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With Uganda embracing digital transformation of jobs, stakeholders gather to discuss opportunities and challenges

The ILO brought together government, private sector actors and social partners to discuss findings of its exploratory assessment of the microwork and gig economy in Uganda and gathered recommendations on how to improve digital skills training and...

Evaluation of Digital Training Modalities for the Jordanian Garment Sector

This study assesses training needs and experiences in Jordan's garment sector, explores digital training viability, and identifies suitable global solutions for the local context.

Just Energy Transition

Innovation challenge: Artificial intelligence and young people shall green the construction sector in Jordan

The education partnership by the Jordanian National University College of Technology and Algebra Intelligence is one of the three winners of the ILO Just Energy Transition Innovation Challenge. The project aims to improve energy efficiency in...

EMG Nexus Dialogues on Sustainable Consumption and Production

Digitalization for Circular Economy and Green Jobs for Youth

The first nexus dialogue underscored the importance of collaboration, innovation, and policy coherence in realizing the full potential of digitalization as a catalyst for advancing the circular economy and creating green jobs for youth.

Teaching and the teaching profession in a digital world - Kenya

The study examines experiences, challenges and good practices in relation to digitalization in teaching and education in Kenya and identifies actionable measures to address the challenges and ensure equitable access to quality digital education...

Teaching and the teaching profession in a digital world - Rwanda

The study examines experiences, challenges and good practices in relation to digitalization in teaching and education in Rwanda and identifies actionable measures to address the challenges and ensure equitable access to quality digital education...

Teaching and the teaching profession in a digital world - Zambia

The study examines experiences, challenges and good practices in relation to digitalization in teaching and education in Zambia and identifies actionable measures to address the challenges and ensure equitable access to quality digital education...

Roundtable on Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions held in Delhi

ILO, UNICEF and UNRCO India come together to discuss the potential for creating jobs in the green, digital and care economies

Policy brief

Changing demand for skills in digital economies and societies

This policy brief draws on recent findings and projects, including the report, Changing Demand for Skills in Digital Economies and Societies: Literature Review and Case Studies from Low- and Middle-income Countries.

Migration Summit 2023: gauging challenges and prospects in hiring refugees for freelance work

Online labour platform representatives, researchers and digital skills training providers convened at the Migration Summit 2023 to exchange views, approaches and lived experiences around the challenges and opportunities in hiring refugees in...

International Digital Women’s Day

ILO equips women-led micro and small businesses with digital skills with Microsoft's support

The Women in Digital Business (WIDB) initiative will support 30,000 women entrepreneurs in 10 countries.

Social dialogue promotes decent work in Kenya’s digital economy

In a first-of-its-kind national social dialogue for Kenya on an inclusive digital transformation, ILO, government, social partners and the voices of key sector stakeholders convened to promote a digital transformation that is more productive and...

Platform work in Jordan: Challenges and opportunities

This report examines the potential of digital labour platforms (DLPs) in addressing unemployment and economic inactivity among vulnerable groups in Jordan, including youth, women and refugees, and highlights key challenges and decent work deficits...

Podcast transcript: The technology paradox: Is it a great equalizer for some, but digital divider for others?

Brochure of the PROSPECTS OF project on digital economy

Tackling Malaysia’s digital divide

The ILO and the Malaysian government has teamed up to give TVET a digital upgrade.

Promotion, inclusion and protection of refugees and host communities in the gig economy

WSIS Forum - An expanding digital economy offers opportunities for forcibly displaced youth, but challenges remain

A panel discussion organised by the ILO in the framework of the World Summit on the Information Society Forum 2023 shed light on, and convened different voices around, the multiple ways in which a digital transformation is changing how forcibly...

International Women's Day

ILO calls on workplaces to accelerate action against violence and harassment

With a growth in work in digital spaces, workplaces must take action to tackle online violence and harassment and implement the ILO’s Violence and Harassment Convention.

The Arab States and Asia Pacific Employers Leaders Network held for first time in Saudi Arabia

Digital transformation, income diversification, evolving consumer needs, social dialogue, international trade cooperation, change management and internal management were among the core issues discussed by employer representatives at the meeting in...