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With ILO support, Timor-Leste identifies priority actions to strengthen social dialogue
Government, employers and workers outline practical steps to improve the functioning of the National Labour Council, following an ILO-facilitated assessment.
South-South Cooperation
Indonesia and Timor-Leste strengthen cooperation on labour dispute resolution
Through South-South Cooperation, representatives of Timor-Leste’s government, employers and workers learned from Indonesia’s experience and strengthened their practical mediation skills.
South-South Cooperation
Indonesia and Timor-Leste strengthen public employment services through South-South cooperation
With ILO support, employment officers across Timor-Leste are strengthening practical counselling skills to connect jobseekers with employment, training and entrepreneurship opportunities.
New digital system strengthens workers’ access to grievance support in Timor-Leste
With support from the ILO, a leading trade union in Timor-Leste launches a new digital grievance system to help workers raise concerns, track their cases and access more timely and effective support.
Workers' organization
Timor-Leste strengthens the voice and representation of informal economy workers
Workers in Timor-Leste’s informal economy, with support from the ILO, have taken a major step towards stronger representation and recognition with the establishment of the country’s first national association for informal economy workers.
News
Advancing dialogue on just transition and sustainable enterprise development in Timor-Leste: A joint initiative by CCI-TL and ILO
The Workshop provided a platform to discuss how Timorese enterprises can remain competitive amid climate change and regional economic integration, particularly as the country advances toward ASEAN accession.
Timor-Leste’s ASEAN and WTO Membership: Business perceptions, readiness of institutions, and implications for representative Employer...
Timor-Leste’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in August 2024 and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in October 2025 marks a historic milestone in its pursuit of economic diversification and integration. This report...
Financial literacy
ILO builds capacity of Timor-Leste's trade union confederation and SECoop with financial literacy training
ILO-supported training has equipped Timorese union representatives and cooperative trainers to guide workers and their families toward stronger financial management and security.
Just transition
Timor-Leste moves towards Just Transition for all and green economy
Timor-Leste’s representatives of governments, workers, employers and civil society jointly promote the need for Just Transition for all towards green economy to tackle challenges posed by climate change to the national economy, with support of the...
Just transition
The International Labour Organization launches a new project on just transition and formal economy in Timor-Leste
ILO supports Timor-Leste’s economic transitions caused by climate change and other global trends that align with local reality and expectation.
RBSA Project
Preparing Timor-Leste's workers and policy makers for just transition and the formal economy
The project aims to prepare Timor-Leste’s workers and policymakers for a just transition to a formal and environmentally sustainable economy.