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Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Training for Workers and Managers in Tea Plantations

The ILO, in cooperation with National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of Sri Lanka has carried out a series of training workshops aiming to improve safety, health and productivity of the tea plantations.

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Paving the Path to sustainability - Decent Work in the Tea Smallholder Sector in Sri Lanka

The ILO Country Office for Sri Lanka and the Maldives facilitated a validation workshop where the findings of a rapid assessment study on the State of Decent Work in the Tea Smallholder (TSH) sector in Sri Lanka

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Sri Lankan government pledges to combat human trafficking

The ILO project “Equipping Sri Lanka to Counter Trafficking in Persons (EQUIP) funded by the US Department of States, Bureau for South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA) organised an awareness raising march to mark the “World day against Trafficking...

Migrant workers

Labour migration, skills development and the future of work in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries

This paper maps in broad terms the present and future demand for migrant workers in the GCC countries, particularly those from Asian countries of origin, by highlighting key trends as well as the complex government challenges, constraints, and...

Alliance 8.7 Pathfinder: Sri Lanka’s Child Labour Free Zones

In recent years Sri Lanka has made great strides in tackling child labour. But when a community came together to take action it proved to be a step change. A district-wide child development plan got children out of work and into school. The result...

Cooperatives contribute to sustainable production and employment in Sri Lanka

The International Day of Cooperatives is celebrated on the first Saturday of July each year. This year’s theme, Sustainable consumption and production of goods and services is timely, as the International Labour Organization (ILO) works towards a...

Skills recognition of Sri Lankan migrant workers

This policy brief demonstrates the potential of migrants to enhance their skills and explores the possibility of mainstreaming migrant workers skills assessment in the current national skills assessment framework

ILO organizes a meeting on cooperative to cooperative trade and decent work

ILO brings together the cooperative movement and fairer and ethical trade initiatives to promote responsible production and consumption though cooperative to cooperative trade.

Decent Work Country Programme Sri Lanka 2018-2022

This document outlines the Decent Work Country Programme for Sri lanka for the period 2018-2022.

Advancing decent work in the rural economy through cooperatives in post-conflict Northern Province in Sri Lanka

ILO facilitated National Dialogue on the Future of Work in the Tea Sector in Sri Lanka

The International Labour Organization Country Office for Sri Lanka and the Maldives facilitated a National Dialogue on the Future of Work in the Tea Sector in Sri Lanka on the 14th June 2018.

Sri Lanka’s Tea Industry Supply Chain

Presentation by Roshan Rajadurai, Managing Director, Kelani Valley, Horana and Talawakelle Plantations on Sri Lanka’s Tea Industry Supply Chain at the Tripartite National Dialogue on the Future of Work in the Tea Plantation Sector in 14th June 2018...

Sri Lanka’s Tea Sector; Decent Work on Plantation

Presentation by Alette van Leur, Director, ILO Sectoral Policies Department, ILO Head Quarters, Geneva on Sri Lanka’s Tea Sector; Decent Work on Plantation made at the Tripartite National Dialogue on the Future of Work in the Tea Plantation Sector...

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“Let the Shine of Progress against Child Labour not Tarnish”

End child labour and promote safe and healthy work!

World Day Against Child Labour is marked on 12 June. Its theme in 2018 is the devastating impact of hazardous forms of work on children’s long-term health and well-being

Sri Lanka’s policy on labour migration: How far have we come?

The brief takes stock of the implementation of the National Labour Migration Policy in Sri Lanka. objectives, delivery modalities, and the needs of male and female migrant workers and their families within the changing national and international...

Sri Lankan female migrant workers and the family background report

The policy brief highlights the impacts of the FBR on women, their families, government structures and recruitment agents.

Equipping Sri Lanka to counter trafficking in persons

The Project aims to reduce human trafficking in Sri Lanka by intervening via a three pronged approach (3P’s) : Prevention, Protection and Prosecution through conducting research and awareness to inform regulations and practice, ensuring fair and...

Minister Sarath Amunugama of Sri Lanka visits ILO to discuss skills mismatch

Sri Lanka - Country baselines under the ILO Declaration (2000-2017)