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Occupational Safety and Health

Tanzania moves to protect sanitation workers’ health, safety and dignity

Arusha (ILO News) - Tanzania has taken a bold and unprecedented step in advancing the rights, recognition, and protection of sanitation workers, a group of essential but often invisible frontline workers who safeguard public health while facing...

Tanzania Pilots Information Note to Prepare Migrant Workers for Oman

A pilot workshop in Dar es Salaam to test a new Information Note designed to help prospective migrant workers understand the realities of living and working in Oman.

Convention 189

Towards ratification CMA strengthens Justice mechanisms for Domestic Workers Under C.189

Morogoro, Tanzania (ILO News) – The saying “justice delayed is justice denied” resonates deeply with the limited access to justice mechanisms available to vulnerable workers, especially domestic workers. In many forums, domestic workers consistently...

Somalia Holds Tripartite Executive Roundtable on International Labour Standards Reporting

A two-day Tripartite Executive Roundtable in Mogadishu to strengthen national capacity for the implementation and reporting of international labour standards (ILS), with a particular focus on labour migration governance.

Decent Work Country Programmes

Tripartite partners in East Africa unite to champion nationally owned Decent Work Programmes

Arusha Tanzania (ILO News) - In a strong show of unity and purpose, governments, employers, and workers from across East Africa reaffirmed their commitment to championing Decent Work Country Programmes (DWCPs) as nationally owned, action-oriented...

Kenya Builds Frontline Capacity for Safe and Orderly Labour Migration

Strengthening coordination and technical capacity among officers working at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport labour migration desk and the One Stop Shop Centre, which provide end to end labour migration services for outbound migrant workers.

Tanzania holds fourth National Technical Working Group meeting on Labour Migration

Tanzania's fourth National Technical Working Group (TWG) meeting on labour migration in Dodoma brought together government institutions, social partners, and the ILO to review achievements under the BRMM programme over the past three years, identify...

Tanzania Advances Safe Labour Migration Communication through Stakeholder Workshop

A three-day stakeholder consultation and drafting workshop was held in Morogoro, Tanzania, to support the development of a National Communication Strategy and Communication Plan on the Promotion of Safe Labour Migration.

Labour Court Standards

Legal minds, safer workplaces Tanzania Hosts OSHA’s high-level Judicial Training

Mwanza, Tanzania (ILO News) - In a decisive step toward bolstering legal enforcement of workplace safety and health labour standards in Tanzania, the Occupational Safety and Health Authority (OSHA), under the Prime Minister Office - Labour, Youth,...

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)

Shaping a sustainable future: Tanzanian employers turning vision into results

The Association of Tanzania Employers (ATE) has taken a pioneering step by participating in an environmental, social, and governance (ESG) Training of Trainers (ToT) followed by a first implementation of a training programme geared towards their...

Tanzania Strengthens Labour Market and Migration Statistics Capacity

A five-day technical training workshop was held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to enhance the capacity of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and the Office of the Chief Government Statistician (OCGS) of Zanzibar in analysing labour market and...

Decent Work and Social Justice

Mid-year reflections: Advancing decent work together

ATUMNET Members Strengthen Capacity to Promote Fair Recruitment for African Migrant Workers

ATUMNET members met in Nairobi to strengthen their capacity to promote fair recruitment and develop shared advocacy messages to support the rights of African migrant workers.

Strengthening Pathways for Skills Certification

The ILO supported Ethiopia and Kenya in operationalising their Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) frameworks by developing RPL assessment tools in six key occupations in Ethiopia and delivering capacity-building workshops for assessors and...

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Southern African Development Community (SADC) Member States explore Employment Impact Assessments

Ethiopia Reviews Progress in Reintegration and Labour Migration Coordination

Ethiopia convened a national review workshop to assess progress in reintegration support and labour migration coordination. The meeting brought together government institutions, partners, and regional representatives to evaluate achievements,...

Kenya Validates New Skills Assessment Study to Strengthen Reintegration Support for Returnees

A workshop to validate a new study focused on the skills development and training needs of returnees in Mombasa and Nairobi Counties

South Sudan advances on improving labour migration governance through validating National Labour Migration Policy and Action Plan

A national validation workshop of South Sudan’s first National Labour Migration Policy and Action Plan in Juba

Collaboration for improved Labour Migration Governance

4th Technical Working Group meetings in Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan, Somalia, and Djibouti for improved collaboration on labour migration at national level.

The East African Community Advances towards Regional Frameworks in Social Protection and Skills Mobility

Regional convenings in Uganda focused on social protection and labour migration governance.