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Strengthening Africa's skills systems

From Vision to Action: ILO support advances Africa’s Continental TVET Strategy

The ILO is helping African countries turn the Continental TVET Strategy 2025–2034 into practical reforms that strengthen skills systems, connect training with labour market needs and expand pathways to decent work. At the Addis Ababa conference on...

Equality@Work

Jordan moves towards a unified national mechanism to increase women’s labour force participation

The Ministry of Labour, the International Labour Organization and national partners are advancing an institutional framework to align efforts and data and track the impact of policies and programmes aimed at increasing women’s economic participation...

Community development

EU-Funded PROSPER Project in Belize brings local economic development closer to action

In August, work-based learning, community planning and women’s entrepreneurship activities within the European Union-funded PROSPER project advanced practical preparations for locally-led economic development in southern Belize.

Just energy transition

Learning from the ILO: Looking at skills development through the lens of a Just Energy Transition

An ILO workshop on a just energy transition, organized with Airlangga University, has given a government skills development official a new perspective on how training can prepare people to learn, adapt and grow with change.

New Trainers Association builds national capacity for enterprise development in Timor-Leste

Through the European Union-funded Agroforestry Skills for Employment and Resilience in Timor-Leste Programme, the ILO supports a new Trainers Association that strengthens collaboration and national capacity for entrepreneurship and enterprise...

Quality apprenticeship

Tonga launches its first-ever National Apprenticeship Policy with ILO support

New policy aims to strengthen pathways from education and training to employment and support the development of a skilled and resilient workforce across the Pacific nation.

New cooperatives strengthen livelihoods and opportunities in Timor-Leste

Two newly established cooperatives in Timor-Leste bring communities together to share skills, pool resources and build stronger pathways to markets and sustainable livelihoods.

Labour migration

Thailand’s seafood sector strengthens supervisory skills to support decent work for migrant workers

Training initiative draws on ILO’s garment sector experience to equip frontline staff with skills needed to strengthen responsible business practices across the sector.

Kenya's fodder sector skills assessment

Skills gap assessment in the fodder sector that promotes inclusive decent employment and productive livelihood in Nakuru, Narok and Kajiado...

This assessment identifies the skills needed to strengthen Kenya’s fodder value chain and expand inclusive, decent employment in Nakuru, Narok and Kajiado counties.

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Powering Moldova’s green future: The story of Ariadna Pralea, Student of Renewable Energy

A young woman in Moldova is turning skills training into a career in renewable energy, as an ILO project funded by Liechtenstein and Austria helps modernize vocational education and prepare a new generation of workers for the country’s green...

Just energy transition

Entrepreneurship skills help communities in Indonesia build new livelihoods beyond coal

Through the ILO's Regional Innovation Initiative for a Just Energy Transition (IKI-JET), three trainers are helping workers and communities in Indonesia build new livelihoods through entrepreneurship.

Iraq finalizes design of the 2026 National Labour Force Survey

Survey will provide reliable and internationally comparable national data to support development of labour market policies.

Publication

Changing landscape of skills in the age of AI

AI adoption is reshaping workplace skills, increasing demand for cognitive, socioemotional, digital and AI skills, while highlighting AI literacy, adaptability, resilience and human agency as essential for the future of work.

Our impact, their voices

A young Indonesian looks beyond coal towards a greener South Sumatra

Marking International Youth Day, an ILO initiative inspires a university student in South Sumatra to look beyond coal and towards a greener future for his province.

Malawi recognizes workers’ skills through first recognition of prior learning assessment

With ILO support, Malawi has taken a key step towards recognizing skills acquired outside formal education and training, helping workers gain nationally recognized qualifications and improve their employment prospects.

Just energy transition

South Sumatra’s youth look beyond coal towards a greener Indonesia

As South Sumatra looks beyond coal, the ILO and Sriwijaya University help young people prepare for and take part in Indonesia’s transition towards a greener and more inclusive economy.

Publication

Employment, skills and economic inclusion in Cox’s Bazar: An analysis of labour market dynamics and trends

ILO project office in Cox's Bazar's latest analysis, Employment, skills and economic inclusion in Cox’s Bazar: An analysis of labour market dynamics and trends, prepared using the socio-economic and demographic survey 2023 (SEDS-2023) to provide the...

Jordan's trade unions step up efforts to make workplaces more inclusive for persons with disabilities

A new ILO training-of-trainers programme empowers union leaders to promote equal rights, remove workplace barriers and advance decent work for persons with disabilities.

From skills to markets: Growing opportunities through agroforestry in Timor-Leste

The Agroforestry Skills Immersive Expo 2026 brought skills, businesses and communities together in Dili, showcasing how Timor-Leste’s agroforestry sector can create new opportunities for employment, entrepreneurship and stronger livelihoods.

Financial inclusion

How inclusive banking is creating opportunities for refugees and host communities in Ethiopia

Through their partnership, the ILO and Shabelle Bank are expanding access to affordable, inclusive finance, helping refugees and host communities in Ethiopia’s Somali Region grow businesses and build more resilient livelihoods.