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Skills Initiative for Africa (SIFA) to host capacity building on Skills for Trade and Economic Diversification

Delegates from five African countries will attend the workshop to be hosted in Zanzibar, Tanzania

ILO hosts training of Business Development Services trainers in Kilimanjaro

The training aims to skill the trainers to help entrepreneurs to find innovative solutions to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

ILO joins the Institute of Accountancy Arusha for a mid-term evaluation of apprenticeship programmes

The institute visited 213 apprentices at their industry attachments in two of the country's leading banking and insurance companies.

Stories of Change

Between 2020 and 2021, nine countries actively engaged in the implementation of Strategic Compliance Plans across various economic sectors. These efforts resulted in a 39% increase in labour law compliance in targeted sectors and the improvement of...

ILO joins the Government of Tanzania to celebrate the graduation of 2,537 graduates from RPL programme

The graduation ceremony was officiated by the Government of the Republic of Tanzania in Arusha.

Skills stories

Supporting young people through quality apprenticeship programmes in Tanzania

Zainab is only one of the hundreds of Tanzanians who participated in the apprenticeships programme carried out by the ILO in collaboration with local partners, and with the support of the Government of Norway.

Skills stories

Strengthening digital TVET in Ukraine

In collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Science, the ILO project, “E-TVET in Ukraine: Training continuity and modernization during COVID-19 and beyond,” helped to develop quality e-Learning solutions for technical and vocational...

ILO in action

We help migrant domestic workers overcome the pandemic

ILO Senior Labour Migration Specialist, Gloria Moreno-Fontes, speaks from Pretoria about the Southern Africa Migration Management (SAMM) Project, which aims to improve migration management in the Southern Africa and Indian Ocean region. The project...

Informal Sector Survey 2019- Key Findings

This report presents the results of the 2019 Informal Sector Survey (ISS) conducted in Dar es Salaam Region from August to September 2019. The survey was conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in collaboration with the Ministry of...

Integrated Labour Force Survey 2020/21

The ILO globally aims to provide relevant, timely and comparable labour statistics to develop international standards for better measurement of labour issues and enhanced international comparability. ILO also works with governments and national...

Transforming Food Waste into Animal Feeds in Tanzania

Emanuel Kungu, Afri-EcoFeeds - Tanzania

Sokowatch: A delivery and credit app

This document is part of a series of case studies by the Enterprises Department of the ILO. Each case study presents one or several approaches that contribute to enterprise formalization across the world.

A Graduate of an Apprenticeship Programme becomes International Chef

Neema’s story shows how far apprenticeship programmes can take young Africans towards skills development and employment opportunities.

ILO Supports 5th Forum of EAC Ministers Responsible for Labour and Employment

The EAC Secretariat, with support from the ILO, successfully organised the much-awaited Forum of Ministers responsible for Labour and Employment from 25th -29th October 2021.

ILO COOP contributes to the 2021 CIRIEC international conference

The ILO initiative on the implementation of the guidelines concerning statistics of cooperatives was introduced to the global research community on social and solidarity economy.

ILO COOP held meetings with Statistics Korea and SK for pilot testing of international guidelines on statistics of cooperatives

Case Study: The role of apprenticeships in the informal economy for skills development in Tanzania

The Tanzanian government first recognized the importance of informal education and training in its 1995 Education and Training Policy, which states that nonformal and informal education and training shall be “recognized, promoted, strengthened,...

AU, ILO and UNICEF mark the World Day against Child Labour in Africa

The African Union, ILO and UNICEF organized a virtual Continental event to mark the World Day against Child Labour. The event brought together key actors, to discuss strategies to address child labour, taking a holistic and systemic approach based...

#EndChildLabour2021

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

#EndChildLabour2021

Media Advisory- Event to mark the World Day Against Child Labour in Africa

Join us for a regional virtual event to commemorate the World Day against Child Labour.