring missions conducted in Jima, Shashemene, Asella, and other towns highlighted the importance of integrating skills development and financial inclusion initiatives to support migrants in Ethiopia.

Labour Migration in East and Horn of Africa

Boosting Growth in Assela's Poultry Sector Through Innovation

Promoting innovation and enhancing local economic opportunities through a creative business idea competition for the poultry industry in Ethiopia.

Labour Migration in East and Horn of Africa

A step forward in improving labour migration governance in Somalia: Labour Migration Policy validated

Refining and finalizing a policy framework in Somalia designed to strengthen labour migration governance and address existing policy gaps.