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Sri Lanka’s New Decent Work Agenda launched

Sri Lanka’s fourth Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) was launched on May 16, following signature of a memorandum of understanding between Government of Sri Lanka, employers’ organisations, and workers’ organisations; and the LO Country Office for...

Building ‘resilience” in SMEs will help to promote Decent Work

Through investment in resilience measures, enterprises, in particular small ones, their workers and families and communities can be better equipped to face and manage the increasing threats from both natural disasters and conflict

Press release

28 April 2018 – Improving the Safety and Health of Young Workers

This year, to mark the World Day for Safety and Health at Work, 28th of April, the ILO has launched a global campaign to bring into sharp focus the need to improve the safety and health of young workers.

Our impact, Their voices

All-female cooperative brings women farmers to the fore in Sri Lanka

Cooperatives have enjoyed success in Sri Lanka. By banding together, farmers and fishermen have been able to access markets, enjoy the advantages of collective purchasing and marketing, tap credit facilities and access social welfare programs.

Executive Summary ( English): Future of Work in Sri Lanka: Shaping technology transitions for a brighter future

What impact will emerging technologies associated with 4IR have on the future world of work in Sri Lanka? Who will be the winners and losers and what can governments, industry, and citizens do to prepare for the changes that lie ahead? In...

Executive Summary (සිංහල): Future of Work in Sri Lanka: Shaping technology transitions for a brighter future

What impact will emerging technologies associated with 4IR have on the future world of work in Sri Lanka? Who will be the winners and losers and what can governments, industry, and citizens do to prepare for the changes that lie ahead? In...

Executive Summary (தமிழ்): Future of Work in Sri Lanka: Shaping technology transitions for a brighter future

What impact will emerging technologies associated with 4IR have on the future world of work in Sri Lanka? Who will be the winners and losers and what can governments, industry, and citizens do to prepare for the changes that lie ahead? In...

Women at Work: The Course for Sri Lanka

Gender gaps in the labour market remain one of the most pressing challenges facing the world of work. Women are substantially less likely than men to participate in the labour market, and once in the job market, they are less likely than men to find...

ILO’s participation in the 1st Asia-Pacific Cooperative Development Conference

Three officials from the ILO offices in Colombo and Jerusalem participated in the 1st Asia-Pacific Co-operative Development Conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka to share ILO’s cooperative development initiatives in the world of work.

News update

Colombo Process convened the first joint Thematic Area Working Group meeting on Skills and Qualification Recognition and Labour Market...

Sri Lanka as the Chair of the Colombo Process Thematic Area Working Group (TAWG) on Skills and Qualification Recognition and Thailand as the Chair of the TAWG on Labour Market Analysis co-hosted a joint TAWG meeting on 23-24 January 2018 in Colombo,...

Profile of labour migration in Sri Lanka

Over the past five years there has been a steady increase in the annual number of migrant workers deployed and the remittances received from abroad. Several factors contribute to the growing numbers including the search for better paying jobs,...

The World of Work

Simrin Singh officially took over as the new Country Director for the ILO Country Office for Sri Lanka and the Maldives on 1 April last year. In this exclusive interview with LMD, she highlights a number of priorities for both policy makers and...

Project leaflet

ILO/EU REFRAME Project

Global action to improve the recruitment framework of labour migration (REFRAME). Project brief description; it includes challenges, objectives, scope, and contribution to the ILO Fair Recruitment Initiative

Child labour in Sri Lanka: At a glance

Sri Lanka has made substantial improvements in the child labour arena in recent decades– this is apparent from trends in working chil-dren, child labour and children in hazardous forms of child labour. Relative to 1999 , Sri Lanka has observed a...

Decent work and domestic worker in Sri Lanka

Presentation in the Knowledge Sharing Workshop, Malang, 23-25 January 2018.

Equipping Sri Lanka to Counter Human Trafficking

The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs awards the ILO Country Office for Sri Lanka and the Maldives a new project: “Equipping Sri Lanka to Counter Trafficking in Persons (EQUIP)”

Skills for local economic development (SKILLED) in Sri Lanka - Final evaluation

Evaluation consultant: Sandy Wark

Social Finance Working Paper #71: The social dimensions of development finance in Asia and the Pacific

Results of a survey among ADFIAP members

Publication

Fishermen's cooperative society in Irrananimathanagar

The brochure provides an overview of the Fishermen's Cooperative Society in Irrananimathanagar supported by Local Empowerment through Economic Development (LEED) Project in Sri Lanka