All resources: Togo

ILC.114/CAN/D/Togo-C.144

Information on the application of ratified Conventions supplied by governments on the list of individual cases (Togo, C.144, CAN 2026)

ILO WAEMU youth country briefs

Employment-intensive investment

ILO strengthens social cohesion and rural development in Togo

In Sangol, within Togo’s Savanes region, the International Labour Organization’s crisis response project demonstrates how labour-intensive approaches can create jobs, strengthen social cohesion and support sustainable local infrastructure...

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...

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...

Creating decent jobs through infrastructure: EIIP’s impact in Francophone West Africa

With ILO support, countries are applying employment-intensive approaches to create decent jobs, strengthen local capacities, and build resilience in communities.

Decent work for social cohesion and community resilience in Togo

In northern Togo’s Savanes region, decent work is emerging as a powerful tool to strengthen community resilience and foster peace amid growing social and economic pressures.

Understanding informality and child labour in sub-Saharan Africa

This study examines the interrelationship of child labour and informality in 22 sub-Saharan countries.

Health sector investment impacts on employment and economic growth: A panel ARDL analysis in the West African Economic and Monetary Union...

Social protection

The Universal Health Insurance Scheme (RAMU) is being set up in Burkina Faso

Five decrees implementing on the Universal Health Insurance Scheme (RAMU) adopted by the Council of Ministers

Occupational standards

Harmonized minimum occupational standards for assistant masons and masons

The following occupational standards were developed by tripartite technical committees in Ghana Nigeria and Togo with the support of the ILO during the period 2021–2022 as part of the SKILL-UP Project financed by the Norwegian Agency for Development...

Occupational Standards

Harmonized minimum occupational standards for plumbing

The following occupational standards were developed by tripartite technical committees in Ghana Nigeria and Togo with the support of the ILO during the period 2021–2022 as part of the SKILL-UP Project financed by the Norwegian Agency for Development...

Occupational Standards

Harmonized minimum occupational standards for poultry farming

The following occupational standards were developed by tripartite technical committees in Ghana Nigeria and Togo with the support of the ILO during the period 2021–2022 as part of the SKILL-UP Project financed by the Norwegian Agency for Development...

Tripartite workshop for the pilot on recognition and harmonization of occupational standards in the agriculture and construction sectors of...

Under the Global Programme on Skills and Lifelong Learning (GPSL3) funded by Norway, tripartite constituents from Ghana, Nigeria and Togo met in Accra on the 30th of November 2022, to strengthen the skills partnership between the three countries...

Unchartered waters: ILO signs MoU with the Fisheries Committee for the West Central Gulf of Guinea

The ILO joins forces with the Fisheries Committee for the West Central Gulf of Guinea (FCWC) through a Memorandum of Understanding focused on the need to promote decent work and the elimination of forced labour in the fishing industry.

Workshops organised in Lomé to develop occupational minimum standards and promote skills partnerships on migration between Togo, Nigeria...

Under the "SKILL-UP Program funded by Norway, constituents from Ghana, Nigeria and Togo are leading a pilot process for the harmonization of occupational standards as part of the effort to promote a skills partnership on migration in the region.

Joining nets across countries and waters to better protect fishers and their stock

ILO COOP discusses WIEGO report on enabling social protection in the informal economy through worker-led schemes in Africa

The SNI and WIEGO research report on "Enabling social protection within the informal economy: Lessons from worker-led schemes in Nigeria, Uganda and Togo" financed by OSF was launched at a webinar jointly organized with StreetNet International on...

#EndChildLabour2021

World Day Against Child Labour in Africa: Opening remarks by Ms Cynthia Samuel-Olonjuwon, ILO Assistant Director-General, Regional Director...