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ILO skills training boosts earthquake recovery in Southern Shan State

Community members complete vocational courses to rebuild livelihoods and support inclusive economic recovery in Myanmar.

Skills development

Kenya turns skills evidence into new curricula

New occupational curricula in Kenya’s tourism and fodder sectors show how labour market evidence can help training providers equip young people and workers with skills that employers need.

ILO brings ministries together to promote Employment-Intensive Infrastructure in Lebanon

Representatives from the ministries of Agriculture and of Public Works and Transport take part in a one-day training focused on labour-based approaches and safe and inclusive infrastructure.

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.

Global Accelerator

Employment counsellors improve jobseeker interviews in Fergana, Uzbekistan

From pilot to practice: an interactive training supported by the International Labour Organization (ILO) under the Global Accelerator strengthened practical interviewing skills in Uzbekistan’s public employment services.

Skills development

Industry-paid attachment programme supports job-ready skills for diploma graduates

ILO supported re-modelled industrial attachment pilot is helping bridge skills gaps for diploma graduates in Bangladesh by strengthening collaboration between industries and polytechnic institutions. The initiative has improved students’ workplace...

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.

Trainer participant voices on green skills development

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.

Skills Development

ILO–China skills training sees Cambodian youth shine on international stage

A Cambodian trainee’s journey from local classrooms to international recognition shows how advanced skills training can open doors, transform careers, and inspire a new generation.

News item

ILO launches diploma to strengthen evidence-based public policy for decent work and social justice

Programme responds to rising demand for rigorous, data-driven policymaking in a rapidly changing world of work marked by climate change, inequalities, and technological disruption.

Skills and Lifelong Learning

A think piece on apprenticeship development in Africa

Promoting better linkages between informal apprenticeship and formal systems.

Skills and Lifelong Learning

A think piece on apprenticeship development in Africa

Promoting better linkages between informal apprenticeship and formal systems.

Skills development

ILO-supported taskforce strengthens gender equality in Bangladesh’s skills sector

The Government of Bangladesh has endorsed the Gender and Skills Taskforce Action Plan 2025–2027, reinforcing its commitment to gender-responsive skills systems and women’s economic empowerment.

Our impact, their story

Sewing, a new path for Aminata

This is the story of Coulibaly Aminata, 18, who recounts how sewing training supported by the ILO's ACCEL Africa project helped her overcome a difficult period in her childhood and build a professional future in Côte d'Ivoire. Discover her journey...

ILO Research Department Training

Research Training on Evidence-Based Policy Making for Decent Work

Empowering mid- to senior-level officials with advanced research and data skills to transform evidence into effective policies for social justice and decent work. By bridging the gap between research and policy, the course equips participants to...

ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance)

How to set up successful ESG advisory services. A workbook for advisors

ILO Voices | Digital skills for youth

Digital skills revived my mother’s food business and our family bond

Rafael Meza is a student from Colombia, one of more than 60,000 young people who are benefitting from the ILO-supported SENATIC project. Through the programme, he is learning digital marketing skills that are helping him boost his mother’s food...

Article

From ideas to impact: How ILO training series is transforming the businesses of entrepreneurs in Jordan

Shireen, Hanin, and Linka share how a business and entrepreneurship course helped them turn their visions into successful ventures.

PROSPECTS Impact

ILO-supported skill training creates pathways to decent work for refugees in Ethiopia

In Ethiopia’s Somali Regional State, where refugees often face limited access to formal employment, the International Labour Organization (ILO) is strengthening pathways to decent work and self-reliance through targeted, market-driven skills...