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Roadmap for the development of coconut value chain in Timor-Leste
The Roadmap provides a comprehensive analysis and strategic framework aimed at transforming the country’s coconut industry into a significant driver of economic growth. It is developed with the support of the Agroforestry Skills for Employment and...
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...
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...
Timorese trainers strengthen capacities in career guidance, soft skills and disability inclusion to support youth employment
The European Union and the ILO enhance Timor-Leste’s institutional capacity to better support youth employment and promote inclusivity.
Skills development
Timor-Leste takes a major step toward agroforestry advancement
The launch of the Agroforestry Sector Working Group marks a major step in uniting government institutions, development partners and stakeholders to strengthen Timor-Leste’s agroforestry sector.
Our impact, their voices
A mother’s journey of determination: Turning US$100 into a thriving business in Timor-Leste
A determined young mother and entrepreneur from Bacau Municipality in Timor-Leste has built a thriving business with support from the Agroforestry Skills Programme, funded by the European Union and implemented by the ILO.
Our impact, their voices
From tradition to transformation: A young Timorese farmer’s journey into vanilla cultivation
Demenicio Dodi, a young Timorese farmer, is harnessing the potential of vanilla to uplift not only his own life, but that of his community and nation.
Skills development
ILO and EU continue to advance vanilla farming in Timor-Leste with practical training on curing, quality and markets
The Agroforestry Skills for Employment and Resilience Project continues to support vanilla farming in Timor-Leste, aiming to build a more competitive and sustainable vanilla industry.
Women's empowerment
When a mother learns, a family grows
Evangelinha Mafalda da Silva, a single mother from Tiriloka, Baucau, gains new skills for a better future for her family through the virgin coconut oil training programme provided by the Agroforestry Skills for Employment and Resilience Project,...
Empowering rural women and youth in Timor-Leste through mobile training units
The ILO-EU Agroforestry Skills’ mobile training programmes equip rural women and youth in Timor-Leste with valuable new skills.
Our impact, their voices
Alberto’s mission to empower his community
A trainer from Timor-Leste seeks to empower his community on sustainable farming systems following his training with the Agroforestry Skills Project, which is funded by the European Union and implemented by the ILO.
Empowering Timor-Leste’s young artisans through coconut fiber products and coconut charcoal/briquettes
A hands-on coconut fiber and shells training programme, equipped participants with valuable skills to transform coconut fiber and shells into products with economic potential.
News
Training on TVET institution management and improvement to promote agroforestry products in Timor-Leste
The International Training Centre of the ILO (ITCILO), under the European Union-funded Agroforestry Skills for Employment and Resilience Project, recently held a transformative five-day workshop on Technical and Vocational Education and Training...
News
Empowering Timor-Leste’s vanilla farmers through intensive training of trainers on vanilla cultivation
The ILO-EU Agroforestry Skills Project launches an intensive three-day Training of Trainers (ToT) in Aileu Municipality, Timor-Leste to enhance the skills with best practices of vanilla cultivation of farmers, NGO technical staff, and...
Local enterprises improve their capacity to boost Timor-Leste's export trade in agroforestry products
The two-day training session has empowered local enterprises aiming to enter the global market.
EU-ILO Agroforestry Skills Project enhances business trainers' expertise with refresher Start and Improve Your Business Course
The EU funded Agroforestry Skills for Employment and Resilience Project, in partnership with IADE and supported by UNDP, successfully completed a refresher Training of Trainers (ToT) programme on Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB) for the...
Press release
EU, ILO and TradeInvest Timor-Leste join forces supporting private sector development through export trade and business training for...
The European Union (EU), the International Labour Organization (ILO), and TradeInvest Timor-Leste have joined forces to support the growth and development of the private sector in Timor-Leste.
News
EU-ILO Agroforestry Skills project empowers Timor-Leste organisations to deliver essential financial education for families
The EU-ILO Agroforestry Skills for Employment and Resilience Project, funded by the European Union, successfully conducted a comprehensive Training of Trainers (ToT) on Financial Education, designed to equip participants on critical money management...
World Youth Skills Day 2024
EU-ILO empowers youth in Timor-Leste with agroforestry skills
The ILO celebrates World Youth Skills Day on 15 July by recognizing and supporting the empowerment of youth, particularly young women and girls, through its European Union funded Agroforestry Skills Project in Timor-Leste.
Press release
EU, ILO and TradeInvest Timor-Leste join forces to develop and expand coconut business opportunities in Timor-Leste
The International Labour Organization (ILO) and TradeInvest Timor-Leste, supported by the European Union, sign a Technical Cooperation Agreement to develop coconut business opportunities in Timor Leste.