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Employment promotion

Cambodia’s largest career fair returns for its 15th year, offering opportunities and shaping the future of work

Cambodia’s leading career fair has empowered thousands for 15 years, linking talent to opportunity and fuelling national progress.

WSSD2 Brief

Bridging the digital divide

The brief highlights the issues associated with digitalisation of work and AI faced by social actors in countries around the world. It identifies key labour market issues associated with these technological developments and suggests how the benefits...

New community spaces create jobs and strengthen social cohesion in Jordan through ILO–Germany partnership

The Hallabat Municipality Park and Playground and Bergish Community and Educational Centre promote decent work, community wellbeing and social inclusion, with funding from Germany through the KfW Development Bank under the ILO Employment Intensive...

Podcast series: Global challenges – Global solutions

Trade: Good or bad for jobs?

Is trade good or bad for jobs? It goes without saying that trade and investment have contributed to job creation, expanded market opportunities, raised incomes and improved working conditions across the globe. But does this remain a viable strategy...

Empowering migrant workers in Indonesia and Thailand with digital, cybersecurity and financial skills

Through digital micro-courses, 52 trainers and 140 migrant workers across Indonesia and Thailand enhanced their financial skills and digital awareness against online scams and fraud.

Local economic development

Transforming local economic opportunities: The European Union-funded ILO PROSPER Project officially launched in Southern Belize

The ILO and EU in partnership with Government of Belize have launched the PROSPER Project in southern Belize, a four-year initiative valued at BZD 8.9 million. The project aims to build resilience and inclusive growth across the Toledo and Stann...

Nigeria Takes Bold Steps Toward Decent Work Through Skills Reform

The Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, in partnership with the International Labour Organization (ILO) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) initiated a national dialogue to reshape Nigeria’s skills development...

Global Skills Forum 2025 puts private sector at the heart of workforce development

Hosted by Malaysia under the ASEAN Year of Skills 2025, the Forum highlights the importance of industry-led initiatives to meet future skills needs.

Skills for the future of work

Bridging education and work: ILO advances future-ready skills at Grenada’s National Summit

The ILO joined national leaders and partners at Grenada’s National Education Summit to champion future-ready skills, highlight the role of educators in a transforming labour market, and advance stronger links between education and decent work.

Skills development

Philippe N’dri Calls for Greater Investment in Skills Development Across Africa

In this interview, Dr Philippe N’dri, President of RAFPRO, highlights why stronger investment in skills development and coordinated financing across Africa is essential for boosting enterprise productivity, strengthening national training systems,...

Skills development

Africa Skills Week 2025 launches new strategy and partnerships for skills development

Africa Skills Week 2025 brought together continental partners to launch a new Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) strategy, expand public–private partnerships, and kick off a major work-based learning initiative. The event...

PROSPECTS Impact

From daily labourers to skilled entrepreneurs: How plumbing training transformed lives in Ethiopia

In the dusty streets of Kebribeyah town, a quiet transformation is underway. What began as a three-month plumbing training at the Kebribeyah Vocational Training Satellite Center has changed into a thriving business, so far changing the lives of four...

From cocoa fields to a brighter future: Divine’s journey

In Ondo State, Nigeria, the ILO’s ACCEL Africa project is transforming lives once defined by child labour. Divine, who began working on cocoa and palm oil farms at age nine, is now building a future through skills training in makeup artistry.

Skills development

Timorese cacao farmers enhance their agricultural skills to improve their lives

The ILO, with support from the EU, promotes sustainable agriculture in the cocoa sector of Manufahi Municipality, Timor-Leste.

ILO Voices | Women's entrepreneurship

Between Spain and Morocco, I built my independence

After years of working in seasonal agriculture in Spain, Fatima Laanieg took part in the ILO’s WAFIRA project, learning how to manage a business. Now, she runs her own grocery store in Morocco while continuing to work abroad for part of the year.

Jordan takes steps to address youth not in employment, education or training under ILO regional initiative

National workshop held in Amman under the ILO’s Y-NEET initiative, with funding from the European Union, to analyse youth statistics and identify policy priorities

Skills development

Jamaican employers champion skills policy reform to future-proof the country's workforce

With the support of the ILO, Jamaican employers are leading national efforts to align education and training with labour market needs through data-driven advocacy and strategic partnerships.

Impact story

How one student’s path to trainer builds future of 70 others 

With support from ILO PROSPECTS, welding training and upgraded training workshops in Garissa, Kenya are turning skills into real jobs. Dominic Munyi, a former student, now a certified trainer, has helped 70 refugee and host community youth build...

Our impact, their voices

A trainer’s mission to empower Timorese youth and promote inclusion

Through her commitment to inclusive education and community outreach, a trainer in Timor-Leste is opening doors for youth to pursue meaningful careers and business opportunities.

Financial literacy

Local trainers empower rural entrepreneurs across Indonesia

Four trainers from the ILO programme in Indonesia, representing West Java, Aceh, and East Nusa Tenggara, share how the ILO’s training on financial literacy and digitalization has transformed not only their own lives but also their communities.