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ILO study outlines the way forward for Timor-Leste’s vanilla industry
A new ILO study highlights opportunities to develop Timor-Leste’s vanilla industry while creating decent work, strengthening rural livelihoods and expanding access to international markets.
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Growing skills, growing opportunities: Two trainers transforming cocoa cultivation in Timor-Leste
The ILO's Agroforestry Skills and Employment Resilience Project, funded by the European Union, is strengthening skills in cocoa cultivation, enabling participants to improve farming practices and create new opportunities for their communities.
Government institutions strengthen collaboration to advance agroforestry value chains in Timor-Leste
The ILO, with support from the European Union, supports stronger government collaboration to develop sustainable agroforestry value chains and promote resilient livelihoods in Timor-Leste.
News
EU Director visits Timor-Leste Agroforestry Programme, highlights growing opportunities for farmers
The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the European Union (EU) are partnering to deliver agroforestry skills training for employment, climate resilience and economic diversification in Timor-Leste.
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New teaching skills help a young teacher transform her classroom in Timor-Leste
Through hands-on training and new teaching methods, one young educator is helping students learn with greater confidence and understanding.
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Timorese women turn coconut waste into business opportunities
From discarded husks to marketable products, women in Timor-Leste are building greener livelihoods and new sources of income.
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Bringing knowledge to the fields: How mobile training is transforming vanilla farming in Timor-Leste
Farmers in remote communities are gaining skills, confidence, and new opportunities through mobile training delivered directly to their villages.
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Bridging the gap between training and work in Timor-Leste
Employment counsellors and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) trainers are gaining the skills to help job seekers navigate the country’s upgraded online job portal.
Financial literacy
New business skills, new hope: Returning Timorese migrants transform their lives
The ILO equips returning migrants in Timor‑Leste with business and financial skills to create opportunities, support families and contribute to reducing unemployment.
Gender equality and skills development
Women trainers driving change through agroforestry skills in Timor-Leste
Three women trainers from the ILO programme in Timor-Leste are transforming not only their own lives but also the lives of others in their communities.
Call for proposals
Development of the Timor-Leste vanilla value chain roadmap including associated skills needs and stocktaking of working conditions
The ILO Country Office for Indonesia and Timor-Leste is calling for proposals from interest institution/company to support for the assignment.
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Empowering a teacher, inspiring a generation in Timor-Leste
A certified education training programme under the ILO’s Agroforestry Skills Programme in Timor‑Leste has transformed the life of a dedicated teacher.
Timor-Leste enhances public employment services to support youth into work
With support from the ILO-EU Agroforestry Skills Programme, Timor-Leste is enhancing counselling and employment services for jobseekers, entrepreneurs and those pursuing skills development.
Road map to a green cocoa value chain in Timor-Leste: Business and skills development along with environmental sustainability, amid...
Conducted in mid-2025 through primary and secondary research, the study was undertaken as part of the ILO’s Preparing Timor-Leste’s Workers and Policymakers for a Just Transition and the Formal Economy Project and is intended to facilitate...
Skills development
Timorese cacao farmers enhance their agricultural skills to improve their lives
The ILO, with support from the EU, promotes sustainable agriculture in the cocoa sector of Manufahi Municipality, Timor-Leste.
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A trainer’s mission to empower Timorese youth and promote inclusion
Through her commitment to inclusive education and community outreach, a trainer in Timor-Leste is opening doors for youth to pursue meaningful careers and business opportunities.
Skills development
Empowering Timor-Leste’s trainers: ILO and EU invest in future workforce development
The ILO’s Agroforestry Skills Programme, funded by the EU, supports certified training for local trainers in Timor-Leste to advance the standard of vocational education nationwide.
The empowering journey of a young Timorese cooperative leader and entrepreneur
Through various skills training programmes, a young Timorese cooperative leader has transformed his life and empowered his community toward greater economic resilience and inclusion.
Coconut handbook: Market information, product standards, training manuals
This handbook comprises training manuals for producing various coconut products and byproducts, along with information about their market potential in Timor-Leste, and product standards to enter, in particular the European Union market. The...
Strategic roadmap
Roadmap for the agroforestry sector
This strategic Roadmap is proposed to realize an agroforestry system nation-wide that could increase agricultural production, improve the livelihood of people in Timor-Leste and economic growth of the country. It is developed with the support of the...