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Social protection
Reports highlight steps to expand social security to Lao workers
Addressing gaps in outreach, healthcare benefits and enrolment processes would help boost coverage, especially for informal sector workers.
Voices of change: Amplifying gender equality in rural Lao People's Democratic Republic
ILO’s European Union-funded SOLAR project helps villagers develop a better understanding of gender issues within families, leading to positive change.
ILO report
SOLAR: Report of the endline study
The “Reducing Vulnerability in Lao PDR: Advancing Social Protection and Labour Rights and Entitlements in the Coffee and Tea Sectors (SOLAR)” project is funded by the European Union and jointly implemented by the ILO and Oxfam from 2021 to 2024. The...
Occupational safety and health
Lao farmers can minimize workplace risks and hazards through training
Coffee and tea farmers on the Bolaven Plateau of Lao People's Democratic Republic can better recognize and minimize risks and hazards on their farms, after occupational safety and health (OSH) trainings organized by ILO and the Agricultural Research...
Social protection
Coffee and tea producers in southern Lao People's Democratic Republic gain taste of better working conditions
Through a number of initiatives, ILO is helping the Paksong Tea Cooperative enjoy better working conditions and labour rights.
Social protection
Bolaven Plateau communities embrace social security
A pilot initiative is bringing social protection services to farmers in rural areas of Lao People’s Democratic Republic.
Social security
Lao villagers register in social security
Villagers on the Bolaven Plateau of Lao People's Democratic Republic can register in social security more easily, thanks to a mobile social security registration service piloted under the EU-funded SOLAR Project.
Social security
LSSO's mobile office visits Lao villages
Lao Social Security Organisation piloted a mobile social security registration service in villages of the Bolaven Plateau, bringing social security services closer to rural people. The pilot received financial and technical support from ILO under...
Social security
Mobile offices to provide social security services in rural communities
Loveleen De, Social Protection Project Manager, Lao People’s Democratic Republic explains a pilot project to serve agricultural and home-based workers who have difficulty travelling to the Lao Social Security Offices to register or claim benefits....
Occupational safety and health
Training of trainers on work safety in Lao PDR's coffee sector
Loveleen De, SOLAR Project Manager talks about a training of trainers (TOT) on occupational safety and health in the coffee sector in Southern Lao People's Democratic Republic. The TOT is designed in a participatory and practical way, to benefits...
Coffee and cooperation boost productivity
New machinery has helped a coffee cooperative in Lao People’s Democratic Republic to significantly boost productivity – one of the goals of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2. Read the latest story in our SDGs series, marking the SDG Summit in New...
Informal economy
ILO support helps tea and coffee farmers in Lao People's Democratic Republic boost productivity and incomes
Projects collaborate with tea and coffee producer groups and cooperatives to reduce vulnerability of workers in Paksong District of Southern Lao PDR.
Social protection
EU visit to a Paksong tea farm
On the occasion of International Tea Day, 19 May 2023, H.E. Ina Marčiulionytė, Head of EU Delegation to Lao People's Democratic Republic visited an organic tea farm in Paksong District, Champasak Province. She was accompanied by H.E. Baykham...
Fact sheet
SOLAR: Report of the baseline study
The “Reducing Vulnerability in Lao PDR: Advancing Social Protection and Labour Rights and Entitlements in the Coffee and Tea Sectors (SOLAR)” project is funded by the European Union and jointly implemented by the ILO and Oxfam from 2021 to 2024. The...
Social protection
International Coffee Day in Lao People's Democratic Republic 2022
Around the world, International Coffee Day is observed on 1st October every year. It is an occasion for everyone associated with coffee to come together and recognize the people—from farmers to roasters to baristas to cafe owners—working hard to...
ILO in action
Reducing Vulnerability in Lao People's Democratic Republic
Noudthong Alounthong, ILO National Project Coordinator in Lao PDR, explains how the SOLAR project supports the government and civil society to promote labour rights and improve access to social security and occupational safety and health for coffee...
Fact sheet
Reducing vulnerability in Lao People's Democratic Republic: Advancing social protection and labour rights and entitlement in the coffee and...
The SOLAR project supports the government and civil society to promote labour rights and improve access to social security and occupational safety and health (OSH) for coffee and tea workers in Lao People's Democratic Republic.
Social protection
Coffee and tea workers the focus of new ILO project launched in Lao People's Democratic Republic
New project set to reduce vulnerability of workers in the Bolaven Plateau region through training and strengthening of grassroots organisations.
Workers' rights
Reducing Vulnerability in Lao People's Democratic Republic: Advancing Social Protection and Labour Rights and Entitlements in the Coffee...
The SOLAR project supports the government and civil society to promote labour rights and improve access to social security and occupational safety and health (OSH) for coffee and tea workers in Lao People's Democratic Republic.