All resources: digital labour + digital divide + artificial intelligence + gig economy + data protection + algorithmic management
Press release
ILO and the EU’s European Training Foundation strengthen partnership on skills and decent work
The European Training Foundation (ETF) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) agreed to expand joint action on skills, lifelong learning, and employment policies, backing the green transition, competitiveness, and social inclusion.
Research brief
Generative AI and jobs in the Philippines: Labour market exposure and policy implications
As generative artificial intelligence (AI) adoption accelerates in the Philippines, this brief examines who is most exposed, where the risks lie, and how AI is reshaping the labour market and transforming jobs especially for women and youth.
PROSPECTS Impact
ILO-supported coworking hub is expanding opportunities for youth in Ethiopia
Young people in Jigjiga, Ethiopia, are benefiting from the coworking space, where they learn, collaborate and pursue decent work opportunities.
Webinar
Report launch - Workforce 2030: Skills for thriving in the green and digital transition
This launch webinar introduces the report Workforce 2030: Skills for thriving in the green and digital transition 2026.
Platform economy
Can platform work be made more decent?
The expansion of the platform economy demands urgent, coordinated policy action by constituents to ensure that new forms of work deliver decent work outcomes.
Questions and Answers
From papers to people: How employment policies shape lives and jobs
Dorothea Schmidt, Chief, ILO’s Employment Policy, Labour Market and Youth (EMPLAB) branch, explains how well-designed employment policies can turn the promise of decent work into lived reality. She reflects on the role of social dialogue,...
World of Work series
Employment and Social Trends 2026
The Employment and Social Trends 2026 report examines the state of global labour markets, highlighting stable headline employment alongside stalled progress in job quality and widening inequalities. The report analyses productivity, demographic and...
World of Work Series: Employment and Social Trends 2026
Global job quality stagnates despite resilient growth
Challenges persist, especially for youth and women, the Employment and Social Trends 2026 report warns.
G7
Compendium of best practices for a human-centered development and use of Artificial Intelligence in the world of work
This compendium of best practices to advance the implementation of the 2024 G7 Action Plan for a human-centered adoption of safe, secure and trustworthy artificial intelligence (AI) in the world of work was developed under the G7 Employment Working...
Enablers of AI adoption
AI adoption among employer and business member organizations in Asia and the Pacific
Full report
Workforce 2030 : Skills for thriving in the green and digital transition
This report analyses the employment impacts of the green and digital transitions, the associated implications for occupational and skills needs, and how to respond more effectively to the challenges arising.
Employers and business membership organizations
ReguLens: AI-Powered policy analysis and advocacy strategies in 60 seconds
ReguLens is an AI‑powered digital platform developed by the ILO to help employers’ and business membership organizations (EBMOs) analyze the impact of new regulations and obtain practical recommendations for advocacy quickly and efficiently.
Strengthening collective action
Towards a collective voice for platform workers: Trade union and youth-led innovative strategies for evidence-based policy advocacy in India
Indian trade unions and emerging workers’ groups agreed to form a National Joint Forum for Platform Workers, creating a unified mechanism for coordination, knowledge sharing, and collective advocacy.
International Labour Festa on youth and the future of work to take place in Gyeonggi Province, Korea
Co-hosted by the Gyeonggi Province of Korea, the Ministry of Employment and Labour of Korea and the International Labour Organization, the 2025 International Labour Festa on Youth and the Future of Work aims to catalyse local and global action on...
Skills development
Africa draws up a common roadmap for integrating artificial intelligence into vocational training
Meeting in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, members of the African Network of Vocational Training Institutions and Funds (RAFPRO) and their partners adopted the Abidjan Declaration on Artificial Intelligence, a joint commitment to integrate AI into...
Article
Immersive technology brings new opportunities for work skills in Uganda
ILO and its International Training Centre pilot virtual reality in Uganda to build soft skills, strengthen social dialogue, and prepare youth, workers, employers, and government actors for decent work nationwide in future.
With the support of the ILO, a young programmer turns his passion for technology into a social purpose through SENATIC
At just 17 years old, Marlon Santiago Hernández López already sees the world through code. Technology is not only an early passion for him but also a language for transforming realities. Through the SENATIC project, the ILO is supporting the growth...
Podcast series: Global challenges – Global solutions
Big Data: What it is, what it does and how it impacts the world of work
Big Data is sweeping up information on just about everything, from traditional sources of information to mobile phone use. It’s a powerful new tool for powering economic development and informing policy making that can improve people’s lives and...
Productivity ecosystems for decent work
When AI meets decent work: A productivity breakthrough from the factory floor
Insights from HITI’s real-world pilot under the ILO’s Productivity Ecosystems for Decent Work Programme
News
ILO empowers refugee and host communities in Ethiopia through digital skills training
216 refugee and host community graduates complete digital skills programmes at the Jigjiga Digital Innovation Hub, opening new pathways to decent work and livelihoods in Ethiopia’s Somali Region.
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