All resources: Sri Lanka

Employment implications of the "Five - Hubs Strategy" of Sri Lanka

Employment Working Paper No. 116

Comparative study

Good practices and challenges on the Maternity Protection Convention, 2000 (No. 183) and the Workers with Family Responsibilities...

The working paper presents ten national case studies on Conventions No. 183 and 156. It identifies opportunities for stepping up ratification and implementation of these Conventions, as requested in the 2009 International Labour Conference...

Manual for training trainers of enterprises

This training manual is aimed at enterprises to implement HIV prevention programmes for their employees and their family members. This tool, of assistance to trainers to conduct programmes to educate their co- workers and also to train peer...

Local development

Rebuilding lives shattered in Sri Lanka’s conflict

Three years after the end of Sri Lanka’s bitter civil war, victims are still struggling to rebuild their lives. A joint UN project seeks to give them a new start through training and job placement.

Publication

Maldives TVET Assessment

This study aimed to assess the current TVET system in the Maldives according to the framework and indicators developed by the IWG and make some policy recommendations based on the assessment

National Workshop on labour administration and inspection in Sri Lanka (Colombo, 19-21 September 2012)

With support from the ILO Project on Promoting Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work in Sri Lanka, Mr. Ludek Rickly, Senior Labour Administration/Inspection Specialist (LAB/ADMIN) and Mr. Algandram Sivananthiram (ILO Consultant) presented the...

Agreement between Unilever Sri Lanka Limited and the Commercial and Industrial Workers' Union

Category Agreement between Unilever Sri Lanka Limited and the Commercial and Industrial Workers' Union

Agreement between Unilever Sri Lanka Limited and the Commercial and Industrial Workers' Union

Green Jobs Background Brief No. 3 - August 2012

The background brief provides a summary of the latest news and events from Green Jobs Programme for Asia and the Pacific

"Momentous" new agreement to promote child rights and child protection in South Asia

The Regional Secretariat of the South Asia Initiative to End Violence against Children (SAIEVAC), a South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Apex Body and the International Labour Organization (ILO) have signed a new Memorandum of...

Integrated programme for empowering conflict-affected communities (Sri Lanka) (Midterm Joint Evaluation Summary)

Joint Project SRL/10/03/HSF: UNDP, UNICEF and ILO - Evaluation consultant: Dr. Darini Rajaisngham Senanayake

Beating idleness

With a youth unemployment rate of more than 19 per cent, Sri Lanka is just one of many countries facing an uphill struggle to create jobs for youth. ILO News reports on a project that is part of the Organization’s worldwide efforts to avert a lost...

Video News Release

Transitioning to Green Jobs in Sri Lanka

“Green jobs” can be created in the most fundamental of workplaces, and the result can benefit traditional industries. That’s what is happening in Sri Lanka, where former “waste pickers” at Sri Lanka’s garbage dumps were given new skills to work more...

Desk review of research on HIV/AIDS in the world of work

This desk review was conducted by ILO/AIDS as part of the Inter-Agency Task Team on HIV workplace policies/programmes and private sector engagement (IATT/WPPS). It is based primarily on the research documents shared by the IATT members, covering...

Thirteenth National Convention on Women’s Studies

The National Convention on Women’s Studies organized by the Centre for Women’s Research (CENWOR) was held from the 27th – 30th July 2012. The inauguration was at Sri Lanka Foundation Institute (SLFI). This is the thirteenth in the series, which...

Sri Lanka: New hope for war victims

Decades of civil war have left deep scars in Sri Lanka. An ILO training project brings new hope to some of those whose lives and hopes were shattered by the violence.

Action Plan adopted at the Seminar on Sustainable Development in Postal Services in Asia-Pacific countries

Employment model in Sri Lanka: Promoting Green Jobs and Livelihoods in Municipal Solid Waste Management

This employment model is produced by the Green Jobs in Asia project supported by the Australian Government – ILO Partnership Agreement (2010–2015)

Events Report: 2012 World Day for Safety and Health at Work

The document outlines the activities that took place around the world on the occasion of the 2012 SafeDay.