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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...

ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance)

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

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...

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.

Skills development

Skills assessments in Kenya reveal training gaps and opportunities

New skills gap assessments supported by the International Labour Organization in Kenya’s tourism and fodder sectors show how stronger links between employers, training providers and young people can help align training with labour market needs.

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...

Strengthening skills for the future

ILO–NIHERST collaboration for evidence-based workforce development in Trinidad and Tobago

A collaboration between the ILO and National Institute of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology (NIHERST) in Trinidad and Tobago has produced five sectoral skills studies, offering robust, sector-specific labour market evidence, that is...

Our impact, their voices

A key provincial leader pushing South Sumatra forward in Indonesia’s just energy transition

A dedicated provincial leader is driving South Sumatra’s just energy transition while advancing Indonesia’s broader commitment to renewable energy.

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...

ILO/China Partnership Programme

From skills to growth: Improving a family business in a changing economy

Skills training helps a young Lao entrepreneur modernize his family business and build a more secure future.

Building peace from the ground up

Green skills and new economic opportunities for youth in Haiti

In Jérémie, Haiti, with the support of the ILO and the UN Peacebuilding Fund, youth are transforming bamboo into sustainable livelihoods through skills and entrepreneurship training.

‘GreenPulse for Youth’ collaboration launched to boost green transition

The ILO and Tsinghua University in China launched ‘GreenPulse for Youth’ collaboration to equip students with green skills and empower them to raise public awareness of green literacy across China and ASEAN countries.

Video

PROSPECTS Partnership in Jordan: Highlights from the year

Since 2019, the PROSPECTS Partnership has been strengthening opportunities for refugees and host communities across Jordan—supporting skills, jobs, protection, and resilience for a more inclusive future.