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Waste collectors, informal economy workers gain ground through social protection

Social protection

Waste collectors, informal economy workers gain ground through social protection

Waste collectors and informal economy workers navigate daily risks and hardships, making social protection an essential lifeline during crises, emergencies and economic shocks in the Philippines.

Social protection: An island’s lifeline against disaster
a woman speaking in a training with her baby

Social protection

Social protection: An island’s lifeline against disaster

A young mother, shaped by her own struggles, now champions social protection in Siargao Island, where informal workers in construction, agriculture, and fisheries face climate change and economic uncertainties.

ILO drives inclusive social protection for informal workers in agriculture, waste management
a trainer presents about social protection

Social protection

ILO drives inclusive social protection for informal workers in agriculture, waste management

The ILO and local governments of Quezon City and Del Carmen, Siargao teamed up to pilot a new guide aimed at strengthening inclusive social protection for informal workers in agriculture and waste management.

Coconut culinary training
cover page ILO Coconut culinary training brochure

Skills development

Coconut culinary training

In Siargao Island, Philippines, coconut farmers in Del Carmen turn their harvests into culinary delights through an ILO Coconut culinary training that blends tradition, tourism, and innovation.

Hope afloat: Coconut culinary upskills workers, uplifts livelihoods
Jonalyn is wearing a blue apron and speaking over a microphone.

Coconut culinary training

Hope afloat: Coconut culinary upskills workers, uplifts livelihoods

A coconut culinary training helps typhoon-affected workers rebuild their lives and gain new skills in Siargao Island, the Philippines’ coconut and surfing capital.

Fallen coconuts to fresh starts
Rolly wearing a buri native hat next to a coconut tree.

Coconut culinary training

Fallen coconuts to fresh starts

Rolly rises from a disaster and turns coconuts into opportunity in Siargao Island, Philippines under an ILO initiative helping informal workers after a super typhoon through emergency employment, social protection and a just transition.

From storm to stove: Coconut culinary skills revive livelihoods in Siargao
Two women cooking in a coconut culinary training.

Coconut culinary training

From storm to stove: Coconut culinary skills revive livelihoods in Siargao

A mother and aspiring entrepreneur rebuilt her life through coconut farm recovery and culinary training, which helped turn her loss into coconut muffins, coco balls, and new hope.

ILO highlights coconut industry advances at Caraga trade fair
people visiting the coconut trade fair

Enterprise development

ILO highlights coconut industry advances at Caraga trade fair

At the Caraga Coconut Festival in Siargao Island in the Philippines, the ILO spotlighted new market opportunities for coconut farmers, building on its disaster recovery, value chain, enterprise development, social protection and formalization...

Protect workers, farmers from excessive heat
a worker wearing long-sleeve short and hat walks along a coconut farm with fallen trees

Climate change

Protect workers, farmers from excessive heat

Heat poses severe risks to Siargao’s farming communities, which calls for the need to protect the most vulnerable and prevent heat-related illnesses and injuries.

Siargao provides one-stop social protection, employment services
workers at a social protection online and one-stop registration

Social protection

Siargao provides one-stop social protection, employment services

One-Stop Island Services provide social protection registration and education, as well as livelihood support and employment opportunities in Siargao.

Dialogue on informal sector formalization, social protection and decent work
Motorcycle delivery riders

Informal economy

Dialogue on informal sector formalization, social protection and decent work

The first tripartite plus meeting on integrated formalization brought together government, workers, employers, informal sector representatives, and key partners to extend social protection and decent work to the informal sector.

Rise from multiple crises through the integrated formalization of informal economy with social protection and decent work in the...
Domestic Worker in the Philippines: Genelyn Petelo

Informal economy

Rise from multiple crises through the integrated formalization of informal economy with social protection and decent work in the...

The project promotes transition from the informal to formal economy, resulting to better social protection access, improved working conditions, increased productivity, and enhanced growth opportunities.

Tinabangay: Social protection registration in Siargao
male and female workers use a laptop to register online for social protection

Informal economy

Tinabangay: Social protection registration in Siargao

Over a hundred workers in the informal economy will gain access to social protection and employment services in Siargao Island in the Philippines through a one-stop services registration.

Siargao registers informal workers for social protection
A government official uses her laptop to register informal workers for social protection coverage.

Social protection

Siargao registers informal workers for social protection

Informal workers and their families in Siargao have registered for one-stop services, gaining access to social protection, livelihood support, and employment opportunities through the ILO's Tinabangay sa Siargao Social Protection Registration...